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.
College Creates Health And Productivity Institute
By Staff WriterCuyahoga Community College has set up a program that will help employers manage health-related costs.[@@]The Cleveland, Ohio, college says its Corporate College program will ...
July 18, 2005
Milliman Finds Health Increases Are SlowingCompetition and efforts to give consumers financial incentives to hold down health care costs may be starting to put the brakes on health coverage ...
July 15, 2005
Michigan Carrier Adds HSA ProductsAmerican Community Mutual Insurance Company has introduced a high-deductible health plan designed for small employers that want to set up health savings account programs.[@@]American ...
July 15, 2005
Survey Finds Support For Universal Child Health CoverageA majority of conservative Republican voters polled recently told a survey team that the federal government should provide health insurance for all children whose ...
July 15, 2005
Health Net Epands Connecticut Medicare ProgramThe Northeastern arm of Health Net Inc. is setting up Medicare managed care operations in 5 more Connecticut counties.[@@]Health Net, Woodland Hills, Calif., is ...
July 15, 2005
Study: American Malpractice Costs May Not Be So HighMedical malpractice suits may not be doing as much to drive up U.S. health care system costs as some system observers believe.[@@]Gerald Anderson, a ...
July 14, 2005
Great-West Reports Savings At Low-Deductible PlansGreat-West Healthcare says it believes the consumer incentive features it sells along with normal-deductible group health plans are helping to hold down plan expenses.[@@]Great-West, ...
July 14, 2005
UnitedHealth To Hire 600 For Medicare ProgramUnitedHealth Group Inc. is looking forward to the birth of the new Medicare drug plan.[@@]The Minnetonka, Minn., managed care company is reporting $809 million ...