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.
Minn. Blue To Send Customers To Schwab
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, Dec. 1, 2004, 11:39 a.m. ESTA large health insurer in the upper Midwest has picked a discount broker to help ...
November 30, 2004
PacifiCare To Acquire Pacific Life Health OperationA Southern California managed care company is acquiring a neighbor's group health business.[@@]PacifiCare Health Systems Inc., Cypress, Calif., has agreed to pay Pacific Life ...
November 30, 2004
Executive: New Rules Could Hurt Medigap BrokersThe new Medicare law could cause problems for insurers that sell Medicare supplement coverage through brokers.[@@]The president of a company that runs a drug ...
November 30, 2004
FTC Completes FACT Opt-Out SectionRegulators have come up with the final version of the Fair Credit Reporting Act general rights summary.[@@]The Federal Trade Commission has released a batch ...
November 30, 2004
Groups Ask Treasury To Change Use-It-Or-Lose-It RulePowerful Republican lawmakers want to help protect employees from losing benefit account contributions.[@@]The members are supporting industry and insurer groups that are asking the ...
November 29, 2004
S&P Weighs In On Definity DealAnalysts at a major rating agency say a big health carrier's move to acquire a consumer-driven health pioneer fits with the carrier's strategy.[@@]The agency, ...
November 29, 2004
Wellspring Teams With EPhitNU Online News Service, Nov. 29, 2004, 3:32 p.m. ESTA major wellness company has agreed to market a Utah company's Web-based health coaching services.[@@]Wellspring ...
November 29, 2004
While Health Care's Bounce May Not Last, Sub-Sectors Can BenefitNov. 22, 2004 -- Although President George W. Bush's reelection provided a nice jolt to U.S. health care stocks, it may only be a short-lived...