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.
Would a Bipartisan Health Summit Mark the End of the Health Care Reform Debate?
By Heather TreseA bipartisan health care reform summit could provide an opportunity for a meaningful debate that identifies common ground between the parties - but is it realistic?
February 10, 2010
Feds To Develop Pediatric Care Quality MeasuresThe federal Agency for Healthcare Research Quality is starting to develop criteria for measuring the quality of health care for children and babies.
February 10, 2010
Obama Calls For Republicans To Be More Flexible About Health CareRepublicans have to work with the Democrats to fix the health finance system, or the system will continue to fall apart, President Obama told reporters Tuesday.
February 10, 2010
Colonial Life Introduces Voluntary Accident PlanA new employee-paid policy can pay cash benefits to an insured who has a covered accident or sickness.
February 10, 2010
Colonial Life Introduces Voluntary Accident PlanA new employee-paid policy can pay cash benefits to an insured who has a covered accident or sickness.
February 10, 2010
Bipartisan Jobs Bill Includes COBRA, Pension ProvisionsSen. 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 10, 2010
The politics of politicsSome believe that laissez-faire capitalism is the cure for the ills of our health care system. Others favor the strong hand of government.
February 10, 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.