Health Insurance
Health insurance news and analysis, with coverage of general health insurance trends, major medical insurance, disability insurance, dental insurance, vision plans, telemedicine plans, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, short-term health insurance, the Affordable Care Act public exchange program, and more.
Survey: Health Insurance, Access To Care Not Closely Linked
By staff WriterA new survey challenges the long-held assumption that having health insurance is synonymous with having access to health care.
March 08, 2010
Sebelius To Health Carriers: Explain Your RatesObama administration officials are asking 5 large insurers to publicly disclose their reasons for imposing large rate increases on some customers.
March 08, 2010
Guaranty Companies Oppose Senate Financial Reform BillGuaranty fund trade groups are urging members of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Committee to leave insurers out of any bill that would create a separate resolution authority for large, troubled financial institutions.
March 08, 2010
Ignagni: Stop Calling Names; Start Solving ProblemsThe head of America's Health Insurance Plans today asked Congress and the Obama administration to "turn away from vilification" and work with insurers to draft better health reform legislation.
March 08, 2010
Creating Customer Value From Life Insurance's Billion-Dollar Health Records BusinessWho runs one of the world's largest personal health records businesses?
March 08, 2010
Obama: The Time For Action On Health Bill Is NowPresident Obama today renewed his attack on health insurers as House Democrats prepared to take a tough vote on a new health bill.
March 08, 2010
Editor's Choice for the Week of March 8, 2010: Jobs, Healthcare, and Another Asset Sale by AIGWhat's happening this week.
March 07, 2010
EBSA Official: 403(b) Plan Product Not Really An AnnuityAn Employee Benefits Security Administration official wants employers to stop treating a retirement plan investment product as an annuity.