Posted by: Kate Blocher on Apr 16, 2010
For those of us
not lucky enough to be insured by our employers, having to face the daunting
task of navigating the private insurance market can cause heart palpitations.
The current insurance market is confusing and overwhelming; there is no one
state or federal entity that regulates all markets nor is there much regulation
on what information insurers must provide to consumers. Therefore it is often
difficult for consumers to know what exactly they are getting under each plan,
until it's too late.
Posted by: Erin Kelly on Apr 15, 2010
A common misconception about health insurance is that if you
are covered, you don't have to worry about skyrocketing health care costs. We
pay insurance companies premiums every month so we won't have to shell out tons
of money when we get sick, right? In theory that's true, but in practice it
doesn't always work out that way.
Posted by: Kate Blocher on Apr 13, 2010
It is likely
sometime in your life that you, or someone you know, have been denied insurance
coverage due to a pre-existing condition. According to a report
recently released by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services: 12.6
million non-elderly adults - 36 percent of those who tried to
purchase health insurance directly from an insurance company in the individual
insurance market - were in fact discriminated against because of a pre-existing
condition in the previous three years.
Posted by: Kate Blocher on Apr 06, 2010
The victory on health reform was long overdue and will make
great strides in improving the lives of millions of American families-bringing
us closer to a more just and equitable health care system. But you wouldn't
know it to talk to opponents of reform. Despite the popularity of the
individual provisions of the health reform law, opponents have continued their
tactics of misinformation and negative rhetoric.
Posted by: Erin Kelly on Mar 22, 2010
Today, you helped make history. The House passed the Senate health reform bill. All of your
hours, months, and years of hard work made this once-in-a-lifetime victory
possible.
Posted by: Mark Fisher on Mar 19, 2010
Insurance companies have demonstrated some pretty egregious
practices when it comes to who they'll cover and if they'll take away coverage.
We've heard horror stories, but this one takes the cake. Reuters
reported yesterday that in 2002, 17-year-old Jerome Mitchell, a college
freshman, was dropped from his insurance plan because he was diagnosed with
HIV.
Posted by: Peggy Denker on Mar 19, 2010
If you watch the news on TV or read a newspaper, you know
that a lot of Americans are nervous about health reform. One recent
poll, conducted by Ipsos-McClatchey on February 26-28, found that 41% of
Americans favor reform, while 47% oppose. And that's in line with what the
media have been telling us, isn't it?
Posted by: Mark Fisher on Mar 16, 2010
You may have seen a television commercial where a woman at a
restaurant is asking her waiter endless questions about menu items. But then, when
the same woman is shown at her doctor's office and is asked by her doctor if
she has any questions, seemingly out-of-character, she replies with a "no."
Posted by: Tara Bostock on Mar 15, 2010
When I was in elementary school, I spent my time playing inmy backyard or running around with my friends on the playground, I certainlydidn't think much about health care. But that's probably because I didn't haveto: I was always covered through one of my parents' jobs and so was my entirefamily.
Posted by: Erin Kelly on Mar 08, 2010
First, there were the highly publicized rate
hikes in California. Then, the Department of Health and Human Services
released a report detailing rate hikes in several
more states. And then there was WellPoint,
who joined the club last week by jacking up premiums in 11 states.
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