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Health Insurance – Can Spending Be Lowered?
President Obama’s economic advisers stated in a report released today that if the growth in health care spending can be lowered from 6% to 4.5% there would be huge benefits for the US economy such as creating as many as 500,000 new jobs and increasing income for the average family of 4 by $2,600 over the [...]
Health First Insurance Offering Free Diabetes Foot Clinics
Florida’s Health First InsuranceWound Management & Hyperbaric Center now offers free foot screenings for anyone diagnosed with Diabetes. The American Diabetes Association says that diabetes patients can suffer from poor circulation especially in the legs and feet and have a harder time fighting infection in these areas. Many with diabetes also have a reduced sensation [...]
Children’s Health Insurance in Pennsylvania
Senate Bill 189 recently passed the Pennsylvania House of Representatives which will allow children of parents covered on their group health insurance plan to remain on the health plan until age 30. Seventeen other states have already extended the age limit for dependent health insurance coverage. To be eligible for the Pennsylvania health insurance extention, [...]
Health Insurance Coverage
Many Americans have health insurance through their employers. But as the economy struggles and the working world changes, employment is no longer a health insurance guarantee. America continues to move from a manufacturing based economy to a service economy and working patterns are evolving. This, in turn has made employer based health insurance less stable. [...]
North Carolina State Health Plan’s Staggering Losses
The State Health Plan – North Carolina’s health plan for state employees lost $137.6 Million in the fiscal year ending in June 2008. The plan covers roughly 667,000 North Carolinians. The primary driver of the financial implosion was the introduction of a more generous PPO health insurance option that prompted 76,000 existing enrollees to switch [...]
Health Insurance Rates and Gender
The health insurance industry has recently stated it shouldn’t charge women higher rates for health insurance coverage than men. For more information read the following article: Health Insurance Industry Agrees to Gender Parity on Rates To see if you are getting the best health insurance rate visit www.healthinsurancesort.com.
Unemployed Health Insurance Guide
Healthinsurancefinders.com has recently published a 2009 Guide for Health insurance for the Unemployed. The free report can be found at http://www.healthinsurancefinders.com/unemployed/guide/ According to a press release announcing the publishing of the report, the objective of the report is to empower the recently unemployed to become more knowledgeable about finding and purchasing the best health insurance [...]
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Reduces Maternity Coverage for New Individual Policies
The Detroit Free Press’ Patricia Anstett recently exposed several forthcoming changes to new Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan individual policies. Among them is a reduction in maternity coverage. After March 31st, all new individual health plans will include only a $7,500 reimbursement for the cost of a medically necessary Cesarean sections. There was previously [...]
Wisconsin To Regulate Individual Health Insurance Policies?
State legislators in Wisconsin want to tighten individual health insurance regulations, reports Guy Bolton in the Milwalkee Journal-Sentinel. Currently, medical coverage can be denied or taken away if a person fails to disclose any pre-existing medical condition. The bill, which is supported by the state’s Insurance Commissioner, is said to be more consumer-friendly. For example, [...]
