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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Massachusetts Health Insurance Quotes Rising
Massachusetts health insurance quotes are still higher than Gov. Deval Patrick desires. According to the article “Mass Gov Renews Push for Lower Health Care Costs” by Bob Salsberg on Business Week, Patrick is very frustrated that his efforts to lower health care costs in the state are moving so slow through legislature. Patrick’s bill on health [...]
Pennsylvania Health Insurance Ranking Well
JD Power and Associates is in their 5th year of ranking health insurers through the US Member Health Insurance Plan Study and according to their recent annual report Pennsylvania health insurance ranked well for overall customer satisfaction. They exceed the national average for customer satisfaction significantly. The article “UPMC, Geisinger, Highmark lead PA Customer Satisfaction Ratings” [...]
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Awarded
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina earned a very high customer satisfaction score and with all of the concerns over health insurer quality, this bodes well for BCBS. According to the article “North Carolina Health Insurer Earns High Customer Satisfaction Score” by Bob Graham on IFAWebNews.com, BCBS of North Carolina ranked second best in [...]
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 [...]
Rhode Island Approves Health Insurance Rate Increase
Rhode Island health insurance is about to see a 1.9% increase in health insurance rates for those who purchase policies from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island. The article “State Approves Reduced Health Insurance Rate Hike” by Richard Salit on ProJo.com summarizes the details behind the hike. The 1.9% is actually a reduced figure [...]
Student Health Care Reform Update
The Department of Health and Human Services has published their proposed rules on the status of student health insurance coverage under the new bill, the Affordable Care Act, and with it comes some new updates. According to the article “Health Care Reform Update: Proposed Rule on Student Health Coverage” on NACUBO.com, the proposed rules have [...]
