insurance companies

Forgoing medical care when there's a deductible, new federal rules for insurance companies and other consumer-focused items from Tuesday's Times.

Health insurance brokers, who are paid a commission by insurance companies but are free to consumers, are busier than ever.

Insurance companies won't randomly decide to drop you or raise your rates. But many things could put you on your insurer's bad side.

With the health care overhaul bill stuck in Congress, insurance companies are grappling with nearly 30 million potential new customers disappearing.

Now it's back to square one in a tough econmy. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

They may seem harmless, even well-meaning, but insurance companies see them as red flags and they could hurt your chances of collecting on a claim.

They may seem harmless, even well-meaning, but insurance companies see them as red flags, and they could hurt your chances of collecting on a claim.

The negotiations over health reform are kicking into high gear. And one of the top issues is whether to make insurance companies pay for some of it.

The foundation's decision to drastically reduce its exposure to health-related stocks comes at a time when drugmakers and insurance companies are anxious about the impact of a proposed overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system....

Like a lot of their patients, doctors are sick of long waits in the waiting room and dealing with insurance companies.

More patients -- and insurance companies -- are turning to overseas facilities for lower-cost medical procedures. And the quality of care often rivals that of the US.