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.
Dewald To Lead LIFE
By Staff WriterJack Dewald will take over as chairman of the Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education board Jan. 1, 2010.
December 21, 2009
Dewald To Lead LIFEJack Dewald will take over as chairman of the Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education board Jan. 1, 2010.
December 21, 2009
Dems drop public optionA government-run public option may no longer be in the cards for the health care system overhaul.
December 21, 2009
Expert predicts direct mail to make a comebackDirect mail marketing appears to be on the upswing for insurance companies
December 21, 2009
The Economy Took A Toll On HealthThe H1N1 influenza is the wild card on the list of the year's top stories in the health, disability and group benefits markets.
December 21, 2009
Medicare Buy-In Looks Like A GonerSenate Democrats appear on the verge of dropping a scaled-backed public plan that would make people 55 to 64 without healthcare coverage eligible for Medicare.
December 21, 2009
Congress Extends COBRA Subsidy Program (Updated)President Obama has signed H.R. 3326, a defense appropriations bill with a provision that will let involuntarily terminated workers seek the temporary 65% federal health benefits continuation subsidy up until Feb. 28, 2010.
December 21, 2009
CIAB Sees Health Bill Improving; AHIP, Not So MuchThe Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers has become a little warmer toward H.R. 3590, the Senate health bill, but America's Health Insurance Plans is still unimpressed.