Archive for Day: February 24, 2010

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Obama Care Health Insurance Proposal Includes Mandate

President Obama revealed his health insurance plan on Monday. The proposal includes an individual health insurance mandate for all Americans. Legal experts and Republicans say the provision is not constitutional. Currently, more than thirty states have passed legislation or are considering doing so to guard their residents against this mandate. […]

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North Carolina Health Insurance Doctor Shortage

One doctor provides care for four thousand residents spread over 600 square miles in Tyrrell County North Carolina. With North Carolina health insurance, residents can visit her at the Columbia Medical Center. But there is a major doctor shortage. Even an ambulance ride to the nearest hospital usually takes 25 […]

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Colorado Health Insurance Maternity Bill

Lawmakers have passed a bill in the House that requires Colorado health insurance carriers to include prenatal care and birth control coverage.  All individual health insurance plans offered to women must provide these benefits.  These new laws will lead to healthy pregnancies.