Archive for April, 2010

Guest Blogger – Effects of Health Care Reform Legislation

Friday, April 30th, 2010

[...] Carol indicated that it was the consensus of everyone she has talked with that $5 billion won’t come close to covering the cost of these high-risk pools in 50 states for four years. She and a number of other Medicaid commissioners are leaning away from expansion or development of new high-risk pools in their states, not for political or philosophical reasons, but because the pools don’t make economic sense. As the federal bill is written, if states don’t act, a federal high risk pool is to be created to fill essentially the same function.
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Compromises Necessary To Improve Access To Healthcare

Friday, April 30th, 2010

[...] We definitely needed a solution to make health insurance available for everyone, and there’s no way to do that without taking away some of the freedoms from both sides (including the ability for insurance companies to decline applicants, and the ability for people to choose to not have health insurance). The legislation isn’t perfect, and it won’t please everyone, but hopefully a decade from now, the problem of millions of Americans living without health insurance will be a memory.
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Three Of The Top Insurers Extending A Hand To Young Adults

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Three of the nation’s top health insurance carriers – Wellpoint, United Healthcare, and Humana – have announced that they will automatically keep young adults under the age of 26 on their parents’ policies between now and September 23, when the health care reform legislation guarantees this option for all everyone under the age of 26. [...]
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Expanding Access To Health Insurance For People With Disabilities

Friday, April 30th, 2010

[...] Will guaranteed issue health insurance – and subsidies to help pay for it – starting in 2014 also help to decrease the number of people receiving SSDI? If people had a way to obtain affordable health insurance without having to qualify as disabled, it stands to reason that there would be more incentive for people to return to work after a serious illness or injury.
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Anthem Rate Increase Likely Justified By Cost Of Claims

Friday, April 30th, 2010

[...] As I noted last month, while Anthem’s rate increase for 2010 was a big one, their premiums are still very much in line with premiums currently being charged by other individual health insurance carriers in Colorado. My guess is that de Percin’s take on this is probably correct: “… it is outrageous but it’s probably not a case of gouging.”
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When Less Is More

Friday, April 30th, 2010

[...] The problem is that health insurance companies are paying for care with premium dollars collected from insureds, and as costs go up, so do premiums. Until we shift our attitude to a “less is more” mentality, we’re going to continue to see an increase in the cost of care, and subsequently in the cost of health insurance. But it’s not just about money. Articles like Maggie’s should give us a reason to question excessive screening and testing, simply from a standpoint of having a better quality of life. The fact that it could drive down health care costs is a bonus.
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Healthcare Poll shows over Half of Voters Support HR35-90 Repeal

Friday, April 30th, 2010

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Centers of Medicare and Medicaid May Soon Receive Permanent Administrator

Friday, April 30th, 2010

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Beware of Health Insurance Scams

Friday, April 30th, 2010

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College Grads Offered Health Coverage by Major Insurers

Friday, April 30th, 2010

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