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.
UnitedHealth Unit Adds HSA Site Content
By Staff WriterGolden Rule Insurance Company has posted 3 new videos and the 2009 health savings account limits and maximums on its HSA education site.Golden Rule, Indianapolis, ...
October 03, 2008
NCQA Finds Health Plan Blood Pressure Control GainsThe National Committee for Quality Assurance says the number of U.S. residents in health plans that report NCQA quality statistics has increased to 106 million ...
October 03, 2008
Bush Signs Bailout Bill That Includes Mental Health ParityPresident Bush today signed a bailout bill that includes mental health parity legislation.Members of the U.S. House of Representatives earlier voted 263-171 to pass the ...
October 02, 2008
MetLife identifies trends in adult day service costsThe MetLife Mature Market Institute released its Sep. 30 results of a national survey of adult day services and home care costs. On average, the hourly rate for home health aides is $20, a 5 percent increase from 2007. Hourly, homemakers make $18.
October 02, 2008
Fed: AIG Insurance Subs Can Tap Credit LineAmerican International Group Inc. has authority from the Federal Reserve Board to use the agency's credit facility to provide liquidity for its insurance operating subsidiaries, ...
October 02, 2008
Court Upholds City Health Insurance MandateA 3-judge panel of the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals says the San Francisco universal health care program does not violate the federal Employee ...
October 02, 2008
Blues: Purchasing Pools May Not HelpThe Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association says an actuarial analysis it commissioned suggests that forming new health insurance purchasing cooperatives would not do much ...
October 02, 2008
Blues: Purchasing Pools May Not HelpThe Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association says an actuarial analysis it commissioned suggests that forming new health insurance purchasing cooperatives would not do much ...