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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.
Help Prepare Boomers For Medicare Supplement Plans
By Edward MartinBy 2030, the 65+ population in the United States is projected to swell to 72 million. In the coming years, this will open up opportunities for agents to engage and educate potential clients, especially baby boomers, about senior health care options.
May 03, 2009
Feds Adopt NAIC Standard For MedigapThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has set a Medicare supplement model developed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners as a national standard.
May 03, 2009
Fast Track Move For Health Reform Has Industry Up In ArmsLast week's scheduled Congressional action on budget reconciliation was a typical half-full, half-empty result for the life and health insurance industries.
May 03, 2009
Bring Back The I-WordIt's really a shame that so many insurance companies knocked themselves out in the 1990s by reinventing themselves as "financial services companies."
May 03, 2009
Some Practical Things That Advisors Should Know About COBRAWhen clients lose their medical coverage because an employer has financial problems, the clients often ask their insurance advisors for assistance.
May 03, 2009
Campaign Links To Awareness MonthGuardian Life Insurance Company of America is using May -- National Stroke Awareness Month -- to remind consumers of the importance of critical illness insurance.
May 03, 2009
Feds Seek Mental Health Parity CommentsGovernment officials are asking for advice from the public about how to go about implementing the new Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008.
May 03, 2009
More Companies Are Signing Up AdvisorsInsurance companies and marketing organizations typically reduce their sales ranks until a recession subsides. But in recent months, some are going the other direction. They've started ramping up the sales force, not the other way around.