Document and Entity Information (USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014
Document and Entity Information
Entity Registrant Name	American Independence Corp.
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2014
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Central Index Key	0000097196
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2014
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding	8,079,215
Entity Public Float		$ 9,836,274