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By admin, on June 8th, 2013% Last year, health insurers returned $74 million in health insurance rebates to individual health insurance policyholders, but this year it looks like small businesses will be getting the biggest share of the rebate pie:
Blue Shield of California owes $24.5 million in rebates to thousands of small-business customers, and rival Anthem Blue Cross will return . . . → Read More: Obamacare: California Small Businesses To Receive Health Insurance Rebates
By admin, on June 7th, 2013% Interesting report from the Kaiser Family Foundation yesterday:
People who bought their own health insurance last year saved $2.1 billion because of the federal health law, mainly because of a provision that limits how much of their premium can go to insurers’ administration and profits, says a report out today from the Kaiser Family Foundation. . . . → Read More: Obamacare: Is It Really Helping Americans Save Money on Individual Health Insurance?
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% We sometimes get asked that question. It usually goes something like this, “Why should I shell out a couple of hundred dollars a month for health insurance? What are the chances I need health insurance?”
What are the chances, indeed!
After leaving college at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh last year to move to . . . → Read More: Why Would Someone Young and Healthy Buy Health Insurance?
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 31st, 2013% FOX44 – Burlington / Plattsburgh News, Weather
Where do you get your health insurance? Tell us about it in our discussion forum!
By admin, on May 30th, 2013% One Portland, Maine doctor seems to think so. And has the experience to prove it:
Dr. Michael Ciampi announced on April 1st that he would no longer be accepting insurance in any form as payment for his services.
But this was no April Fool’s joke: Dr. Ciampi says he decided to cut out the middleman . . . → Read More: Would We Just Be Better Off Without Health Insurance?
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 24th, 2013% Quick! What does your family spend more on, medical costs or groceries? Well, don’t look now, but the answer might surprise you:
The cost of medical care “now exceeds the cost of groceries” for the typical American family with health insurance coverage through their employer, a new study shows.
The 2013 Milliman Medical Index, . . . → Read More: Family Medical Costs to Exceed Cost of Groceries in 2013
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?
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