by Carrie Haubensak | Sep 19, 2024 | Accident, Critical Illness, Dental, Short-Term Care
Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness, Short-Term Care, Dental, and Accident products all provide appealing benefits to retirees and those who do not have access to them through an employer. Within the individual markets for each of these products, numerous carriers...
by Carrie Haubensak | Aug 27, 2024 | Dental, Insurance Industry, Senior Hospital Indemnity, Short-Term Care
The supplemental health insurance market continues to steadily grow, primarily due to the increase in the size of the Medicare population. Telos Actuarial’s Future of Medicare Supplement white paper shows that the Medicare Eligible population is expected to grow...
by Carrie Haubensak | Jan 22, 2024 | Accident, Critical Illness, Dental, Insurance Industry, Short-Term Care
Debates about Medicare Advantage marketing and payments are ongoing, there’s rampant speculation about acquisitions in the healthcare space, and predictions about changes coming in 2024 abound. In 2023, Telos Actuarial wrote about Supplemental Health products and...
by Carrie Haubensak | Sep 15, 2023 | Dental, Insurance Industry
Telos continues to monitor the market for ancillary health products and it continues to grow! With some type of dental benefits included in virtually all Medicare Advantage plans, awareness of dental benefits among seniors and agents is high. On top of that, most...
by Carrie Haubensak | Jul 7, 2022 | Dental, Medicare, news
More than 100 House lawmakers say the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has the power now to expand dental coverage. The letter, released Thursday to CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, comes as federal efforts to expand coverage of hearing and...
by Carrie Haubensak | Jul 29, 2021 | Dental, Medicare, news
Dental benefits are not generally covered by Medicare, except under limited circumstances, and many people on Medicare do not have any dental coverage at all. Some Medicare beneficiaries have access to dental coverage through other sources, such as Medicare Advantage...
