Alaska is looking to spend a surprising $200k per year for each high risk pool member based on Kaiser Health News article by Phil Galewitz. Alaska is one of the most expensive places to live in the United States and these increased costs apply to health care as well. High risk pools are being set [...]
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Individual Health Insurance For Everyone
Many Americans have been denied individual health insurance coverage because of pre-existing conditions and healthcare reform is working to eliminate this inequity. According to the article “Federal Insurance Program Covers Pre-Existing Conditions” by Steve Clark on The Brownsville Herald, the Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMMS) is trying to boost enrollment in a program [...]
Louisiana Health Insurance: Opting Out of Exchanges
Louisiana is opting out of creating health insurance exchanges at the state level which is part of the new federal healthcare bill according to Bruce Greenstein of Health and Hospitals. The article “Louisiana to Opt Out of Health Insurance Exchanges in Federal Law” by Jan Moller found on Nola.com details the factors behind their decision. [...]
High Risk Insurance Pools Unsuccessful
For the past few months there has been concern that a $5 billion budget would not be enough to cover the large amount of people expected to enroll in a network of health insurance pools for those with pre-existing conditions. Some thought the money would be exhausted by 2012. According to the article “High-Risk Insurance [...]
High Risk Health Insurance Pool
High risk health insurance pools are a main part of the Federal health insurance plan. According to the article “2400 Apple For High Risk Health Insurance Pool” by Gene Rickman found on The Top News website, the US Department of Health and Human Services has calculated an estimate of how many people are enrolling in [...]
Ohio High Risk Health Insurance
Beginning 9/1/2010, health insurance companies in Ohio who decline applicants due to pre-existing conditions are required to provide information about the Ohio high-risk pool and the open enrollment program. Since the coverage became available on 9/1 about 400 people have enrolled in the program, and federal subsidies will allow for about 5,000 to be covered. [...]
Ohio Health Insurance Quotes: Affordable
According to the article “Ohio’s High-Risk Health Insurance Pool Will Begin Taking Applications on Aug 1″ by Diane Suchetka on Cleveland.com, Ohio residents who have been unable to get affordable health insurance quotes because of pre-existing conditions will be able to get coverage as of September 1. To help with Ohio health insurance, Ohio will [...]
Maryland Health Insurance Quotes Rising
According to the article on MarylandReporter.com written by Barbara Pash about rising health care costs in Maryland the Federal health care reform signed into law earlier in 2010 is expected to save Maryland about $829 million in 10 years. These savings may be easily wiped out by the rising costs of health care. The health [...]
Health Insurance Pools
According to the article “Missouri Taking Applications for Health Insurance Pool” by The Associated Press on KansasCity.com, Missouri is now accepting applications for its health insurance pool for those without insurance and with pre-existing conditions. The Missouri Health Insurance Pool is part of the health care overhaul which is federal. It covers Missouri residents with [...]
Finding Health Insurance for High Risk
According to the article “18 States Refuse to Run Insurance Pools for Those With Pre-existing Conditions” by David S. Hilzenrath health care reform may make finding health insurance for the high risk not that much easier. Eighteen state governments have come out and said they will not administer a program to offer health insurance coverage [...]
