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By admin, on June 5th, 2013% For lots of employers, the answer seems to be plenty:
King County, Washington, was one of the first local governments to use rewards and penalties to encourage healthier behaviors. A decade ago, the county panicked as health care costs were growing at a pace of 15 percent every year. Then-executive Ron Sims convened a . . . → Read More: How Much Would Your Employer Pay for You To Be Healthy?
By admin, on June 4th, 2013% Ezra Klein of The Washington Post wonders what it would be like if we bought televisions like we buy health insurance:
Imagine you went to Best Buy and found a great deal on a plasma television set. I want to be clear: You didn’t find a great television set. This one is actually a . . . → Read More: Is Health Insurance Like Buying TVs?
By admin, on May 28th, 2013% High-deductible health insurance may be the new normal, but is there a way shrink those sky high deductibles, even a little bit. Maybe so:
There is no free lunch. As more people buy high-deductible health plans, they’re discovering that while premiums for such plans are more affordable, the trade-off can be high out-of-pocket costs before . . . → Read More: Health Insurance: Can You Shrink a High Deductible?
By admin, on May 24th, 2013% We’re actually cautiously hopeful about the news on California health insurance exchange rates coming out today:
SACRAMENTO – In the first disclosure of individual health insurance premiums by the nation’s largest state, California announced on Thursday a wide array of choices for the 5.3 million people expected to qualify to purchase coverage through its online . . . → Read More: Could California Health Insurance Rates Become Affordable?
By admin, on May 23rd, 2013%
Have you had to reimburse your health insurance? Tell us about it in our discussion forum!
. . . → Read More: Do We Really Have To Repay Our Health Insurers?
By admin, on May 21st, 2013% And the high-deductible health insurance plan is all part of the new normal:
When Maria and Vadim Brodsky’s then 7-year-old daughter needed an MRI two years ago to examine a tumor in her head, they took her to a hospital in their health plan’s network and were dismayed to receive a $4,500 bill.
The couple . . . → Read More: High-Deductible Health Insurance: My Mama Told Me, You Better Shop Around…
By admin, on May 17th, 2013% There’s been a lot of talk about the so-called Oregon Experiment. Oregon conducts an annual lottery for a few precious spots in its state Medicaid program. Recently, a group of researchers looked into the program, as a look as to whether an expanded Medicaid makes any difference to people’s health.
Well, Kaiser Health News . . . → Read More: The Oregon Medicaid Lottery, a Winner’s Story
By admin, on May 14th, 2013% Sometimes we get asked what’s the harm of going without health insurance. And honestly, some people don’t really have much of a choice because of circumstances (usually, pre-existing conditions). But for one cautionary tale by Steve Vernon of CBS Moneywatch, read on:
I can relate to this personally. I have comprehensive health insurance sponsored by . . . → Read More: How Close Are You to a Financial Catastrophe?
By admin, on May 9th, 2013% This aspect of Obamacare hasn’t talked about as much, but is looming as a major issue for some employers:
Many executives have long enjoyed perks like free health care and better health benefits for themselves and their families. But under a little noticed anti-discrimination provision in the federal health law, such advantages could soon trigger . . . → Read More: Should Everyone Have the Same Health Insurance?
By admin, on May 7th, 2013% Alice Marie Francis believes it’s important to have health insurance, but finding a plan that fit her budget was no easy task. “Money is tight,” says the 50-year-old Burbank mother of two, whose children are insured by their father’s work-based policy.
To make sure she had coverage that didn’t break the bank, she opted for . . . → Read More: High-Deductible Health Insurance Still a Popular Option
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