Florida health insurance companies overstated how much money they spent on patient care and owe the state health officials a lot of money. Some experts are estimating they owe Florida about $3.1 million in refunds for the government’s health care plan for children. This information came out in a recent federal report and is quite [...]
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Medicaid Helps Those in Poverty
Oregon health insurance had a unique program in which previously uninsured residents were chosen by lottery to receive Medicaid according to the article “Poor Are Healthier With Medicaid” by Nancy Walsh on MedPageToday.com. The people enrolled experienced a 35% increase in the use of outpatient care. Enrollees also saw a 15% increase in prescription use [...]
Affordable Health Insurance With Labels
Just as food requires nutrition labels and cars require sticker prices, health care plans will soon require easy to understand labels for consumers shopping around for health insurance. According to the article “New Labels Will Soon Help Consumers Choose Health Plans by Susan Jaffe on the LATimes.com, consumers will be able to get a good [...]
New York Health Insurance: Getting More Expensive
New York health insurance quotes have increased dramatically in the last year since there are less health insurance companies competing for business in the New York area. The article “Health Care Prices in New York City Skyrocket, Residents Anxious for Obamacare Policy to Kick In” by Kenneth Lovett from the Daily News Albany discusses some [...]
Health Exchanges Coming to More States
Montana, Colorado and North Dakota health insurance are all moving forward with health care exchanges but this comes after a long struggle according to the article by CivSourceOnline.com. In Montana, Republicans oppose the health exchanges. In North Dakota, paperwork is on its way to the Governor for them to sign that will put in the [...]
Prescription Drug Shortages Throughout Nation
The nation is currently experiencing one of the largest prescription drug shortages in history and health care providers throughout the country are feeling the pressure. According to the article “Drug Shortage Reaches Idaho Falls” by Brett Crandall on LocalNews8.com, over 200 drugs are in short supply causing many patients a lot of stress. Pharmacist Clint [...]
Kentucky Health Insurance Recent Poll
According to the article “Poll: One Quarter of Kentuckians Have No Health Insurance” by Renee Shaw on PublicNewsService.org, Kentucky health insurance has some major opportunities. With nearly 1/4 of the Kentucky residents going without health insurance, we see improvements from previous years but they still have a ways to go. The Kentucky Health Issues Poll [...]
Health Insurance Law: The CLASS Act
The Community Living Assistance Services and Support, also known as The CLASS Act, was developed by Senator Edward M. Kennedy with the intention of making easier for individuals to purchase health insurance that would assist with paying for home assistance in case an injury or illness made day to day living very difficult. After 10 [...]
MAMSI on Keeping the Weight Off
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 [...]
