21st February 2011
Even if you still have health insurance in California as a job benefit, your coverage is probably shrinking right before your eyes. According to the nonprofit Commonwealth Fund, California employers were hit by a 39 percent increase in the cost of providi...
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20th February 2011
A health savings account (an HSA) offers more benefits than either a health flexible spending arrangement (an FSA) or a medical savings account (an MSA). Let's clarify how these three types of accounts are different.
Who Can Establish These Savings Acc...
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17th February 2011
In California, health insurance now includes preventive care that costs nothing extra beyond regular premiums. That means no co-insurance or co-pay charges even before your annual deductible has been met.
This is expected to benefit many people who ha...
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16th February 2011
Republican senators filed a legal brief in a federal case in Florida to challenge the requirement for most people to have health insurance in Florida.
Republican Rep. John Boehner of Ohio has said, "We think that Obamacare ruined the best healthcare in...
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09th February 2011
The first way you may think of to save on Tennessee Health Insurance is probably getting the lowest premium available, but shopping by price alone could cost you more if you don't get the protection you need. Hospital care can cost more than $1,500 a day ...
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03rd February 2011
Employers are either spending a lot more to cover their employees with health insurance or offering no coverage at all. According to the nonprofit Commonwealth Fund, the average cost of providing employees with family coverage has reached a national avera...
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26th January 2011
Recent contract negotiations between Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBS) and Texas Health Resources showed many Texans that they might need a new insurance plan.
Will negotiations affect your health insurance coverage? Texas Health Resources ope...
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26th January 2011
By 2009, those who were not eligible for Medicare and were covered by health insurance through employment was down to 52 percent for Californian residents. California has the highest percentage of uninsured people in the nation. Are you among the 6.8 mill...
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26th January 2011
Telemedicine is designed to reach communities that have little access to specialists. Imagine talking to your doctor without having to go to her office. That could be a blessing for those in wheelchairs or anyone when streets are icy and snow-packed in th...
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20th January 2011
Called the backbone of America, small businesses are getting tax credits in 2010, which are designed to benefit their employees. As the Affordable Care Act begins to take effect, 293,000 small businesses in Texas will get help in the form of tax credits t...
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20th January 2011
When Bill Haslam officially takes the office of Governor in Tennessee, the push to get the state to challenge the Affordable Care Act in court will grow. This lawsuit alleges that it is unconstitutional to require most U.S. citizens to maintain even minim...
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20th January 2011
When Bill Haslam officially takes the office of Governor in Tennessee, the push to get the state to challenge the Affordable Care Act in court will grow. This lawsuit alleges that it is unconstitutional to require most U.S. citizens to maintain even minim...
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20th January 2011
Medicare can be confusing because different types of out-of-pocket charges lie beneath the actual benefits. What's likely to be your biggest expense when it comes to health care? That's going to be hospitalization whether you experience an accident or you...
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19th January 2011
The days of ignoring how easily we Americans seem to be packing on the pounds may be over. Of course, being over weight has a tragic cost in terms of more frequent and more severe heath problems, but that's only a part of the total picture. More studies h...
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19th January 2011
The Affordable Care Act provides tax credits for as many as 66,000 small businesses in the state of Tennessee. These tax credits are important to nine out of ten of Tennessee's small business owners.
Increases in healthcare costs hit Tennessee employee...
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