Do you feel confident that your employer will still be offering health insurance coverage to you in the next three years? A new study by consulting group, Deloitte asked executives from 560 companies about their plans for extending health insurance to workers once the Affordable Care Act kicks in, and the results are definitely newsworthy. [...]
The Affordable Care Act requires that all health insurers provide concise and understandable information about their plans and benefits. It’s an all-too-familiar scenario – reading over your health plan three times and still not understanding what’s covered. Well, effective September 23, 2012, all that is going to be a thing of the past. Patients will [...]
As a provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), since 2010 patients with health insurance can receive preventive care services with no co-pays or fees. It will be interesting to see the long-term effects of free preventive care on the health of the general public. In the meantime, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [...]
It should only be a matter of days now until the Supreme Court of the United States announces the final decision about the constitutionality of the health reform bill. Despite the amount of press coverage the debate over health reform has attracted, a great number of Americans still find themselves unclear of how health reform [...]
A recent study by the Milliman Medical Index concludes that Miami, Florida has the highest health care costs in the country for private insurance. The average cost for a family of four is hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars more expensive than other major U.S. cities. Here are the five cities with the highest annual health [...]
When was the last time there were so many talked about health insurance topics in the news? We’re hard pressed to remember. Whether you have been paying close attention or not, it’s a pretty sure thing that health care reform has at least been on your radar. It has been widely reported lately that health [...]
A recent study reported that more and more Americans are inquiring about prices before getting health care services. In the past, bargain hunting was not something you’d automatically associate with receiving important medical attention. However, even for people with health insurance coverage, costs can be so high that a little comparison shopping is becoming a [...]
Let’s just rip the band-aid off quickly and tell you the bad news first – health care costs are rising at five times the rate of inflation. What’s the good news? As a consumer, there are steps you can take to soften the blow and avoid spending much more than you have to. Take a [...]
With President Obama’s recent declaration that he thinks gay marriage should be legal, the press has been buzzing about the rights of same-sex couples more than usual – and that’s saying something. We love a hot, controversial topic, as long as it ties into the hottest topic of them all – health insurance! You might [...]
Everyone wants to know the secrets behind saving money. When it comes to health insurance, there are a few different things that consumers can try to take advantage of when it comes to reducing costs. Get a high deductible plan that is compatible with a Health Savings Account (HSA). Individuals are only eligible if they [...]
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