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 [...]
Archive for the ‘pre-existing conditions’ Category
The Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan
More and more Americans are facing chronic health conditions which is making it more difficult for them to obtain affordable health insurance. Health care reform has aimed to fix this problem by implementing the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) according to the article “Uninsurable: A Notion of the Past?” by Omar Sommereyns. This plan targets [...]
Health Insurance For Those With Pre-Existing Conditions
The government is continuing their efforts to help Americans with pre-existing conditions find affordable health insurance coverage. There are about 25 million uninsured Americans currently with pre-existing conditions and often the reason behind this is costs are just too high for them. In the coming weeks, a nationally funded health care program will drop premiums [...]
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 [...]
Anniversary of Healthcare Reform
Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of Obama’s historic healthcare reform bill which had everyone talking. Despite the bill having some positive effects throughout the nation already, Congress is still disputing the benefits of the bill and many states are downright opposing parts of it. Acceptance of the bill still has a long way to [...]
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 [...]
New Regulation for Student Health Insurance
Some new regulation has been set in motion to ensure students have student health insurance and they are protected from being denied coverage according to the article “New Rule Regulating Student Health Insurance Coverage Ensure Rights” by Dana Pavelsky on BadgerHerald.com. The Department of Health and Human Services advised that the Affordable Care Act will [...]
Half of Americans Might Have a Pre-Existing Condition
According to the article Half of Americans May Have ‘Pre-Existing Conditions’ by Mary Silver on TheEpochTimes.com, up to 50% of Americans under the age of 65 have some sort of pre-existing health condition making it harder for them to find affordable health insurance. This is based on a report from The Department of Health and [...]
Some Health Insurance Companies Stopping Child-Only Plans
A handful of well-known health insurance companies are stopping all child-only health insurance policies according to the article “Some Insurers To Halt New Child-Only Policies” by NC Aizenman found on WashingtonPost.com. This is in response to the new healthcare law that will require these types of plans to accept children with preexisting conditions as of [...]
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 [...]
