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.
Blues Start Anti-Fraud Strike Force
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, April 20, 2004, 4:42 p.m. EDT -- The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Chicago, has set up an Anti-Fraud ...
April 19, 2004
Broker Sets Up Peace Corps Returnee Health ProgramNU Online News Service, April 19, 2004, 5:44 p.m. EDT -- MultiNational Underwriters Inc., Indianapolis, has set up a health coverage program for Peace ...
April 18, 2004
Health Insurance Group Goes After VotersAmericas Health Insurance Plans intends to play a major role in election season debates about health care system reform.The health insurance industry trade group, formed ...
April 18, 2004
Help Employers Get The Most Out Of Their PBMsBySome brokers wonder whether the growth of pharmacy benefit management companies has come at the expense of employers.Brokers who have clients with self-funded prescription plans ...
April 18, 2004
Product Shields Plans Against Multiple HitsProduct Shields PlansAgainst Multiple HitsByING Re is edging its way into the group health "multiple occurrence" reinsurance market.ING Re, a U.S. unit of ING Groep ...
April 18, 2004
Drug Subsidy Gives Retiree Health Plans Some AirEmployer-sponsored retiree health plans continue to gasp for life, but the new Medicare drug subsidy has given them a welcome whiff of oxygen.That's the assessment ...
April 18, 2004
Voluntary Plans Can Fit Gen-Xer NeedsAs a benefits advisor, you might find yourself selling insurance plans that have changed little since 1960 to employers where most workers were born after ...