Author: EasyToInsureME
The Real Deal On Health Insurance Reform
Without being too specific, President Obama signaled a willingness to consider changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) during his State of the Union speech last week. The only detail referenced, though, was the proposed elimination of a tax-reporting provision of the law that is unpopular with […]
Aetna Insurance Withdrawals From Colorado Health Insurance
Aetna insurance is withdrawing from Colorado individual health insurance market effective 2/1/11 Aetna health insurance no longer offers Aetna Advantage Plans for Individuals, Families and the Self Employed plans in Colorado health insurance. Why is Aetna health insurance making this change? After reviewing the Aetna portfolio of Individual health insurance […]
Individual Health Insurance Reform Update January 2011
Last Wednesday, Jan. 19, the United States House of Representatives voted 245-189 to repeal the nation’s individual health insurance reform law, the Affordable Care Act. While a full repeal is not expected, we should see a number of congressional hearings on the topic over the next few months. The Affordable […]
Individual Health Insurance Legislative Update January
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has released a proposed regulation that would institute a new review process for requests by individual health insurance companies for rate increases. The proposed rule, announced Dec. 20, 2010, would institute a new review process that may be administered by states if […]
Individual Health Insurance Plan Tips
Individual health insurance is not an easy thing to understand greatly because of the tremendous amount of health plan options that are out there. The comparison between different companies and different types of individual health insurance plans is a challenge. Most individuals just simply want basic private insurance. The problem […]
Individual Texas Health Insurance Providers
In Texas health insurance, a recently released joint study by the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and the Department of Insurance that examines the consequences of the state losing Medicaid funding leaves little doubt that Medicaid withdrawal would harm the state economically. It would also deprive poor, elderly and […]
Colorado Health Insurance Carriers
Colorado health insurance, Colorado Medical Society has concerns regarding potential 2011 legislation affecting the Aexcel program. The association’s concerns center around increased availability of reports prior to appeals of health insurance carriers‘ decisions to exclude physicians, more standardization around measures used to assess quality, and mid-term progress reports. CMS expressed […]
California Health Plan & Health Insurance
In California health insurance, Governor-elect Jerry Brown appointed Diana Dooley (a Democrat) as the next secretary of California’s Health and Human Services Agency. Dooley currently serves as president and CEO of the California Children’s Hospital Association and previously worked as a special assistant to Brown during his previous term as […]
Health Care Reform December Update
By an overwhelming vote of 409 to 2, the House last week approved a 12-month (all of 2011) Medicare reimbursement or “doc fix” bill (previously approved by the Senate) and shipped it off to the President for his certain signature. By this bill Congress has once again halted a physician […]
Forced Health Insurance Purchase Unconstitutional
Federal judge rules against provision requiring health insurance purchase A federal judge in Richmond, Va., ruled Monday that Congress had no authority under the Constitution to require that nearly every American obtain health insurance by the year 2014 — a crucial part of the health care package promoted by President […]
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