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.
Industry Groups Ask Obama To Listen
By Staff WriterHealth and retirement benefits trade organizations say President-elect Obama should think about what they have to say when he is developing policy proposals that affect ...
November 06, 2008
AALTCI Schedules Outreach EventsA trade organization and a consumer money magazine are joining to organize long term care insurance consumer education events.Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, Washington, and the ...
November 06, 2008
LTC Phone-In Events ScheduledA trade organization and a consumer money magazine will offer a long term care insurance hotline to consumers next week.Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, Washington, and ...
November 04, 2008
Nursing home costs increase in 20081.1%: Percent increase from 2007 to 2008 in rates for semi-private rooms in a nursing home. The average cost in 2008 was $191 daily or $69,715 annually. 2.1%: Percent increase for a room in an assisted living facility from 2007 to 2008. Th
November 04, 2008
NAHU Chapter Supports ALS FightThe Clark County Association of Health Underwriters has donated $10,000 to the ALS Therapy Development Institute.CCACHU, Las Vegas, a chapter of the National Association of ...
November 04, 2008
Pa. Blues Plan To Offer Dental CoverageCapital BlueCross is starting a BlueCross Dental plan.The plan will be available in central Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley, according to Capital Blue, Harrisburg, Pa.The ...
November 04, 2008
Pa. Blues Plan To Offer Dental CoverageCapital BlueCross is starting a BlueCross Dental plan.The plan will be available in central Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley, according to Capital Blue, Harrisburg, Pa.The ...
November 04, 2008
Health Carrier To Assess Strategic DirectionThe board of Health Net Inc. says it is realigning the company's executive team and asking the president to focus on "how best to deploy ...