Monthly Archives: July 2009

What does Health Care Reform Mean for You?

Published: July 31, 2009 in Health Insurance Tips, Health Reform | Comments closed

Welcome to this installment of the Weekly Health Insurance News Roundup. This week we will look at one article from the New York Times entitled, "Health Care Reform and You." This is a fairly comprehensive article that covers a wide range of aspects under the proposed health care reforms that are currently moving through our legislative bodies. The article begins with the elements of the reform, such as mandates and exchanges. These mandates would ensure that everyone had health insurance coverage, or pay fines if they couldn't. Also, all but the smallest of businesses would have to provide health insurance coverage to their employees.

How the High Cost of Health Care is Hurting Businesses, and Should the Rich be Taxed for Health Care Costs?

Published: July 17, 2009 in Health In Politics, Health Insurance Costs | Comments closed

Welcome to this installment of the Weekly Health Insurance News Roundup. This week we will look at two different articles, one talking business, one talking politics, but both showing interesting angles on how the high prices of health care are affecting varying sectors of our economy and our lives. The first article comes from the small business section of the Wall Street Journal and is entitled, "Sick and Getting Sicker."

Anecdotes on Health Care are Compelling, but Are they Useful?

Published: July 10, 2009 in General Health Insurance, Health Insurance Tips | Comments closed

Welcome to this installment of the Weekly Health Insurance News Roundup. This week we will look at one article in particular that I found interesting. It comes to us from the Associated Press and is entitled, "Advocates are back with real health care stories." I like using stories like this because, in covering health insurance and health care, often smaller stories of individuals are lost in the larger stories about policy and what not, so I think it's good to tighten the focus once in a while to the individuals for whom these policy changes will effect.

Family Health Insurance Coverage, Individual Health Insurance Providers

Published: July 6, 2009 in General Health Insurance, Health Insurance Tips | Comments closed

Family Health Insurance When an individual is trying to determine what type of health insurance would be the most beneficial for his or her family, there are many options that must be considered. One of the most important aspects to contemplate is whether or not the individual’s employer offers a group health plan. If the [...]

Wagging the Dog on Health Care Reform, and Possible Medical Discount Coverage Scams

Published: July 2, 2009 in Health Insurance Tips, Health Reform | Comments closed

Welcome to this installment of the Weekly Health Insurance News Roundup. This time around we will take a look at two interesting stories, one dealing on health care reform and the other focusing on scams in which people purchase medical discount plans thinking they're actual health insurance plans. Our first article comes to us from The Washington Post and is entitled, "A Tail Wags The Dog on Health Reform." In this article, author Ruth Marcus has a problem with the public health plan portion of health care reform.