Affordable Health Insurance
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:31:02 +0100
AHIP Universal Health Care Plan To Slow Health Care Cost Growth
America's Health Insurance Plans on Wednesday announced a universal health coverage proposal that would be funded in part by slowing the growth of health care costs by 30% over five years and reducing inefficiencies, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:50:28 -0600
Examining Rise In Insurance Premiums For Early Retirees
The Philadelphia Inquirer on Thursday, as part of its series titled "Falling Through: Casualties of the Health Insurance Crisis," profiled a 62-year-old retired Pennsylvania woman who recently discovered that her Independence Blue Cross group HMO premiums will increase by more than 45%, from $6,384 to $9,336, in January 2009. The woman, who lives on a fixed income, is concerned about paying for living expenses while compensating for the increased premiums.
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Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:48:17 -0600
Insurer Conseco Transfers Many Long-Term Care Policies To Trust
Insurer Conseco has transferred many of its long-term care policies to Senior Health Insurance of Pennsylvania, a new state-supervised, not-for-profit trust, a move that will affect more than 140,000 Conseco beneficiaries, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:41:11 -0600
CMS Medicaid Rule Gives Flexibility In Designing Programs
CMS on Wednesday published a final Medicaid rule that gives states the option of offering Medicaid coverage that is equal in value to one of four "benchmark" plans, CQ HealthBeat reports.
Benchmark plans include the standard Blue Cross/Blue Shield PPO service benefit plan under the Federal Employees Health Benefit Plan, state employee health coverage or coverage approved by the HHS secretary. The final rule also grants states the ability to pay a portion of an employee premium so that the worker could afford employer coverage, CMS said.
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Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:35:56 -0600
Florida's Medicaid Options Hotline Backlogged
The hotline Florida Medicaid beneficiaries must call to switch health plans continues to be understaffed and consistently busy, according to the consumer advocacy group Florida CHAIN, the Florida Health News reports. CHAIN in a release said that because of the problems, "many beneficiaries are facing a disruption of essential care."
According to CHAIN, the state Agency for Health Care Administration, which oversees Medicaid, has known about the problem since the state began using a new vendor four months ago but has failed to adequately address the problems.
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Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:34:07 -0600
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