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.
Tech Bits: Wired Benefits, Evolution Benefits, Others
By staff WriterWired Benefits Inc. has launched the Employee Benefit Suite system, a Web-based service that employers can use to fund personal benefit accounts and offer supplemental benefits.
February 25, 2010
Health Insurance Agents: It's Time to Start Using Social MediaI recently read an article named "10 Reasons You Should Not Be on Social Media" - the title alone grabbed my attention, and I immediately clicked on the link.
February 25, 2010
Health Reform Efforts Are Stalled, But Americans Remain Split on LegislationAs Democratic and GOP lawmakers continue to lumber around the health reform debate, Americans remain split on the legislation.
February 25, 2010
Medicare Advantage Divides Summit ParticipantsDemocrats and Republicans often seemed to be speaking different languages today when they tried to discuss the Medicare Advantage program.
February 24, 2010
Panel Rejects Antitrust Bill AmendmentHouse leaders expect to bring H.R. 4626, the Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act bill, up for debate on the House floor today.
February 24, 2010
Disability Bits: Unum, Guardian, Fineos, Crowe Paradis, PetersenUnum Group Corp. is selling new voluntary benefits products through the Simply Unum program.
February 24, 2010
ACLI Attacks Obama Plan To Tax Some Annuity IncomeLife insurers are blasting an Obama administration effort to raise revenue for Medicare by imposing a new tax on high-income Americans' earnings from annuities and other investment vehicles.
February 24, 2010
Genworth creates long-term care product group for AARP membersGenworth Financial, Richmond, Va., has announced the launch of a long-term care product suite for AARP members called My Future, My Plan.