health insurance

• Three to offer insurance in Montana marketplace

  By The Associated Press  |  May 21, 2013

  Three health insurance companies plan to sell health insurance through the federal insurance marketplace in Montana.

• Younger adults expect premiums to rise under reform

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 20, 2013

  Nearly two-thirds of younger Americans expect their health insurance premiums to rise because of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a new survey.

• 

  Bucking tradition

  By Mike Sullivan  |  May 20, 2013

  Like this forward-thinking retailer, our own industry would benefit from advancing its collective mindset. We need to consider innovative possibilities, rather than cling to time-honored practices. We must expand beyond the walls of tradition that confine us.

• D.C. exchange attracts 4 big players

  By Allison Bell  |  May 20, 2013

  The District of Columbia Health Benefit Exchange Authority announced that four insurers have agreed to sell health insurance through its Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchange system.

• 

  GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  May 20, 2013

  The former head of the office that subjected tea-party groups seeking tax exemptions to tougher scrutiny is now running the tax agency's division in charge of implementing the health care law.

• 

  Funeral planning popular as workplace perk

  By Allen Greenberg  |  May 17, 2013

  For employers that offer health insurance, free parking and even child or elder care referral services, offering coverage for funeral services just seems like an easy add-on.

• 

  Employers will keep coverage, despite PPACA, survey finds

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 17, 2013

  Health insurance in the workplace won’t go away because of PPACA. But it will be different.

• 

  Senate confirms former nurse to run Medicare

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  May 15, 2013

  The Senate has confirmed a former nurse to run Medicare and other government health insurance programs with a combined budget surpassing the Pentagon's.

• 

  Health reforms penalize some Indians

  By Garance Burke  |  May 15, 2013

  Many Native Americans will have to buy their own health insurance or pay a $695 fine unless they can prove they are "Indian enough" to claim one of the few exemptions allowed under the PPACA.

• 

  Tech helps to usher in big changes in benefits

  By Nathan Solheim  |  May 15, 2013

  Technology has made a profound impact on the benefits industry, and it’s sure to change the way brokers and agents do business for decades to come.