health services

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  PPACA may penalize some Native Americans

  By Garance Burke  |  May 16, 2013

  Indians who get IHS care can ignore the individual mandate, but the exemption is narrow.

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  Strong growth of life product sales expected

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  April 29, 2013

  Katharine Wolchik, a managing economist and head of global economics at AIG, expects strong life sales through 2014.

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  Is the workplace health clinic the new health care fix?

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  April 26, 2013

  Is a medical clinic in a workplace really the best thing considered? NPR seems to think so.

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  Insurers raise Calif. health rates over Jones' objections

  By Allison Bell  |  March 7, 2013

  Regulators say they lack legislative authority to reject increases.

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  NAFA appoints development and education VP

  By Noah Guillaume  |  February 13, 2013

  Jeff Mose will focus on education for annuity professionals and increasing the associate membership of annuity advisors, agents and brokers.

• New data suggests that Obamacare is actually bending the healthcare curve

  By Staff Writer  |  February 12, 2013

  Health care spending is down again this year, mostly due to the economy, but is PPACA playing a part, too?

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  Health insurers likely to meet earnings targets

  By The Associated Press  |  January 16, 2013

  Josh Raskin is not expecting flu effects to show up in this round of reports.

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  Can nurse practitioners do more?

  By Allison Bell  |  October 26, 2012

  Health Affairs sparks discussion about the role of providers other than doctors.

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  Court keeps Indiana from defunding of Planned Parenthood

  By Charles Wilson  |  October 24, 2012

  Two judges nominated by Republican presidents join a Democrat in backing a lower-court ruling.

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  Ending it all

  By Bill Coffin  |  September 1, 2012

  Every year, more people die from suicide than from homicide. Is there anything the life insurance industry can do about it? As it turns out, there is.