Category Archives: Health Insurance Tips

Radical Measures to Save Money on Health Care

Published: March 12, 2010 also in Health Insurance Costs

One of the big parts of the debate over health insurance and health care reform is the high cost of health care, medicine and so on. In their recent spate of rate increases, Wellpoint blamed the high cost of health care as the primary reasons why their rates are increasing as much as thirty-nine percent. Part of this equation is the medicine that goes into health care, and is a large part of the costs of health care that are trying to be brought down. While it's difficult to convince drug companies to reduce their costs -- since they do make so much money, it's understandable -- the Governor of Montana has an idea that might help…get drugs from Canada.

Justification of Individual Health Insurance Rate Increases

Published: February 12, 2010 also in Health Insurance Costs

Lately we've been covering health care and health insurance reform here on the Weekly News Roundup, but this week we're going to take a different track, which might yet show another argument for reform in a roundabout way. An article from the Los Angeles times entitled, "Anthem's parent company defends health insurance rate hike" is the focus of our roundup today. The uproar over Wellpoint and Anthem Blue Cross of California raising their rates by up to thirty-nine percent for their individual health insurance premiums starting March 1st of this year has been dwarfing news of health care reform lately, so let's take a look.

Some Facts on the House Health Reform Bill

Published: September 4, 2009 also in Health Reform

Welcome to this installment of the Weekly Health Insurance News Roundup. This week we will look at just one article, but it's a good one. It comes to us from The Salt Lake City Tribune and is entitled, "Health reform: What the House bill is really about". This article takes a look at the health reform bill in the House of Representatives, what it does right, what it does wrong and what some of the misconceptions are.

What does Health Care Reform Mean for You?

Published: July 31, 2009 also in Health Reform

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.

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

Published: July 10, 2009 also in General Health Insurance

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 also in General Health Insurance

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 also in Health Reform

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.

Making Health Care Mandates Work, and the Insurance Industry Goes after Doctors who Help the Uninsured

Published: June 19, 2009 also in General Health Insurance

Welcome to this installment of the Weekly Health Insurance News Roundup. In this installment we will look at a couple of different, yet interesting articles covering health insurance, the first dealing with mandates. Now since Massachusetts implemented their own health insurance mandates over the last couple of years, many lawmakers have looked to them as an example of how to adapt their system to a national level. CNN has an article entitled, "Health care mandates: How they work" discussing this as well as other fundamentals of mandates.

Health Insurance, Money and the Finances of Health Care

Published: May 29, 2009 also in Health Insurance Costs

Hello and welcome to this installment of the Weekly Health Insurance News Roundup. In this installment, we'll look at a few articles that have to do with money and health care or health insurance, usually regarding how to save it, which is something everyone is concerned with these days. Our first article comes to us from the Charlotte Observer and is entitled, "Savings accounts may be future of health care."

Health Insurance More Costly than Rent in NYC, Spiraling Health Care Costs, & Being Shut out of COBRA

Published: May 1, 2009 also in Health Insurance Costs

Welcome to another installment of the Weekly Health Insurance News Roundup. This week we'll be looking at three articles covering various, yet interesting topics regarding health insurance and health care. Our first article comes from the Associated Press and is entitled, "NYC health insurance costlier than rent." In this article, they cite a recent analysis of data from the New York Post that gathered health insurance costs as well as the cost of rent for apartments in the downtown New York area. They found that the health insurance premium for a typical family was up to $4,354 per month, while a typical rent for a two-bedroom apartment was $3,947.