One of the most popular arguments against a government run health care plan is the lack of competition that would arise among health insurance providers, but according to the article “Competition Lacking Among Private Health Insurance Companies” by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar on the huffingtonpost.com, private insurance companies already lack sufficient competition. Studies show that in a [...]
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Health Insurance Coverage Estimates by County
According to an article on news.prnewswire.com the US Census Bureau just published 2006 estimates of health insurance coverage for each county in the nation. Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) use a variety of sources for their survey models. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention uses SAHIE to support its National Breast and Cervical [...]
Health Insurance Quotes Decrease When In Shape
According to a press release from July 15 on 1888pressrelease.com entitled “Health Insurance Quotes Go Down When You Shape Up”, as unemployment increases so does the number of uninsured since many people turn to employer-based health insurance plans. Health insurance costs are often unaffordable for the unemployed, but there are ways to keep costs down. [...]
Health Insurance Important for College Athletes
Four years ago the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) started to require universities to make their athletes have health insurance coverage before competing in sporting events. A mistake was made as the Association did not set forth clear standards for the coverage leaving the students to decide for themselves what they needed. This is all [...]
Top Rated Health Plans in HeartLand
J.D. Powers & Associates rated the top private health plans in the heartland states (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota), and the results were as follows. Similar to many of the other 17 regions in the JD Power Survey, a Blue Cross Blue Shield health plan took top honors. Blue Cross Blue [...]
Health Insurance Plan: Doctors Weigh In
According to the Associated Press’s article “Doctors signal they’ll work with Obama” by Lindsey Tanner, America’s largest group of physicians had their annual meeting and many thought they were going to create an obstacle for President Obama’s health insurance reform plan. After Obama himself spoke with the doctors, they signaled that they will not close [...]
New Health Plan Consensus Is Close
According to an article written by Robert Pear of the New York Times, broad consensus among the Democrats on the redeployment of our country’s health care system is not far off. Democratic leaders in both houses said they would indeed make health insurance mandatory, requiring individuals to carry health insurance coverage and employers to help [...]
Private Health Insurance The Target of Ad Campaign
As the health care reform debate continues to heat up, the health insurance sort blog seems to be dominated by news related to the ongoing battle on this topic. The latest blow, was one thrown by a group call HealthJustice, a health care reform advocacy group. The advertisements push the concept of eliminating the private [...]
