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.
Bipartisan Jobs Bill Includes COBRA, Pension Provisions
By Arthur D. PostalSen. Max Baucus and Sen. Charles Grassley have teamed up to unveil a jobs bill draft that would extend the COBRA subsidy program and ease some of the requirements imposed on pension plan sponsors.
February 11, 2010
The president's bogus challengeRepublicans are rightly skeptical of the president's outstretched hand, given his call for bipartisanship now, only after Scott Brown's win and his back against the...
February 11, 2010
CIGNA Scoops Up Onsite Health Services FirmCIGNA Corp. has acquired Kronos Optimal Health Company.
February 11, 2010
Plans Join New Jersey Standards InitiativesGarden State health carriers are trying to move toward a standardized electronic communications system.
February 11, 2010
Sebelius, WellPoint Continue Battle Over California RatesWellPoint Inc. (NYSE:WLP) says the cost of providing individual health insurance in California is soaring, but a federal regulator says the company should be using its national profits to hold down premium increases.
February 11, 2010
Massachusetts Imposes New Limits On Mass. BlueMassachusetts regulators say they may reject "unreasonable" small group health insurance rate increases requested by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts.
February 11, 2010
How to Move from Group to Individual Health Insurance Sales: Make More Contact with ConsumersThe ever-changing nature of the individual health insurance industry makes it essential to offer anticipatory customer service to your clients - and the best way to provide this is to offer constant contact.
February 11, 2010
Generation Y is Largely Uninsured, Yet Members Don't See Benefit of ReformMillennials (those younger than 30; also called Generation Y) may stand to gain more from an expansion of government health insurance than people in any other age group.