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Managed Care
October 2000 |
Employer-based coverage up in strong economy Health insurance premiums rose 8.3 percent over the past year for all types of coverage, according to an annual survey of employers...   |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2005
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Medicare Drug Benefit 101 If financial advisers can understand the basics of the new Medicare drug benefit plan, they can provide a great service to their clients -- perhaps even save them money in premiums. Here's where to start. |
Managed Care
August 2006 |
Slowdown in Premium Increase Expected to Continue Into 2007 The only thing falling in terms of health care costs seems to be the rate of increase of premiums - good news for employers and other purchasers. |
Managed Care
March 2001 |
To Control Costs, CalPERS Rejects All Bids for 2002 In a dramatic attempt to keep a lid on health care premiums, the California Public Employees' Retirement System threw out every bid it received from health plans competing for a chunk of its business in 2002.... |
Managed Care
January 2004 |
Large Employers Now Use DM To Cut Their Costs Employers are adopting disease management programs in a big way to slow the pace of health care premium increases, according to a survey of 3,000 businesses. |
Managed Care
October 2007 |
Headlines On Deadline... Health insurance premiums rose an average of 6.1% in 2007... Employers are backing the development of Web-based health records... Commercial health plans posted improvements in 30 of 44 quality of care measures... |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2005 |
Do You Need Long-Term Care Insurance? Don't put off at least thinking about it. Here are some quick guidelines to help determine your long-term care insurance needs. |
Registered Rep.
November 26, 2015
Mark Miller |
Medicare Changes Coming Up If you haven't done a check-up on your clients' retirement health care costs lately, it's a good time to update the numbers. |
Registered Rep.
October 10, 2014
Mark Miller |
Healthcare Inflation is on the Mend Tame healthcare inflation is good news for your retired clients. |
The Motley Fool
January 26, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Fall Into the Medigap: Part 3 Medicare supplemental insurance may give you the additional protection you need. By understanding and evaluating your Medigap options, you can manage the financial risk of medical expenses, giving you the confidence that your health needs will be met. |
Registered Rep.
August 19, 2014
Alan Lavine |
The Hidden Costs of Partial Premium Payments Pay careful attention to the hidden interest charges your clients are paying on their insurance policies -- they are higher than you think. |
Inc.
October 2003
Alison Stein Wellner |
Candidates' Take on Premiums A guide to the Democratic presidential candidates' proposals for making health insurance more affordable. |
Managed Care
May 2001
Bob Carlson |
Real Story in CalPERS Talks Lies Beyond the Headlines True, the rest of the country doesn't always follow California's lead. But you'd probably be right if you viewed the California Public Employees' Retirement System's April deal with eight HMOs as an omen... |
Managed Care
July 2004 |
CalPERS Takes Tough Stand In Giving 38 Hospitals the Boot The move is expected to cut spending for the nation's third-largest purchaser of health care by $36 million in 2005, then save CalPERS about $50 million annually beginning in 2006. |
Managed Care
July 2002
Frank Diamond |
Premium Hikes: No Cause for Celebration Lost market share and further erosion of public trust will be the long-term by-products of this short-term solution. |
The Motley Fool
December 4, 2006
Emil Lee |
Insurance Industry Basics: Premiums What are they, and how do they work? Like great value investors, great insurance companies do business only when risk-adjusted returns are favorable. |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
When to Buy Long-Term Care Insurance Long-term care insurance pays out financial benefits to help you pay the expenses of nursing homes and home health care. Should you buy now, wait, or just skip the whole thing? |
Managed Care
June 2003 |
CalPERS-Blue Shield 3-Year Deal Gives Disease Management Vital Role The argument that disease management could save the system money in the long run has often been met by the retort that HMOs do not have a real incentive to back such programs because of the way enrollees jump from plan to plan. A decision by CalPERS may help address that issue. |
BusinessWeek
October 20, 2003
William C. Symonds |
Get Used To The Pain Another round of double-digit hikes in health-care costs is in the mail. |
Registered Rep.
January 18, 2011
Alan Lavine |
Insurers Raising Premiums, Changing Terms on Long-term Care Policies If you're selling long-term care insurance to clients, it's best to stay away from carriers with a history of raising premiums or discontinuing other types of insurance coverage. |
BusinessWeek
July 12, 2004
Howard Gleckman |
Providing For Your Own Care Long-term care insurance is getting even more pricey, so shop carefully. |
Managed Care
February 2002
Mick L. Diede & Richard Liliedahl |
Getting on the Right Track Converging forces are an economic train wreck waiting to happen. Avoiding a disaster requires an understanding of the interconnection of health care's stakeholders and the global consequences of their actions... |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2004 |
Whole Life vs. Term Life Whole and term are the two main forms of life insurance you should understand. Buy the kind of insurance that makes the most sense for you. |
Managed Care
May 2003 |
Premiums up, benefits down for M+C Premiums continue to rise for Medicare+Choice beneficiaries while the benefit selection gets somewhat narrower, a study funded by the Commonwealth Fund and conducted by Mathematica Policy Research finds. Monthly premiums rose from about $23 in 2001 to about $37 in 2003. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2004
Roy Lewis |
How Does Insurance Affect Your Taxes? Which plans are deductible, and which are taxable? Here's help sorting them out. |
Managed Care
March 2004
John A. Marcille |
With Updating, Old Ways Often Prove To Be Worthwhile The quality of life in America is better than most, so why are we so unhappy? We strive to make things better, case in point, health care networks. |
Managed Care
August 2005 |
Malpractice Payouts Flat But Premiums Rise 120% From 2000 to 2004, the amount that major malpractice insurers have collected in premiums has more than doubled, yet their payouts for compensatory damages have remained essentially flat. |
