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Affordable Anthem Blue Cross Health Insurance SmartSense Plus
SmartSense Plus by Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield offers affordable health insurance with many plan options. The Blue Cross plan has a deductible range of $500-$10,000 with 70/30 coinsurance offered in most states and some states have 50/50 coinsurance. All the affordable plans include instant low office visit copay, three per a […]

This Week in Health Care Reform
Primary elections were held in 11 states this week as lawmakers returned to Washington, D.C., to face a growing list of unfinished legislative business including a jobs bill and environmental issues stemming from the Gulf crisis. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama launched a public relations campaign to combat skepticism around his […]

Health Insurance Reform State High Risk Pools
In the new health insurance reform law the states are permitted to create their own high risk pools, expand existing pools, or allow the federal government to create and administer the pools for them. The following states will operate their own pools: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, […]

Health Insurance Reform Update April
The Senate reconvened on April 12, following its two-week recess. That day, by a vote of 60 to 34, the Senate approved a cloture motion paving the way for Senate floor action on H.R. 4851, the “Continuing Extension Act.” This bill, which the House approved on March 17, includes a […]

Virginia Health Insurance Budget Cuts
Governor of Virginia Robert McDonnell is recommending a $300 million dollar cut to Virginia health insurance programs. This deep budget cut is only one of many that is to help offset a two billion dollar short fall over the next two years. The Virginia health insurance reductions will be in […]

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 […]

States Ban Mandatory Health Insurance
State lawmakers are pursuing measures banning health insurance mandates. President Barack Obama’s push for a health care overhaul has stalled, conservative lawmakers in more than 66% of the United States are quickly moving ahead with constitutional amendments to ban government health insurance mandates. The amendments will prohibit penalties for those […]

Virginia Not Forced To Buy Individual Health Insurance
This would be the first time that the federal government has said you must purchase a product by virtue of being a citizen of this nation and if you failed to do so you will penalized. Virginia health insurance officials and government are working on a bill to declare it […]
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