According to the article “Obama Selects Alabama Doctor as Surgeon General” by Michael D. Shear in the Washington Post, President Obama has chosen Regina Benjamin to be the next Surgeon General. Benjamin is a family physician from Alabama with a wide range of experience. Benjamin is most well known for her efforts to rebuild her [...]
Archive for July, 2009
New York Health Insurance Costs Skyrocketing
According to the article “Sen. Chuck Schumer report: Rise in health insurance costs is sickening for New Yorkers” by Rachel Monahan on nydailynews.com, New York health insurance costs are up 81% since 2000. New Yorkers with health insurance are spending on average one out of every ten dollars on health care costs. This information comes [...]
Health Insurance Reform: Surtax on Rich?
The article “Suddenly Health Insurance Reform Is Not Affordable” by Armen Hareyan on emaxhealth.com discusses some concerns over how Congress plans on paying for the proposed health insurance reform. Providing affordable health insurance to the public is going to require obtaining funds from somewhere…but where? Already millions of Americans cannot afford the health insurance quotes [...]
Top Rated Health Plan In Pennsylvania
When JD Power & Associates rated the top health plans in Pennsylvania, they also included Delaware in a region which included both Pennsylvania & Delaware. However, of the eleven private health insurance companies that were included in the study and part of this region, eight of them where Pennsylvania health plans, and the three that [...]
Illinois Health Insurance: Young Adult Dependent Coverage Law
On BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois’ website they have details on a new Illinois health insurance law that went into effect on June 1st. The Young Adult Dependent Coverage Law states that if you have dependents meeting certain criteria you may be able to extend their coverage under your current health insurance policy. Some eligibility requirements [...]
Ohio Health Insurance and Health Care Reform
Ohio has a vested interest in what occurs in Congress as health care reform is figured out. According to Policy Matters Ohio, over 1 million Ohioans do not have Ohio health insurance. This is about 11% of those under 65 in Ohio. This is a huge percent and warrants concern. The article “In Congress, political [...]
Top Ranked Ohio Health Plan for 2009
In JD Power & associates 2009 rankings of the top health plans in Ohio, Medical Mutual took top honors. Based on JD Power surveys, Medical Mutual of Ohio is among the best health plans in the country. Humana is the 2nd best health plan in Ohio according to this study of well over 100 health [...]
Health First Insurance Hosting Grape Escape
The Health First Foundation is going to host the 8th annual Grape Escape on October 24th according to Health First’s website. This event is put on each year to raise money for Intra Cardiac Echocardiography (ICE). This year’s food and wine-tasting events at Seasons 52 in Orlando features culinary delights created by the internationally recognized Executive Chef Clifford [...]
Health Insurance In Rural America
According to the article “Don’t forget rural issues when revamping health care system” from PrairieStar.com, the health care debate is a big issue for our American farmers. Rural health care is an issue that has been around for a long time and needs attention now more than ever. Many farm families have one spouse working in [...]
