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.
LIMRA: Individual LTC Sales Drop
By Trevor ThomasU.S. individual long term care insurance sales fell to $600 million in 2008, down 7% from the 2007 total.
March 11, 2009
Wells Fargo: Health Account Programs SpreadHealth savings account programs and health reimbursement arrangement programs may be gaining traction this year.
March 11, 2009
Letter to the editor: What is really needed to unleash the long term care marketIn a letter to the editor, Steve Moses of the Center for Long Term Care Reform, Inc., spells out what it will take for long term care insurance market to see major growth. Medicaid will need to stop being the major payer, he says.
March 10, 2009
Hartford Updates STD Claims ProcessNurses are the stars of an expanded short-term disability insurance case planning effort.
March 10, 2009
Unum Rolls Out Program In FloridaAn insurer is making a benefits system designed for small and midsize employers available in the Sunshine State.
March 10, 2009
Aetna: Account Plans Hold Down CostsOffering group health plan members a health reimbursement arrangement or health savings account program does seem to hold down costs, an insurer reports.
March 10, 2009
Ingenix Opens UpA health price database company says it wants to publish more information about its methods.
March 10, 2009
NAIC Finds Widespread Insurance IgnoranceMany consumers think they know more about insurance than they really do.