If you are a woman who is planning on starting a family in the near future, you should first make sure that you have maternity health coverage before you get pregnant. If your health insurance is covered by employer sponsored coverage you are likely covered, however if you purchase individual health insurance on your own, [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Health Care Reform During Financial Crisis
Revamping the maligned US health care system was a focal point of President-elect Barack Obama’s campaign, and he will now be tasked with making good on that promise amid a significant economic downturn. Obama’s plan is to expand Government health programs as well as subsidize health insurance coverage for people who can’t afford it, and [...]
Health Care Reform – State Initiatives
The 2008 presidential election is now in he books, but there are still a number of states that have health care reform initiatives with unknown results. A rundown of pending and decided state health care initiatives is as follows: Arizona’s Proposition 101 would prohibit the passage of any law that would prohibit an individual from [...]
Health Insurance for the Uninsurable
To date, more than thirty states have set-up high-risk pools to address the issue of the those who go without health insurance coverage because they are deemed “uninsurable” by private health insurance companies. For many of these “uninsurables” these high-risk pools are their only means for acquiring health insurance, because they don’t have access to [...]
Low Cost Utah Health Insurance
Utah health insurers announced a new health insurance plan, called NetCare, for Utah residents who are between jobs. NetCare is designed to be a more affordable health insurance option than COBRA coverage. Cost savings from the COBRA alternative would be derived from NetCare not being required to include all the health benefits that are currently [...]
CVS Launches Health Discount Plan
CVS Caremark, a drugstore operator, has announced the launch of a new health discount program that will enable customers to get 90 say supplies of more than 400 generic maintenance drugs for as low as $9.99. The Program called Health Savings Pass will cost $10. In addition to receiving a 90 day supply for $9.99, [...]
Combining Health Coverage
Some California health insurance companies, inlcuding Kaiser Permanente, Health Net, and Blue Shield of California, have warned brokers across the state that if they combine health insurance plans offered by their companies with other forms of insurance or “wraparound” plans to cover the gaps in coverage, they may be refused earned commissions or even lose [...]
Health Insurance Rates for Women
There have been several articles published within the last week, most notably in the New York Times regarding health insurance rates paid by women compared to rates paid by men. The article used health insurance quote data gathered from such health insurance companies as Humana, Aetna, and Wellpoint as well as online health insurance marketplace [...]
