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 [...]
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New Florida Health Insurance Plan
Florida Senators are constructing a Medicaid reform plan that would move most of the programs 3 million patients into private HMO health insurance plans. The reform plan as it is being discussed, would also dental coverage and vision coverage. The reform plan is necessary because the Medicaid budget is spiraling out of control, currently costing [...]
Proposal for Medicare Vouchers
According to the article “Vouchers Proposed for Medicare in 2021″ by Jackie Calmes on NYTimes.com, Washington has proposed to turn Medicare into a voucher program in 2021, and also raise the retirement age and give states the ability to handle Medicaid through grants. This was proposed by two members of President Obama’s debt reduction commission, [...]
Stop Medicare Fraud
You may have seen some of the commercials on TV promoting www.stopmedicarefraud.com, talking about how Medicare fraud is prevalent and causing a lot of problems for the beneficiaries of Medicare. I visited the site to see what all the concern was about and it’s surprising. There is a small amount of bizarre criminal activity such [...]
Louisiana Medicaid
According to the article “DHH Makes Additional Medicaid Cuts” by Marsha Shuler on 2TheAdvocate.com, Louisiana’s health chief announced Friday that there will be $135 million in cuts to Louisiana’s Medicaid health insurance program for the poor. This is going to affect many with Louisiana health insurance through Medicaid. State Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary, Bruce [...]
Individual Health Insurance You Can Afford
Many consumers across the nation are currently struggling to afford individual health insurance. Various states are looking for ways to help their residents have the proper coverage for their families. It doesn’t appear that health insurance costs are coming down any time soon, if at all, so many rely on government assistance to ensure they [...]
The Best Health Insurance Plans
Whether you are shopping around for a HMO insurance quote or Medicare, it’s very helpful to know how various health insurance plans rank. US News, on health.usnews.com, has the Honor Roll of health plans by Avery Comarow for rankings from 2009. The rankings are based on data which was collected by The National Committee for [...]
State Health Plans For Low Income Adults
The struggling economy is causing significant issues for many states which provide health plans to assist low-income families. Many states are being forced to pare back these health insurance programs at the worst possible time…when the number of unemployed Americans continue to rise and people need assistance the most. The methods by which various states [...]
Health Care Reform Helping Health Insurance Companies?
The article “Health Care Reform Would Help Insurers” by Gavin Magor on thestreet.com says insurance company stocks have risen in hopes that health care reform will come to a halt. In actuality, reform could widen and increase insurers’ customer base while potentially increasing profits. The House and Senate health care reform bills would promote some [...]
Medicare Beneficiaries Affected By Health Care Reform
The WhiteHouse.gov website has information on the new health care reform bill. They specifically discuss the changes being made to Medicare. To pay for the health care reform bill there needs to be $313 billion in savings to create a deficit for an overall neutral plan. The article says that America has the most expensive [...]
