When you are ready to take charge of your health and lose the excess weight, know that losing the weight is only half of the battle. Keeping it off is the other half. A useful link found on the MAMSI website gives valuable information on how to maintain a healthy weight once you have worked [...]
Archive for April, 2011
Top Virginia Health Insurance Companies
The Top 10 health insurance companies in Virginia, measured by sheer market share, and reported by NAIC are listed below. These rankings do not necessarily indicate which companies provide the best service, the most competitive health insurance rates or rank well in other quality measures. Some of these health insurance companies may be companies you [...]
Maternity Health Insurance: Closing Maternity Wards
Maternity wards are closing across the nation because of rising health care costs and this is causing some serious concerns among hospitals. According to the article “Closing Maternity Wards: Costly and Risky” by Kelli B. Haywood on DailyYonder.com, maternity wards are closing in rural areas specifically and these areas are already short on doctors. Women [...]
Medicare Advantage Plans Lose in 2012
Medicare Advantage plans will be losing some funds starting in 2012 which is the opposite of what was announced previously. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) says Medicare Advantage Plans are scheduled to receive a .16% cut in reimbursement in 2012. The article “Medicare Advantage Plans to Get Less in 2012″ by Emily [...]
Personal Health Insurance Through Exchanges
The Missouri House has started to carry out one of the more challenging aspects of the Affordable Care Act by voting to start setting up an exchange program that strives to make personal health insurance more affordable as well as more affordable health insurance for small businesses. According to the article “Missouri House Begins Work [...]
Medicare Advantage to Receive Ratings
Congress is hoping that a new ratings system applied to the various Medicare Advantage programs will encourage better quality throughout the Medicare system. According to the article “New Ratings for Medicare Advantage Plans May Boost Quality in Utah, Nation” by Patty Henetz found on The Salt Lake Tribune website, strong ratings will earn rewards for health [...]
HMO Insurance Quote: Should Rate Increases Be Transparent?
There has been an ongoing debate in the Washington state Legislature about whether or not health insurance companies should make the request for rate increases public. The issue involves House Bill 1220, which would make the rate request public as soon as the office of Commissioner Mike Kreidler receives it according to the article “Insurance [...]
South Carolina Health Insurance and Abortion Legislation
According to the article “House Approves More Abortion Legislation” found on Chronicle.Augusta.com, health insurance companies will have to cover abortions only if people purchase a separate premium for the procedure for South Carolina health insurance. This is under a new bill passed last month in the South Carolina House. This could affect the way a [...]
Student Health Care Reform Limited
Many experts have said that health care reform will help get more students insured, but that may not be the case. In a study conducted by the US Government Accountability Office back in 2008, it was found that 1.7 million traditional age students from 18-23 were not covered by student health insurance which comes out [...]
Individual Health Insurance For Everyone
Many Americans have been denied individual health insurance coverage because of pre-existing conditions and healthcare reform is working to eliminate this inequity. According to the article “Federal Insurance Program Covers Pre-Existing Conditions” by Steve Clark on The Brownsville Herald, the Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMMS) is trying to boost enrollment in a program [...]
