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.
Iowa Overhauls Anti-Rebate Rule
By Arthur D. PostalThe Iowa Insurance Department Friday substantially loosened its ban on providing gifts to policyholders or prospects.The department's original anti-rebate policy had drawn heavy criticism from ...
August 25, 2008
Uninsured Will Pay $30 Billion For Care In 2008: StudyThe uninsured will spend $30 billion out of their own pockets for health care this year while receiving $56 billion in uncompensated care, a new ...
August 22, 2008
Regulators Talk About PBR Nuts And BoltsShould principles-based reserving permit regulators to look at the riskiness of an individual block of business, or should regulators have to look at an insurance ...
August 22, 2008
Wealthy Also Fear Retirement Health CostsEven wealthy people worry that they may not have enough money to pay for health care in retirement, an insurer reports.Researchers at the Phoenix Companies ...
August 22, 2008
Insurer Shields Clinics From Budget CrunchHealth Net of California Inc. says it is providing more than $5 million in no-interest loans to 12 California clinics to keep them open during ...
August 22, 2008
Insurer Shields Clinics From Budget CrunchHealth Net of California Inc. says it is providing more than $5 million in no-interest loans to 12 California clinics to keep them open during ...
August 21, 2008
Penn Treaty In Dispute With LTC ReinsurerPenn Treaty American Corp. says a reinsurer has withdrawn its offer to back older long term care insurance policies sold by two Penn Treaty subsidiaries.Imagine ...
August 21, 2008
Segal: Health Costs To Rise 10%Sponsors of group health plans for active employees are expecting to see the underlying medical claims costs go up about 10% to 11% in 2009.Forecasters ...