Industry Updates
This broad category includes articles concerning health insurance costs, carrier and health plan news, changing benefits technology, and surveys by the Kaiser Family Foundation and others on employee benefits.
Changes in the way small and mid-sized companies are regulated by the Affordable Care Act could make a substantial difference to more than half of Orange County’s workers and their families — and both they and their employers could benefit.
State health insurance exchanges created under the new health care law are in turmoil. By contrast, the employer market — where the majority of Americans still get their coverage — seems like a bastion of stability.
The number of Americans without health insurance declined to 9.1 percent last year, according to federal data released Tuesday. A set of maps released by the Census Bureau suggests an obvious way to decrease the uninsured rate even more: expand Medicaid in the 19 states that haven't.
The dozen ObamaCare exchanges run by the states are struggling financially and could be headed toward collapse over the next several years, according to a new report released Tuesday by House Republicans.
People struck by surprise medical bills are easy to find.
Reaching out to a past opponent can be difficult, but it can also be rewarding. It’s important to remember that people and organizations can change. A rival from childhood could become a good friend later in life. A former competitor could be your future business partner. Old attitudes fade because they need to change. It’s a new world to grow your business, ...
Rising drug costs are often blamed for driving up health insurance premiums, but a major consumer group says the numbers don’t add up — at least in California.
Cal INDEX, a highly touted database of patient medical records backed by two of California’s largest health insurers, is searching for a new chief executive as it tries to overcome a slow start.
State Sen. Ed Hernandez's attempt to push through a drug pricing transparency bill sputtered this year, but the West Covina Democrat still wants his colleagues to weigh in on the latest controversy in the cost of prescription drugs: the surging price of EpiPens.
This year, taxpayers will cover about 70 percent of what is spent on health care in California, according to a new analysis released Wednesday by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.