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.
Pub Plan Shift Lifts Mood
By Arthur D. PostalObama administration suggestions that a public health insurance plan "is not essential" to health reform efforts are generating cautious optimism in the health insurance industry.
August 16, 2009
Dental Renewals Hold SteadyAt large U.S. employers, 2010 dental benefits may be similar to what the employees have now
August 16, 2009
Heat Turns Up On Healthcare ReformThe debate over healthcare reform has taken a tumultuous turn as constituents voice their concern to members of Congress returning to their districts for the summer recess
August 16, 2009
Our Business Should Not Be Taken For GrantedOne of the most prophetic of modern economists, the late Harvard Professor Joseph A. Schumpeter, hypothesized that capitalism would ultimately be undone from within the system
August 16, 2009
Despite The Polls, Health Care Reform Will HappenFor the Obama administration, these are dark days
August 14, 2009
Autism Bill Signed In N.J.New Jersey health insurers would be required to provide diagnostic screening for autism and other developmental disabilities under legislation signed Thursday by Gov. Jon Corzine.
August 14, 2009
Editor's Blog: Get SeriousHanging congressmen in effigy and comparing the Obama administration to Hitler's is not Steve Piontek's idea of a great way to improve a sector that accounts for one-sixth of U.S. gross domestic product.
August 14, 2009
New York Penalizes Health Plan ProviderNew York State's Department of Insurance has fined American Medical and Life Insurance Company $700,000.