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.
Hail Mary Pass
By Steve PiontekAmerica's Health Insurance Plans threw a Hail Mary pass when it issued an eleventh-hour report that it apparently hoped would throw a giant-sized monkey wrench on legislation aimed at reform.
October 15, 2009
Broker: Big Carriers Set Health RatesCongress should be paying more attention to the effects of insurer consolidation on health coverage rates, a benefits broker says.
October 15, 2009
Senators Hit Federal LTC Rate HikesSenators are looking into changes that will increase Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program premiums as much as 25% for some enrollees.
October 14, 2009
Antitrust Bill Has Harry Reid As A Co-SponsorSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy are backing bills that could eliminate health insurers' and medical malpractice insurers' access to the McCarran-Ferguson Act antitrust exemption.
October 14, 2009
Baucus Bill Could Win Over Another RepublicanSen. Susan Collins says she might support the Senate Finance Committee health bill, if major changes are made.
October 14, 2009
Bankers Life simplifies LTCI buying experience with new productBankers Life and Casualty Company, Chicago, has announced the availability of its new Bankers SimpleChoice long-term care insurance product.
October 14, 2009
A Democrat's road to DamascusThe Bay State's black population hovers around 6 percent, so it was a victory for the "post-racial' era when Deval Patrick won the governorship in...
October 14, 2009
Commentary: Health care reform not complicatedHealth care costs are now approximately 17 percent of our gross domestic product and rising, writes Tom Fitz, president St. Mary's Health Care System, in...