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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 [...]
NFL Lockout: Family Goes to Extremes to Ensure Health Insurance Coverage
The expiration of the NFL labor contract is upon us and a NFL lockout seems imminent. Players are being encouraged to apply for COBRA coverage to ensure they have individual health insurance protection during this lockout period. To avoid any complications, an unnamed NFL player’s wife was induced early to deliver their baby before the [...]
Consider Health Insurance When Looking for a New Job
UPDATE 3/4/2012 – According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, unemployment is down from 9.9% in March of 2010, to a current unemployment rate of 8.3% as of January 2012. If this trend continues, this is great news for people without health insurance benefits. As unemployment drops, employers may become more competitive with their [...]
Individual Health Insurance Mandate
Health care reform has left many consumers questioning exactly how the individual health insurance mandate is going to work and more importantly how it’s going to affect them. Ezra Klein on WashtingtonPost.com gives some details in his article “How Does the Individual Mandate Work”. This mandate for health insurance requires that all individuals who can [...]
Health Care Reform Not So Bad For Insurers
Health care reform had many health insurance companies worried particularly because of a mandate which would require insurers to spend a certain percentage of the premiums they collect on care related costs. There is some good news according to the article “Health Insurers Adjust to Once-Scary Reform Rule” by Tom Murphy on ABCNews.com. Two major [...]
