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.
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By Steve PiontekNo, the headline doesn't refer, as the old joke goes, to the deep-throated sound that a 200-pound canary makes.
June 10, 2005
-HEALTH-STHealth Sector Outlook Rosy, Raters SayHistorically strong and sustainable operating margins contributed to Standard & Poor's positive mid-year outlook for the health insurance sector.[@@]The ...
June 09, 2005
Firm Rolls Out Health Claims Control SystemTC3 Health L.L.C. has introduced a medical claims control system for benefit plan administrators.[@@]TC3, Costa Mesa, Calif., says it has developed the new MEDInnovation ...
June 09, 2005
WellPoint Closes On LumenosWellPoint Inc. has completed previously announced plans to acquire Lumenos Inc., one of the companies that popularized the idea of combining high-deductible health coverage ...
June 08, 2005
HSA Firm To Market Through NFIBHSA Bank has started marketing health savings account administration services through the National Federation of Independent Business.[@@]The NFIB, Nashville, Tenn., is a small business ...
June 08, 2005
Study: Employers Pay To Cover Other Employers WorkersU.S. employers that provide health benefits spend about 20% of their benefits budgets on medical care for other employers' employees.[@@]Researchers affiliated with The Commonwealth ...
June 08, 2005
Officials Tweak Health Privacy RulesThe federal agencies that regulate banks and financial institutions say lenders cannot use information about a consumer's health as the basis for requiring the ...
June 08, 2005
Costco Tests Health Plans In CaliforniaCostco Wholesale Corp. says it is testing two health insurance plans for its executive members and members of their families.The warehouse-style retailer will test ...