New Rule to Aid Access to Group Insurance
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For U.S. workers who change or lose their jobs, a new rule issued by the Bush administration just before the end of 2004 could provide better access to group health plan coverage &#151; in keeping with changes Congress agreed to eight years ago.
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The fall can be an anxious time for employees, as companies hold their annual open enrollment periods and invite workers to choose benefits from a complex range of health insurance, disability coverage, and retirement savings alternatives.
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Uninsured Washington area residents shopping for health coverage -- or convinced they have to go without -- have a new tool to help them assess the options available to them. A Web site first developed for California by the nonprofit Foundation for Health Coverage Education now includes informati...
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Group health insurance -- most commonly sponsored and subsidized by an employer -- is almost always a person's best bet, though many companies are cutting benefits and increasing workers' costs as premiums soar.
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EU plans to make it easier for European patients to seek healthcare within any member state
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Two of America's largest health insurance trade groups released on Wednesday a model for personal online health records, a step toward the larger goal of making electronic health records available to all U.S. residents by 2014.
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Hong Kong insurance broking industry representatives have been ordered to step up supervision of their members and strictly implement the industry&#39;s code of conduct.
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Thousands of gravely ill older people will no longer have to spend their savings or sell their homes to pay for round-the-clock medical care, under government guidelines to be revealed this week.
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New rules about sunscreen could mean a new market leader.
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Pick the right group to help improve your financial savvy.
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Oct. 7, 2004 - Medicare Advantage plans, the group program option to fee-for-service Medicare, are seeking to expand coverage to 1.6 more seniors and persons with disabilities and also lowering the cost
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The nationâs two leading heart groups issued new guidelines Thursday about what should be done for patients with heart disease before they undergo surgery on other parts of the body.
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The new drug benefit guarantees patients access to medicines while giving insurance companies potent tools to control costs.
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State Insurance Commissioner Nonnie S. Burnes yesterday proposed rules for the introduction of competition into the state auto insurance market that would discourage or ban insurers from considering factors unrelated to a customer's driving history when setting rates.
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A new regulation allows employers to establish two classes of retirees, with more comprehensive benefits for those under 65 and more limited benefits â or none at all â for those older.
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Some of the nationâs biggest insurance companies want to change rules that enable some of their competitors to avoid billions of dollars in federal taxes by sending money to themselves in tax havens.
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Tougher rules over travel insurance are needed to protect holidaymakers, an MPs' report says.