Health care reform continues to ruffle feathers around the nation. Kentucky health insurance has been greatly influenced by Catholic hospitals and Archbishop Kurtz of Louisville and Bishop Ronald Gainer of Lexington are working hard to ensure their morals stay in tact. Catholic hospitals account for about 25% of admissions throughout the state of Kentucky according [...]
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Health Insurance From Employers May Decrease
Some health care experts believe that health care reform may cause drastic decreases in the amount of employers offering health insurance to their employees. This could end up being disastrous for the millions of Americans who rely on this health insurance to take care of their family. The Obama administration’s chief actuary of Medicare currently [...]
Teacher Health Insurance Lacking in Oklahoma
Oklahoma health insurance for teachers has always been a hot topic, but recently in Oklahoma City, a budget was approved to only fund teachers’ health insurance for 10 months out of the year, rather than a full 12. The Oklahoma Board of Education claims they have voted to fully fund teacher’s health insurance but the [...]
Texas Health Insurance Changing
Across the nation, the number of employers offering health insurance to their employees is decreasing due to the rising costs of health care. Texas is no different and they are actually seeing a more dramatic drop when compared to the national average. The article “Texas Falling Behind in Employer-Based Health Insurance” by PublicNewsService.org says the [...]
Finding Health Insurance and Health Care Jobs
Finding health insurance and health care jobs has become a little easier thanks to five growing health care careers flourishing across the nation. If you’re interested in pursuing a career in the health care industry, right now might be a good time to get your foot in the door and get the education you need. [...]
Personal Health Insurance: Youth Going Without
The youth of America needs health care reform more than anyone since a large percentage of them are choosing not to carry personal health insurance. Unfortunately, they have not shown the support for reform that they should be. The youth of America continue to be the the highest uninsured group out there. According to the [...]
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 [...]
Aflac Offers Vision Insurance
Most people know Aflac as the company which covers daily costs in case of disability but they also offer other types of insurance. You may be surprised to learn that Aflac offers vision insurance. This can be a huge benefit to those who do not have the time or the information to shop around for [...]
NFL Players Looking for Better Health Care
The long awaited NFL lock-out is upon up and players are toughing it out without health insurance. Many players chose to get coverage through COBRA while negotiations are under way, but there are players taking a risk with no insurance at this time. This is unfortunately considering one of the main factors the players are [...]
NFL Lockout Update: Health Insurance Benefits Extended
Many players were concerned about losing their health insurance benefits through the NFL yesterday as the lockout started. With an anticipated extension players have time to reevaluate the benefits of this lockout and what they can do to ensure health insurance coverage. According to the article “NFL, NFLPA Get 24-Hour Extension for Negotiations” by Nate [...]
