Monthly Archives: February 2009

A Look into COBRA, The Pro’s And Con’s, As Well As Affordability

Published: February 24, 2009 in General Health Insurance, Health Insurance Costs | Comments closed

In this installment we will look at several articles that deal with COBRA (the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act), which if you're unaware gives laid off workers a chance to extend their health insurance benefits for several months after losing their jobs. While many people use COBRA, it has come under fire for being too expensive, the government seems to be taking steps to make it more affordable, which we will look at in a moment.

The Uninsured to Grow in Size, and Single Payer Health Insurance

Published: February 17, 2009 in General Health Insurance, Health In Politics | Comments closed

This time we will look at two interesting articles that each cover its own topic, rather than several articles coving the same topic. Our first article is entitled, "Analysts say number of uninsured Americans to grow," and comes to us from the Associated Press.

Searching For and Buying Health Insurance in a Troubled Economy

Published: February 10, 2009 in Health Insurance Costs, Health Insurance Tips | Comments closed

In an economic situation such as ours, with many people being laid off in droves, more and more people are searching for their own solutions to health insurance coverage once they lose employer-based coverage. This week in the Health Insurance News Roundup, we will look at a few articles that discuss how to search for health insurance and the best tips for buying it after being laid off. We've discussed this before, but it's always good to revisit relevant and helpful topics, I feel.

How the High Price of Health Insurance & Health Care can hurt Businesses

Published: February 3, 2009 in General Health Insurance, Health Insurance Costs | Comments closed

For this edition I found a couple of interesting articles relating to health insurance, reform, and how the price of each affects businesses that have to pay for much of it. Our first article comes from MSNBC and is entitled, "Health care headache for small businesses." The article looks at how businesses, due to the high cost of health coverage, are dropping it entirely.