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.
Polls? We Have Polls
By Staff WriterEmployers and their employees seem to have different views about the health system debates now under way in Washington.
July 23, 2009
Not another boomer consumer studyTruth be told, we were skeptical of consumer research firm IRI's latest report on baby boomer buying habits. Yes, we know they consume like locusts....
July 23, 2009
The rise of longevity insuranceIs longevity insurance the real deal, or the insurance industry equivalent of New Coke? We'll let you decide. But The Wall Street Journal's Brett Arends...
July 23, 2009
Polls? We Have PollsEmployers and their employees seem to have different views about the health system debates now under way in Washington.
July 23, 2009
TriZetto: Tech Is The AnswerBetter automation can bring health carriers and producers together, rather than driving them apart.
July 22, 2009
AAA: CLASS Too CostlyA recently proposed federal long term care program would cost too much for the people it is supposed to cover.
July 22, 2009
Employers: LTC SkepticsFew small companies think they can afford to offer long term care insurance, and many doubt whether employees want the benefit.
July 22, 2009
Individual Health PaysThink tank researchers who question the quality of many individual health insurance policies have reported survey data hinting that individual health policies may pay claims more promptly.