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.
Tone Deaf
By Steve PiontekWhat, you might ask yourself, would cause a health insurance company coming off a quarter where it had multi-billion dollar profits to slam individual policyholders ...
February 21, 2010
Obama Asks For Federal Health Rate Approval Authority (Updated)President Obama has unveiled a health bill proposal that could give federal regulators the authority to regulate health insurance rates.
February 21, 2010
Insurance Insight From Around the InternetIt's a lazy Monday. Catch up on your reading - or, if your Mondays are actually more like mine, email yourself this post to read later on in the week.
February 19, 2010
Life And Health Customer Approval SurveyedLife and health insurers saw a slight improvement in their customer satisfaction scores last year, although they still lag behind the property and casualty insurance industry in that category.
February 19, 2010
Details Emerge On New Health Reform PlansThe White House and congressional Democratic leaders are crafting a new healthcare reform bill that would include limits on medical loss ratios, a tax on so-called Cadillac plans, and cuts in the Medicare Advantage program.
February 19, 2010
Life And Health Customer Approval SurveyedLife and health insurers saw a slight improvement in their customer satisfaction scores last year, although they still lag behind the property and casualty insurance industry in that category.
February 19, 2010
Medicare Advantage Rx Prices Jump: StudyEnrollees in Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans will pay 14.2% more this year than they did in 2009, says a new analysis by Avalere Health L.L.C.
February 19, 2010
Benefits BriefsAmWINS Group Benefits will be helping self-insured employers handle employees who use expensive specialty drugs.