According to the article “Midwest States Getting $1M Each for Health Exchanges” found on InsuranceJournal.com, federal officials claim Illinois, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota will be getting $1 million each to assist the states establish health insurance exchanges. These health insurance exchanges have been created by the federal government through the Affordable Care Act [...]
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Election May Affect Health Care Reform
The article found on Commonhealth.wbur.org by Carey Goldberg titled “Election’s Effects On Health Care Reform: New Harvard Public Health Forum Webcast” directs readers to a video of the Forum At Harvard School of Public Health. This webcast was a discussion on the election results which was held Friday, November 5th. This important discussion points out [...]
Louisiana Health Insurance Receives Break
The state of Louisiana has a break coming their way in terms of health insurance. According to the article “White House: Louisiana Awarded $1 Million From Health Care Act” found on BayouBuzz.com, Louisiana health insurance is getting some help. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the $1 million award to Louisiana to help with the recent [...]
Health Insurance Quotes Won’t Necessarily Be Lowered With Cooperatives
The Senate Finance Committee is coming close to figuring out a healthcare reform bill according to Maggie Guo’s article on The Ethiopian Review site. Health care cooperatives are still on the table, which has the idea of building large groups so that the price of expensive medical costs are spread out among members to reduce costs for everyone. [...]
Health Insurance Reform Pollings
About eight out of ten Americans favor a public option health insurance plan on the table in Congress right now. This is according to the new poll underwritten by AARP and completed by Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates released Tuesday night at an AARP event in Denver. While most people seem to favor this public [...]
Health Insurance Reform…Not Health Care Reform
Wednesday evening President Obama used the phrase “health insurance reform” five times in his opening statement according to “It’s Health Insurance, Not Health Care Reform, For Obama” by Mark Knoller on cbsnews.com. The White House may think that the concept of revising health insurance instead of overhauling health care is easier to sell to Congress. [...]
Pre-Existing Condition Prevention Act Would Increase Health Insurance Access
Walt Williams reports in the State Journal that West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller has introduced a bill that is intented to increase health insurance access to those with pre-existing conditions. The Pre-Existing Condition Prevention Act would prevent insurance companies from excluding a pre-existing condition from their coverage. Rockefeller claims that over 130 million Americans suffer [...]
Indiana Health Insurance Program: Childless Adults Waitlisted
Since the Healthy Indiana government-subsidized health care program was opened to adults without children in January 2008, it has given thousands greater access to Indiana health insurance. According to the Courier-Journal‘s Leslie Stedman Weidenbener, the plan has been so successful that many people are on a waiting list to enroll (due to limited program funds). [...]
Health Insurance Companies’ Proposals for Health Care Reform
America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the health insurance industry trade group, has expressed support for the idea of reforming the health care system. However, in the L.A. Times, Michael Hiltzik warns that insurers may not be as gung-ho about the possibility of universal health care as they present themselves to be. AHIP recently released a [...]
