The Pain Center of Arizona has opened up another center to help patients suffering from chronic pain. The center is in the Valley location and is another location patients can visit the more premier pain clinic in the state. The resident physician at the clinic will be Dr. Ramoun Jones assisted by Todd McMurdie, Physicians [...]
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Arizona Health Insurance – Lacking for Children
The Census Bureau recently released data reporting on how many children are going without health insurance coverage. Texas, Nevada and Arizona were the top three states for uninsured children rates according to the article “Health Coverage for Arizona Children Among Lowest in Nation” by Max Levy on Cronkitenewsonline.com. About one in eight children age 17 [...]
Arizona Health Insurance Transplant Coverage
Medicaid coverage health insurance has been restored for transplant patients by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer many months after a reduction started accusations that Republicans lawmakers were cold hearted on serious medical conditions. According to the article “Arizona Restores Transplant Coverage With New Budget” by Paul Davenport on MySanAntonio.com, this was made possible through a budget [...]
Arizona Health Insurance
Arizona health insurance is about to face big changes like the rest of the country because of Obama’s health care reform. According to the article “Arizona Lawsuit Against Healthcare Reform” found on TucsonCitizen.com, The Goldwater Institute filed a federal lawsuit this week to block national healthcare reform reported by The East Valley Tribune. The lawsuit [...]
Health Insurance Monopolies in Arizona
Two reports have recently come out to confirm that health insurance companies have an increasing monopoly on most major US markets especially in Arizona according to the article “Arizona Among States With Health-Insurer Monopolies” by Ginger Rough on azcentral.com. There was a study that recently was released from the American Medical Association which found that [...]
Children’s Health Insurance Program Dropped by Arizona
According to the article “Arizona Drops Children’s Health Insurance Program, Medicine Coverage” by Thomas Kristoffersen on insurancerate.com, Arizona became the first state to get rid of their Children’s Health Insurance Program. The cutting of the program was a result of the strict budget set forth by Gov. Jan Brewer and it will take away coverage [...]
Cheaper Alternative to COBRA
For many American families, COBRA coverage is still too expensive even with the current COBRA subsidy which is temporarily in place. The COBRA subsidy program pays 65% of the monthly premiums for up to 15 months, but still can require a substantial monthly expense, as the average family of four still pays on average $389 [...]
Medicare Supplement in Case Medicare Advantage is Cancelled
According to the article “Advantage Plan Cancellation: What To Do” found on TucsonCitizen.com, you have two options in the case that your Medicare Advantage Plan is cancelled. It’s important to understand those options to the best of your ability so you aren’t left without coverage for any period of time. The first option is to [...]
BCBSAZ – BlueSolutions
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona‘s (BCBSAZ) is the next health insurance company that we will discuss in this continuing series of posts related to efforts by Blue Cross Blue Shield member health plans to undertake programs designed to increase access to affordable health insurance for the uninsured. BCBSAZ launched a program called BlueSolutions which [...]
