Individual Health Insurance Reform Weekly : EasyToInsureME : July 30th, 2009

The House is scheduled to leave town for summer recess on July 31, and the Senate’s current schedule sends them home a week later on August 7. It will be next to impossible for the House to address health care reform on the floor in that timeframe, and the Senate Leadership has already put off [...]

What is the Difference Between Health Insurance Companies in California?

Whether you already know it or not California has a lot of options for health insurance. There are companies that we all heard of and there are some companies that we never heard of. With all the Health Insurance Companies out there you might be wondering what the differences are and which one is right [...]

United To Acquire Northeast Health Net Assets : Ken Terry

UnitedHealth Group, which already owns a formidable market share in the New York metropolitan area, is about to become even larger and more powerful in that region with the acquisition of Health Net’s 578,000 members in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. The Woodland Hills, CA-based insurer says it is shedding its Northeastern operations to [...]

US as a health plan provider? Reform idea losing ground. : Peter Grier

Is the “public option” dead?President Obama favors inclusion of a government-run insurance plan – a “public option,” for short – in health reform legislation. The president and his allies say such a plan is needed to help contain medical insurance costs and ensure that people in all parts of the country have adequate insurance choices.But [...]

health-care reform in Macon, Georgia : Thomas L. Day

Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., addressed the issue of health-care reform with the Macon Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday afternoon on the Central Georgia Technical College campus in Macon.While praising President Obama for making “a commitment to spend some political capital” to address the health-care issue, Chambliss told the audience that “the goal of a government-run [...]

What To Do If Your Job Doesn’t Offer Health Insurance : Anna Vander Broek

How to find the insurance policy that’s right for you.Whether they like it or not, a growing number of Americans will be taking into their own hands the task of insuring their health. That’s the gist of a survey showing that nearly one in five employers plan to stop offering health benefits over the next [...]

Health Insurance Quote Reform Weekly : EasyToInsureME : 8/14/09

With Congressional lawmakers back in their districts for summer recess, the health reform debate is heating up. The national discussion on reform has shifted away from Washington, as members of Congress convene town hall meetings across the country. Many of these meetings have been filled with loud outbursts, heated debates and hot tempers, largely from [...]

Health Insurance Quote Reform : EasyToInsureME : 7/21/09

This Week in Health Care ReformAfter weeks of logjam on Capitol Hill, lawmakers in both the House and the Senate have reported progress in their respective negotiations this week, clearing way for a possible vote on sweeping health care reform legislation after the August recess. To help you make sense of the numerous reform plans [...]

Florida Health Insurance Rate Hikes and Quotes

Florida Health Insurance Rate HikeFlorida Health insurance premiums have touched new heights! Every Floridian has the common knowledge that most annual health insurance contracts will endure a rate increase at the end of the year. This trend is not new and should be expected. Every time this issue pops up it seems as though the [...]

Low-cost Florida Health Insurance Scarce – Health Insurance Higher Than Minimum Wage

Florida residents who can afford health insurance pay an average of $11,480 per year for family coverage, which is about what the average minimum-wage earner brings home. Premiums are up 87% according to Kaiser Family Foundation. The days of “low-cost” health insurance are all but gone unless you have help from a professional insurance consultant.The [...]

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