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Comparing Affordable Health Insurance Plans
Health insurance is extremely important not only in emergencies but to maintain your health and take preventative measures. While it is expensive to many - there are affordable health insurance options. Three main options that are available include: state sponsored, individual, and group. Here is an overview of each:
Individual Health Insurance
This health insurance option is… »
Increase in need for health care driving up premiums
For Darrin Lehman, getting healthy has become a high-wire act without a safety net.
Unable to afford health insurance for the last six years, he found out he has high cholesterol only when he sold his blood plasma for some extra cash.
When he got strep throat last summer, a trip to a local convenient care center… »
College graduate decisions about health insurance
Lindsay Straub says it was her “dream job.” Straub graduates from college Saturday, and just a few weeks ago, she was offered an entry-level position with an entertainment company.
“I was ecstatic,” says Straub, 21, a communications major at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York. “I was ready to make the phone call to accept the… »
Least competitive region on health insurance
A report released Thursday by a worker’s rights organization says Indiana’s private health insurance industry is a “near monopoly” and the Gary metropolitan area has the least competition in the state.
The report, compiled by Health Care for America Now and released in Indiana by Central Indiana Jobs With Justice, says consolidation within the private health… »
Employer health insurance no longer option for many
Recession, depression, cutbacks and layoffs are words all too commonly heard these days in news reports and conversations. Since the beginning of the financial crisis, millions of Americans have lost their jobs and many economists are predicting that more job cuts are on the horizon.
With the loss of their jobs, Americans are not only losing… »
Domestic-partner health insurance approved
The Joint Committee on Finance today (May 22) approved Gov. Jim Doyle’s proposal to authorize the offering of health insurance benefits to same- and opposite-sex domestic partnerships.
This is a very important development and brings the reality of this provision becoming law one step closer, according to Don Nelson of UW-Madison’s State Relations.
Both houses of the… »
Q&A About Health Insurance
As unemployment continues to rise, people are struggling to keep their health insurance.
KMBC’s Brenda Washington spoke with Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger. Praeger has just returned from a trip to Washington, D.C., where she met with Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of Health and Human Services and the former governor of Kansas.
The meeting revolved around the… »
RI health insurers ask for rate increases
Rhode Island’s largest health insurance companies are seeking rate hikes.
Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher Koller says Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is proposing a 16.3-percent rate increase for businesses with 50 or more employees.
UnitedHealthCare of New England has asked to raise its large group rate by 11.6 percent.
Blue Cross insures 70 percent of… »
Health insurance premiums continue going up
A new report from a group pushing for health care reform finds health insurance premiums for “working families” in Iowa increased 73% from 2000 to 2007. Betty Ahrens of the Iowa Citizens Action Network says just a few insurance companies hold a “near monopoly” in Iowa, allowing them to raise rates without fear competitors will… »
Why I Like Health Insurance Deductibles
The word deductible in health insurance coverage makes many people nervous, especially if it is $500 or $1,000. Perhaps this is because they have never considered what a deductible can do for them, so let’s look at four ways a deductible could add to your well-being.
Deductible plans allow greater patient choice. Many health insurance plans… »