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.
Principal Adds Rental Network
By staff WriterAn insurer is adding a health care provider network in Middle Tennessee.
October 08, 2009
Towers Perrin: Costs Still RisingBig U.S. employers' annual, per-employee health care spending will increase an average of about 7% in 2010, to more than $10,000.
October 08, 2009
Towers Perrin: Costs Still RisingBig U.S. employers' annual, per-employee health care spending will increase an average of about 7% in 2010, to more than $10,000.
October 08, 2009
AHIP: Save The Antitrust ExemptionEfforts to expose health insurers and malpractice insurers to the brunt of antitrust laws are the result of misperceptions about the current antitrust exemption, America's Health Insurance Plans says.
October 08, 2009
Nationwide Underwrites Limited Benefit ProgramFringe Benefit Group Inc. has added an "expense-incurred" limited medical benefit program backed by a well-known insurer.
October 08, 2009
Health Action Moves To House (Updated)As lawmakers ponder the fate of the Senate Finance Committee health bill, the House Ways and Means Committee is preparing a major new health bill of its own.
October 08, 2009
JCT: Baucus Bill To Cost Insureds, Insurers BillionsA proposed 40% excise tax on "Cadillac health plans" could cost employers about $46 billion per year by 2019, and health insurers could be paying $6.1 billion in federal "annual fees" in 2019.
October 08, 2009
Out with the old ...Ever consider the accuracy of the information about health care reform we receive from the mainstream press (I'm full of rhetorical questions of late)? Reporter...