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.
Report Sees Uneven Senior Care Cuts
By Staff WriterA new analysis finds that a pending health care reform bill, combined with Medicare cuts already announced, would hit nursing homes in California and Florida the hardest.
August 27, 2009
Ted's tacky "friends"Emotional appeals to action often betray the weaknesses in the argument for doing so in the first place. We're seeing this with Ted Kennedy's passing....
August 27, 2009
Texas Teachers Pick Genworth LTC InsuranceGenworth Financial Inc. has been chosen by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas to provide long term care insurance to its members.
August 27, 2009
Boomers (still) wrong on health care costsCritics point to the associated costs of Obamacare, but the cost of private insurance might still surprise most boomers. According to a new survey, Americans...
August 26, 2009
Mo. Cites Chiro DenialsThe Missouri Department of Insurance has imposed $536,000 in fines on two sister health insurers in connection with allegations that they violated a state chiropractic benefits mandate.
August 26, 2009
State Bits: Arizona, KansasArizona has selected 4 carriers to provide health benefits for 135,000 state employee health plan enrollees.
August 26, 2009
Who Will Lead?The death of Sen. Edward Kennedy could affect the leadership of the Senate Banking Committee as well as of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
August 26, 2009
Plan Reaches NebraskaAmerican Community Mutual Insurance Company is selling the Latitude small group health product in the Cornhusker State.