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 [...]
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Health Insurance Only One of Many Costs for Health
Our bodies are costing us more and more according to the article “The Growing Price Tag on Your Waistline” by Kimberly Palmer and Sarah Baldauf found on finance.yahoo.com. The article points out a handful of ways that that our bodies are getting more expensive. The first way is gym memberships and exercise equipment and their [...]
Some Key Points On Health Care Reform
Both the House and Senate have passed their versions of health care reform according to the article “Understanding Key Provisions in Federal Health Care Reform” found on Business Journal’s website. Congressional negotiators are currently working on an agreement between the two bills. The full House and Senate must approve the package then it’s presented to [...]
Health Insurance Quotes and Health Exchanges
Health exchanges are included in Congress’s recent health care reform bill. The article “Health Exchanges: What are They” on healthcentral.com defines a health exchange as a government sponsored market for buying health insurance. It would be available to people not working for large companies and not on Medicaid, Medicare or any other public program. Health [...]
How Will Health Care Reform Affect Health Insurance Quotes for Self-Employed?
According to the article “Americans Would Feel Varying Effects From Health Bill” by John Fritze for USA Today, the self-employed are among some of the most affected by the recent passing of the health care bill by Congress. The article points out that those who buy their health coverage on their own, as opposed to [...]
Individual Health Insurance Affected By Reform
The Senate voted for health care reform last week and changes are just around the corner. According to the article “Senate Approves Health Care Bill” by Robert Pear on nytimes.com, the passing of the bill will guarantee individual health insurance to millions of Americans and also keep health care costs down. The new bill has [...]
Houston Health Insurance Has A New Advocate
Houston, Texas elected a new mayor earlier this month named Annise Parker. According to the article “Houston Is The Largest City to Elect Openly Gay Mayor” by James C. McKinley on NYTimes.com, voters gave a solid victory to this openly gay woman. There are some smaller cities that have elected openly gay mayors, but this [...]
No Las Vegas Health Insurance? New Hospital May Treat You
Clark County Nevada commissioners are discussing making the only public hospital in Las Vegas private according to the article “County Talks of Privatizing Vegas Public Hospital” by The Associated Press on Mercury News’s website. Commissioners say that the University Medical Center (UMC) is southern Nevada’s safety net hospital and treats many with no Las Vegas [...]
Individual Health Insurance In Texas May Change
Texas insurance consumer advocate is looking to get rid of the blanket authority of health insurance companies to decide what their policies will cover according to the article “Texas Consumer Advocate Wants Ban on Health Insurers’ Blanket Clauses” by Terrence Stutz on DallasNews.com. This would cause a big impact on individual health insurance in Texas. [...]
Dallas Health Insurance: Uninsured Residents on the Rise
There are about 6 million uninsured Texas residents according to the article “Jason Roberson nominates uninsured Texans, whose staggering health care costs affect us all” by Jason Roberson on The Dallas Morning News. Texas continues to lead the nation in the percent of uninsured residents, with about one out of every 4 Texans walking around [...]
