For many American families, COBRA coverage is still too expensive even with the current COBRA subsidy which is temporarily in place. The COBRA subsidy program pays 65% of the monthly premiums for up to 15 months, but still can require a substantial monthly expense, as the average family of four still pays on average $389 [...]
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Cleveland Health Insurance
The US Census Bureau recently released a report that said the Cleveland area has a very high percentage of residents without health insurance coverage. The report which was released Monday, Sept. 21, found that 22% of Cleveland residents under age 65 are uninsured. Nationally 17% of the adult population go uninsured and in Ohio as [...]
Ohio Health Insurance and Health Care Reform
Ohio has a vested interest in what occurs in Congress as health care reform is figured out. According to Policy Matters Ohio, over 1 million Ohioans do not have Ohio health insurance. This is about 11% of those under 65 in Ohio. This is a huge percent and warrants concern. The article “In Congress, political [...]
Top Ranked Ohio Health Plan for 2009
In JD Power & associates 2009 rankings of the top health plans in Ohio, Medical Mutual took top honors. Based on JD Power surveys, Medical Mutual of Ohio is among the best health plans in the country. Humana is the 2nd best health plan in Ohio according to this study of well over 100 health [...]
Patients Without Health Insurance: What Ohio Doctors Are Doing to Help
Tough times are resulting in many people being laid off from their jobs, and losing their health insurance as a result. They may be unable to afford COBRA, but still need health care. In the Columbus Dispatch, an article highlights several actions Ohio doctors are taking to help their patients without insurance. Despite their generosity, [...]
Gov. Wants Cap On Ohio Individual Health Insurance Premiums
Ohio Governor Ted Strickland wants to enact a cap on individual health insurance premiums, according to an Associated Press article. In order to cover up to 52,000 uninsured individuals, Ohio health insurance companies will not be allowed to charge more than one and one-half times (150%) the lowest amount they would charge to someone of [...]
Ohio Health Care Expansion
Ohio is one of only two US states that are planning on expanding their publicly funded health insurance programs (such as Medicaid and Healthy Start Ohio). The other state planning to do so is West Virginia. 19 Other states are making cuts to their programs, or are considering doing so. Although the state hasn’t made [...]
Ohio Health Plans: Some of the Best
As promised we will be breaking the US News and World Report health plan rankings down into the state level, to account for differences in health plan regulations, and mandated benefits in each state which can skew results. According to the report: The top 10 Ohio Health Plans are: Summacare Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield [...]
Medical Mutual of Ohio Missing Data
Medical Mutual of Ohio announced that 11 disks contained personal information on more than 36,000 Ohio retirees is missing and believed to be somewhere within the postal system. The retiree groups that are affected include: The School Employee Retirement System (SERS) and its employees The State Teachers Retirements System (STRS) Ohio Police and Fire Fund [...]
Ohio Health Insurance Rates Rising Fast
In article written by Joan Mazzolini of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Ohio health insurance rates have increased 9 times faster than the rate at which wages have risen. From 2000 through 2007 the average cost to insure a family in Ohio through employer sponsored health coverage increased over 80% while wages rose less than 9% [...]
