According to the Geisinger Health Plan website, Geisinger Health System now has a state of the art skin resurfacing treatment which helps to smooth away scars and wrinkles which are caused by age, sun exposure, acne, trauma or surgery. This new laser technology is called fractional resurfacing and it’s changing the way people can get [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Louisiana Health Insurance Lawsuit
Recently, a Federal judge has approved parts of a lawsuit the state of Louisiana is bringing upon President Obama’s health care reform. The lawsuit was filed by the state of Louisiana as well as 19 other states. They are challenging the health care reform citing it as “unconstitutional” and concerned over the impact is will [...]
Medicare Prescription Drug Rebate
One of the new improvements in the health care reform benefiting seniors on Medicare is the closing of the “doughnut hole” in Medicare prescription drug plans according to the article on secondact.com by Mark Miller about The Medicare Prescription Drug Rebate. The “doughnut hole” of Medicare is the coverage gap that begins when a drug [...]
Children with Preexisting Conditions
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama (BCBSA) has come out with a statement about annual enrollment periods for children with preexisting conditions on their website. This is in response to the Obama administration’s clarification that it will include annual enrollment periods for the children’s preexisting conditions. Scott P. Serota, president and CEO of the Blue [...]
Student Health Insurance Reform
HealthInsuranceSort.com has published a comprehensive overview of the latest health care reform provision going into effect 9/23. This provision will have an immediate impact on students, allowing them to remain on their parents’ policies until the age of 26. The feature article explains student health insurance options such as school-sponsored plans, parents’ employer-sponsored plans, government [...]
Ohio High Risk Health Insurance
Beginning 9/1/2010, health insurance companies in Ohio who decline applicants due to pre-existing conditions are required to provide information about the Ohio high-risk pool and the open enrollment program. Since the coverage became available on 9/1 about 400 people have enrolled in the program, and federal subsidies will allow for about 5,000 to be covered. [...]
Children Health Insurance
According to the article “Children-Only Health Insurance Going Away” by Dayle Cedars on TheDenverChannel.com, thousands of children in Colorado will soon have less options for their own individual health insurance policies, and health care reform may to be to blame. 7NEWS has discovered that several large health insurance companies are no longer offering child-only health [...]
Medicare Supplement Insurance and Drug Plans
According to the article “More Than 3M Seniors Many Have to Switch Drug Plans” by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar on Yahoo News, even if seniors are perfectly happy with their drug prescription plan they may have to switch plans. Many consumers are finding this very frustrating. This is due to an attempt by government to simplify seniors’ [...]
Health Insurance Brokers
One of the main goals of the new Affordable Care Act is to make purchasing small group and individual health insurance policies easier and simpler. It may end up eliminating the need for agents and brokers, according to the article “Health Insurance Broker: Friend of Foe” by Kate Pickert on Times blog site. This obviously [...]
Illinois Vision Insurance Quotes
According to the article “Council to Vote On Voluntary Insurance Plan” by Jennifer Bailey on Commercial-News.com, there may be a change to vision insurance quotes in Danville, IL affecting Illinois health insurance. In Danville, they are considering authorizing an agreement for voluntary dental insurance and voluntary vision insurance for current city employees and retirees. According [...]
