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.
Calculator Assesses Disability Risk
By Staff WriterThe Council for Disability Awareness has posted a Web tool that can estimate an individual's Personal Disability Quotient.
April 09, 2009
Healthways: Well-Being SlipsU.S. workers say their health is holding up, but West Coast residents say working conditions are deteriorating rapidly.
April 09, 2009
OECD Charts Health CostsHealth care cost increases in the United States were similar to increases in other countries in 2006, according to figures from the Organisation for Co-operation and Development.
April 09, 2009
Health care system may drown in wave of boomersThe number of geriatricians, which is currently inadequate at one for every 2,500 seniors, will need to grow exponentially, from 7,128 to 36,000, in order to meet the expected demand.
April 09, 2009
Medigap Aid Update ContinuesA team at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners is plowing ahead with efforts to revise the Medicare Supplement Compliance Manual.
April 08, 2009
CSC Starts Transition ServiceComputer Sciences Corp. has launched the ConversionEdge program.
April 08, 2009
CSC Starts Transition ServiceComputer Sciences Corp. has launched the ConversionEdge program.
April 08, 2009
Health Fitness Wins Neb. ContractA state has hired an outside firm to get its employees to take better care of themselves.