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By Danielle Kunkle |
May 22, 2012
With so much media and legislative focus aimed at the Medicare Advantage program, news about traditional Medigap plans has been rather sparse, and what news there has been has not been positive or promising.
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By Elizabeth Festa |
May 8, 2012
Agent commissions have declined dramatically since the medical loss ratio (MLR) provision of the health care reform law went into effect, forcing many agents to reduce their services to clients, consider charging fees for services they had been providing at no additional charge and in some cases, laying off employees...
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By Marty Trussell |
April 10, 2012
Positive news about HSA growth might lead one to draw the conclusion that HSAs and the underlying high-deductible health plans, or CDH plans, are assured a rosy future as they continue to build more and more market share. However, there may be storm clouds gathering on the horizon.
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By Kathryn Mayer |
March 22, 2012
The law giving the Pennsylvania Insurance Department authority to review and disapprove rate increases in the small group health insurance market took effect March 21.
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By Allison Bell |
March 13, 2012
The National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) has put out a commentary summarizing what it knows about the new Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) program.
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By Ingrid Case |
March 12, 2012
A variety of causes underlie a steep premium increase.
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By Ingrid Case |
March 1, 2012
After several years of more modest increases, 2011 brought companies and consumers sharply higher health insurance premiums—and questions about the factors behind the increased rates.
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By Allison Bell |
February 13, 2012
Whatever states do about health insurance prices for older and younger adults, one thing remains certain: it will be unlikely to please everyone.
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By Dan Cole |
February 8, 2012
Last week I took the briefest of looks at the health insurance market and how this controversial empire is carved up amongst the top five power players: Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, Kaiser, and United. Now I want to spend the next few blogs going in depth on these carriers, taking a...
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By Allison Bell |
December 12, 2011
The final regulations for the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) Program are similar to the draft version of the CO-OP regulations posted in July, according to Paul Keckley.
