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.
CMS: Many Medicare Advantage Enrollees To Change Plans
By staff WriterAbout 7% of Medicare Advantage plan enrollees will have to find new plans in 2010, according to officials at the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
September 30, 2009
Bankers Life Unveils LTC PoliciesBankers Life and Casualty Company has added 4 streamlined products to its long term care insurance policy lineup.
September 30, 2009
Health Exchange Might Serve Lawmakers, TooThe Senate Finance Committee has agreed that members of Congress and their staffers ought to use any health insurance purchasing "exchange" system created by the panel's health reform bill.
September 30, 2009
Medicare Mandate Suit Survives Summary Judgment MotionA federal court judge is letting plaintiffs who want to collect Social Security benefits without enrolling in Medicare Part A proceed with a suit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary.
September 30, 2009
Hewitt: Health Costs To Rise 6%Employer health care costs will increase about 6% in 2010, Hewitt Associates Inc. predicts.
September 30, 2009
National Insurance Office Hearing ScheduledThe House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing Oct. 6 that will focus partly on the idea of "creating a national insurance office."
September 30, 2009
Beware the ticking E&O time bombFull disclosure: Since 2008, National Ethics Bureau has been sponsoring affordable errors and omissions insurance for low-risk advisors.
September 30, 2009
Health Exchange Might Serve Lawmakers, TooThe Senate Finance Committee has agreed that members of Congress and their staffers ought to use any health insurance purchasing "exchange" system created by the panel's health reform bill.