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.
Trump's Contraception Plan Is Unconstitutional, Blue States Say
By Erik LarsonAttorneys general from 19 states object to a proposed exemption for employers with objections to birth control.
November 29, 2017
HealthCare.gov Posts 15% Growth for Weeks 3 and 4The total number of people on track to have coverage is up 30%, year over year.
November 29, 2017
Republicans’ Haste Warps Their Tax LegislationThe author wonders whether the lawmakers really know what's been swept under that rug.
November 28, 2017
Trump's HealthCare.gov Team Drafts Invitations for 2019 PlansMost of the procedures in a new draft 2019 issuer letter are based on the procedures for 2018.
November 28, 2017
8 Senators Who Can Make or Break Trump's Tax Cut This WeekSome of the friction is coming from people like Bob Corker, James Lankford and Jerry Moran.
November 28, 2017
Next U.S. Restructuring Epidemic: Sick Health Care CompaniesThe Affordable Care Act fight may be one source of risk for the companies' bond holders.
November 27, 2017
Market Makers Reveal Real 2018 Individual Health RatesCustomers without subsidies seem to be paying a lot more than they were paying a year ago.
November 27, 2017
The Consumer Price Index Starts a New Chapter'Chained CPI' tends to be more generous toward the young than it is toward the old.