Archive for Month: February 2010
Virginia Health Insurance Almost Mandates Autism Coverage
Children with autism hopefully will soon receive coverage from Virginia health insurance carriers after an overwhelming passage of the mandate on Tuesday. A 27-13 vote won the legislation and now Senator Janet Howell’s bill will move along to the house for a final vote. The battle is for coverage of […]
40,000 Children Losing Kansas Health Insurance
Kansas health insurance social programs are not fulfilling their duties due to needed budget cuts. Currently, there is a large waiting list that is growing drastically due to layoffs. This is in turn has made a major delay in processing applications. Children are unable to receive benefits from Health Wave […]
Individual Health Insurance Rates Soar for Blue Cross
Individual health insurance rates are on the rise in four states. Members are seeing increases averaging fifteen percent. People in other states are worried they may face the same dilemma. The carrier making these drastic increases is Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield. Regulators have been questioning the carrier for over […]
Tennessee Health Insurance Freedom
Lawmakers voted 26-1 to have freedom for residents to choose their own Tennessee health insurance. The bill was passed on Wednesday and is known as the Health Freedom Act. The passage of this law is to combat any mandated measures required by a health care reform bill that is still […]
Texas Health Insurance Guaranteed
Guaranteed Texas health insurance can be used as a last resort if an individual cannot obtain coverage in the private market. All plans in the private market are available at Easy To Insure ME. Guaranteed coverage comes from the state and is called the Texas health insurance risk pool. No […]
North Carolina Health Insurance Mental Health
The North Carolina health insurance mental health parity law took effect 2/16/2010. This law requires insurance carriers to provide coverage for mental conditions. The coverage must be equivalent to the same amount for physical ailments. North Carolina health insurance carriers must cover mental health conditions like depression, bipolar disorder, paranoia, […]
Michigan Health Insurance MI Child
The Michigan health insurance program for children, MI Child is teaming up with the YMCA to create awareness. Over 150,000 children are without individual health insurance coverage. Most families are unaware of MI Child and the state feels it must increase awareness of the program. The Michigan health insurance is […]
Health Insurance Bill Not The Answer
The current health care bill focuses on taking advantage of government subsidies to pay for health insurance coverage. This very expensive legislation in debate does not address sky rocketing health insurance costs. Congress should scrub the bill and think of a new way to fund the program with out raising […]
Michigan Health Insurance Doctor Shortage
Michigan health insurance has a statewide shortage of primary care doctors, particularly in Detroit and Michigan. To make matters worse, almost fifty percent say they will retire in 10 years or less. The government has stepped in and is now reimbursing medical school loans for doctors willing to take positions […]
Michigan Health Insurance Budget Taxing Doctors?
Governor Jennifer Granholm wants to enforce a doctor tax to help balance the budget in Michigan. This idea was introduced and defeated before in the legislature. During that session, the idea was to help fund the Michigan health insurance Medicaid program. Health care is already expensive and a tax on […]
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