It will still be a few years until the new health care bill will be in full effect, but there are some timelines that everyone should be aware of in the coming months. According to the article “When Does Health-Care Bill go into Effect” found on www.washingtonpost.com there will be an impact to Americans within [...]
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Children’s Health Insurance Program Dropped by Arizona
According to the article “Arizona Drops Children’s Health Insurance Program, Medicine Coverage” by Thomas Kristoffersen on insurancerate.com, Arizona became the first state to get rid of their Children’s Health Insurance Program. The cutting of the program was a result of the strict budget set forth by Gov. Jan Brewer and it will take away coverage [...]
BCBSAL Offers Individual Health and Dental Coverage for Children
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama now offers health and dental coverage for children and young adults from birth to age 24. According to their website, your child may be eligible if he or she is a resident of Alabama, is not eligible for Medicare, and they meet certain health underwriting guidelines. This is a [...]
Geisinger Health Plan Tackling Childhood Obesity
According to the article “Geisinger Study Aims to Find Fun, Effective Way to Combat Pediatric Obesity” found of their website, childhood obesity in the US is on the rise. With this comes a significant raise in the risk of type 2 diabetes. This has motivated Geisinger Health Plan to do something about it. Researchers at [...]
Dallas Health Insurance For Children
Dallas County will lead the state of Texas in the percent of kids without insurance according to the article “Dallas County Leads State In Uninsured Children” by Jason Roberson on dallasnews.com. The rate of uninsured children in Dallas County is about triple the national average based on the report released by The Children’s Medical Center Dallas. This [...]
Finding Health Insurance Made Easy
As unemployment rises so does the number of people who need help finding health insurance. A lost job usually means a loss in employer based health insurance as well. According to the article on WISN.com, millions of Americans are an illness away from financial ruin because they are not protected by health insurance. Finding health insurance [...]
Healthy Families Program Rescued
A rare bi-partisan bill in the California legislature, allowed more than 700,000 children in low-income California families to maintain their health insurance coverage through the Healthy families Program. The deal restored about $200 Million that was slashed from the budget this summer. For this to happen, health insurance companies agreed to impose a tax on [...]
Dallas Health Insurance and Dallas Hospitals
If you are in the market for Dallas health insurance it’s valuable to know how Dallas hospitals rank. DallasHealthInsurance.org has some information on their rankings. Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, TX, is ranked 15th among the best hospitals in the country for Gynecology. It ranks 36th for treating kidney disease. Children’s Medical Center is 15th [...]
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 Care Facts
A recent Reuters article quoted these facts about our healthcare system. According to US Government economists, public and private health care spending will hit $2.5 Trillion this year, 17.6% of GDP Americans spend more per capita on health care than any other country at $7,421 per person, and receive poorer care than many other industrialized [...]
