Articles, tagged with "texas health insurance", page 1
14th February 2012
Annually, it's not a shocker anymore that we see an increase in our Texas health insurance plan premiums. Not everyone is as prepared for their premiums increasing as they get older, though. As we age, insurers expect us to need more health care so we're ...
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Author:
Wiley Long
17th January 2012
Even though the Texas Medical Center provides world-class healthcare to visitors from around the globe, approximately six million state residents lack the Texas health insurance coverage needed to benefit from the center.
However, for more than six mil...
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Author:
Wiley Long
04th January 2012
Just a small delay in relaying medical information can cost the life of a patient. With nurses spending more time with patients than in the workstations, it is unavoidable that there would sometimes be a delay in getting information from the nurse to othe...
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Author:
Wiley Long
03rd January 2012
Texas has the reputation of trailing the nation when it comes to protecting Texans from medical debt. According to a Gallup and Healthways survey, nearly 6.3 million Texans need health insurance. By 2010, 26.8 percent of Texans needed a health plan and by...
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Author:
Wiley Long
18th November 2011
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as many as 1,279,600 Texans had diabetes at the end of 2007. Those people have had a tough time finding health insurance they could afford, if carriers would cover them at all. Here are severa...
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Author:
Wiley Long
31st July 2011
Texas health insurance is on a collision course with regulation when it comes to rate increases. Starting in September, rate hikes of 10 percent or more will be under greater scrutiny. The Obama administration just finalized rules that could help keep h...
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Author:
Wiley Long
30th June 2011
The Texas legislature is taking progressive action to focus health care on quality with two Senate bills. Senator Jane Nelson hopes to build incentives for keeping patients healthy into the health care payment system. This legislation would pay health car...
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Author:
Wiley Long
02nd June 2011
Want the maximum from your health plan? Health insurance can do much more than help after the fact. Your health plan can actually change your future by helping you monitor problems, reverse trouble and actually prevent disease.
With that kind of pote...
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Author:
Wiley Long
07th May 2011
Three strategies can help you cut the cost of health care. One of the most surprising ones gives you negotiating power. Bigger membership groups allow you to negotiate provider rates and you can actually borrow that power.
Big businesses bargain to get...
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Author:
Wiley Long
15th April 2011
The majority of U.S. citizens who have well being coverage (around 57%) get coverage via an employer-sponsored strategy. An additional 29 % get coverage via a government sponsored program - Medicaid, Medicare or the military. If you're self-employed, or i...
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Author:
Nathaniel Stewart
07th April 2011
While politicians continue to thwart one another's conflicting ideas over health care, our need for medical intervention remains constant. With some basic insight into how the health insurance industry works, you can get Texas health insurance plans with ...
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Author:
Wiley Long
16th March 2011
If health care reform survives, residents could see a reduction in the cost of Texas health insurance premiums. That's because a major part of health care reform requires insurers spend more on their members or give them a refund.
Texas insurance plan...
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Author:
Wiley Long
16th March 2011
If you have a health problem that limits your ability to buy health insurance, what does the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act mean for you? The Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan is designed to extend coverage to those who find it impossible...
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Author:
Wiley Long
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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Author:
Wiley Long
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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Author:
Wiley Long