Archive for October 2014
California voters to decide on overhaul of health insurance rate-setting
The regulatory controls states have over insurers’ ability to set premiums has been a major issue in various parts of the country over the last several months or more.
Read MoreHow can life insurers make people eager to buy coverage?
One of the biggest hurdles life insurance issuers have had to overcome in the past few years – and which they’ve only achieved to varying degrees – is the fact that people simply aren’t eager to buy such coverage these days, for any number of reasons.
Read MoreProposed life insurance rule would help children of same-sex couples
The life insurance industry has seen a variety of new regulations over the past several years, and several new ones are in the process of being adopted over the next few years.
Read MoreHow do consumers look for life insurance, other coverage?
These days, the life insurance industry seems to be constantly in search of ways to boost client rolls, but haven’t really been able to find a significant foothold even as the broader economy continues to improve.
Read MorePopulation without health insurance continues to shrink
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was, at its core, intended to do two things: Make sure more people have health insurance, and reduce the cost of care.Â
Read MoreIdaho school district makes expected move to cut health coverage costs
One of the most common predictions made by experts in the wake of the business coverage mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act seems to now be coming true.
Read MoreHow do life insurers plan to grow their companies?
It’s no secret in the life insurance that the last few years haven’t been particularly robust in terms of bringing in new clients, but firms in that field are certainly focusing more on that issue in particular these days.
Read MoreFew Americans slated to lose health insurance through ACA
Over the past few months, there have been repeated warnings that potentially hundreds of thousands of Americans could lose their health insurance coverage, and now those cancelations seem to be nigh.
Read MoreDoes the ACA impact how consumers shop for health care?
Over the past decade or more, consumers’ annual health care costs have risen considerably, which is now problematic for a large number of Americans.
Read MoreAmericans Don’t Believe Government Should Pay for Health Insurance
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has already served to change many of the ways in which Americans view the concept of health insurance.
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