Your children will now be able to stay on your health insurance policy until they finally reach Medicare, good news for them bad news for you and your insurance company. In a recent email from Aetna, Aetna has come forward with a new change for those people that have Aetna or plan on getting it, [...]
Blue Cross of Florida Swings for Fences
Blue Cross Blue Shield, Health Insurance News & Views // 29.05.2010Just when you thought you were happy or comfortable with your Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida health insurance plan, here comes the bad news. There is a large increase coming for everyone regardless of when you signed up. Here is a list of the effected populations: Rate Increase Products Individual U65 BlueChoice®, BlueSelect® Florida [...]
Ron Paul on the Health Reform Bill
Health Insurance News & Views // 23.03.2010In one of the more reasoned viewpoints on health care, Ron Paul seems to have the antidote for our health insurance woes. Though many consider Congressman Paul to be a fringe element, the truth is that he is being embraced by millions that are simply tired of our two party system which of course is [...]
Medicaid Payments on Chopping Block
Health Insurance Reform // 20.03.2010As more and more doctors begin to accept the coming reality of Medicaid and Medicare cuts, you will see not only fewer doctors, but higher medical costs. Do you have any idea how much a physician gets for an average office visit for one of these patients? If you guessed $25, well go buy yourself [...]
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Health Reform Bill Analysis
In the news today of course is the continuing saga of health reform. In the Democrats final chess move, they are attempting to pass the Senate Health Reform bill by a process called Reconciliation which I have discussed in much detail over the last few weeks. Usually, this process is used to pass budgets but [...]
Continue →Keep The Public Option Alive
I received an email today from the great website http://democracyforamerica.com, which is seeking to not save health reform, though this is a great idea, but to save the public option. Health reform without a public option will make the health insurance companies rich but do nothing to control rising health care costs. I am asking [...]
Continue →Americans Angry, Burn Down Village!
Everyday, Democrats are becoming more and more desperate to reform our health care system, while Republicans look for ways to foil them. Most Americans are sadly ignorant of this health reform fiasco, but they should be very much angry at this point. Like when the angry mob goes after Frankenstein, Americans should go to Washington [...]
Continue →Health Insurance Exchanges and Health Reform
A new study from the Robert Wood Foundation that hypothesizes the role of health insurance exchanges after health reform. Introduction While the health reform debate continues in Washington, both the House and the Senate proposals include the establishment of health insurance exchanges to help facilitate the purchase of insurance for individuals and small employers. Although [...]
Continue →Cancel Your Cobra If Your Healthy!
Cobra is great if your sick, even if your not it can sometimes be appealing especially if you are over 50. But don’t fall into the trap of sticking with Cobra! Let me tell you a little story that was just told to me yesterday by a potential client. In Utah where the economy is [...]
Continue →Aetna Thinks Health Reform Should Include Candy
Aetna’s president was recently interviewed and came down hard on our system of health care in this country. Which is ironic of course as they profit so blatantly from our mismanged care system. What is his chief complaint? I would have guessed it to be something like rising health care costs are symptomatic of fraud [...]
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