There are many aspects of the Affordable Care Act up for debate, but one of the hottest topics out there is the fact that health law requires insurers to offer contraception coverage in their policies or they risk being fined. The founder of Domino’s Pizza is suing the federal government over this specific mandate and [...]
There is good news for veterans struggling with infertility. A new bill is being considered in the Senate that would expand the VA’s medical benefits package to include in vitro fertilization. The Department of Veteran Affairs currently offers some fertility insurance, but this would take it a step further to be more comprehensive. According to [...]
The Affordable Care Act ensures new required preventative health services for women, and as of August 1, 2012, about 47 million women will have access to additional preventative services without paying more at their doctor’s office for policies renewing on or after this date. Under health care reform, many private health insurance plans also must [...]
Many Americans still have pressing questions about the details behind President Obama’s health care law. It’s a complicated law with a lot of information. Some of the aspects are pretty much well-known such as the individual mandate and the rule that says people with pre-existing conditions cannot be denied health insurance coverage. But did you [...]
Post Script UPDATE 9/26/2012 – Since August 1st, 2012, the Affordable Care Act and the Office of Women’s Health has required that most private health insurance plans cover preventative care for women, which could in the long run, drop prices even further for women. Some of the preventative services that must be covered are [...]
HealthAmericaOne Insurance has broadened their insurance coverage options in Pennsylvania by now offering maternity benefits according to the press release found on MarketWatch. With no complications, the average birth can cost families up to $17,000 but only about 13% of individual health plans available to 30 year old women across America in 2009 offered maternity [...]
Many Americans consider themselves lucky to have an employer that offers a health insurance plan, but Linda Stern urges employees to take a closer look at their employer’s benefits before automatically going with their insurance. In her article “When To Skip Your Employer’s Health Plan” on Reuters.com, Stern talks about how she has skipped her [...]
More and more individual health insurance plans are cutting out maternity health insurance as part of their benefits package to save on costs. This is extremely detrimental to new parents as health care costs continue to rise. In California specifically, 82% of plans had maternity coverage seven years ago, but today that number has dropped [...]
We don’t generally think of ourselves as consumers when we visit our doctor, but that’s exactly what we are. We are paying money for a service, and even if the insurance company is paying most of the bill, we are a consumer to the health insurance company as we pay premiums each month. A report [...]
The national debt debate has taken over the nation and the headlines and Democrats and Republicans try to reach an agreement on how best to attack America’s growing debt problem. Many people are concerned that the focus is misplaced and what we should really be worried about is the cuts that are being proposed. Specifically [...]
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