Tag: insurance
Healthcare Consumers Lack Knowledge Of Basic Health Insurance Terms
. Some of you may remember home economics classes, now called family and consumer sciences. Although nutrition, cooking, and healthy living featured prominently in these classes, one of the items […]
Opinion | Social media isn’t a reliable source to access info about insurance
Earlier this month, I was at Delhi’s Jama Masjid during Ramzan. The courtyard was teeming with people watching the sunset and waiting to break their fasts. As I looked out […]
Holidaymakers warned travel insurance may not cover gadgets put in the hold due to flight laptop ban
There is speculation that the laptop travel ban will now be expanded to European countries, including the UK In March, the US announced laptop restrictions on flights departing from 10 Middle […]
INSURANCE INVESTIGATORS USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO ASSESS LIABILITY
CHICAGO (WLS) — Millions of people post pictures everyday on social media and share their life with the world. But they may not know there could be insurance investigators out […]
Sales Of Short-Term Insurance Plans Could Surge If Health Law Is Relaxed
Short-term health plans have been around for decades, bridging coverage gaps for people who are between jobs or have recently graduated from school, among other things. After the Affordable Care […]
Judge blocks major health insurance merger
A federal judge has blocked Aetna’s merger with Humana after finding that the health insurers’ $37 billion deal would leave seniors with fewer and costlier options for private Medicare coverage. […]
Health Law Repeal Could Cost 18 Million Their Insurance, Study Finds
WASHINGTON — Repealing major provisions of the Affordable Care Act, while leaving other parts in place, would cost 18 million people their insurance in the first year, a report by […]
What Will The CBO Count As Health Insurance?
My colleague Avik Roy has suggested that passing a full Obamacare replacement (as opposed to a partial replacement passed via reconciliation) might be possible even though it would require Democratic […]
Trump, GOP sweep may disrupt every corner of health insurance market
Republican Donald Trump’s presidency is primed to upend every corner of the health insurance industry that has spent the past six years acclimating to the rules of the Affordable Care […]
Could your social media posts make insurance more expensive?
Could that Instagram image of you bungy jumping in your 20s result in having to pay higher insurance costs in the future? One insurance expert thinks so. Michael Naylor, a […]