While the focus of health care reform is centered on eliminating the number of Americans without health insurance, will have coverage actually equal having care? A problem that often goes overlooked is that of finding a primary care physician. For one thing, there has been a decrease in the number of med school graduates going [...]

Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius signed into law legislation which will aid the growing number of unemployed citizens in the state. The legislation will direct federal stimulus money to subsidize the state’s COBRA program which allows those who have been laid off from their job continued access to their company’s group health insurance policy. Previously, premiums [...]

Blue Cross of Michigan is enacting a number of changes which will impact the cost of health care as well as the profit of local health insurance agents. The insurance company is the state’s insurer of last resort, meaning that their tax-exempt status requires them to issue policies on everyone, regardless of medical history. This [...]

The debate is raging over what direction health care reform should take in the coming year. There is no question that a change must be made, as costs cannot continue to climb unchecked as they have been without resulted in a complete collapse of the health care system. The debate right now is centered on whether [...]

After the release of new projections regarding Medicare, insurance company stocks climbed slightly. The health insurance for elderly citizzens has an enrollment of roughly 10 million people. After a pretty dramatic fall in February based on negative projections for the program, the climb is a relief to many. On Monday, the government released final numbers [...]

Obama has made a number of promises both during and after his quest for the presidency, and now that he is in charge, Americans are waiting anxiously to see which promises he will be able to deliver on. One of the most pressing issues is that of health insurance. Especially given the current economic situation [...]

For one of the most “progressive” states in many respects, California still suffers a problem plaguing much of the nation today, namely health care. Analysis of recent Census Bureau data shows that more than 1 in 3 California citizens went without health insurance at some point over the last two years. The majority of these [...]

The insurance industry has made some concessions and the chairmen of five legislative committees have come to a consesus on the basic issues of legislation, so it looks like health insurance reform is making its first major steps. Some of the major aspects of agreement include the idea that everyone should be required to carry [...]

The idea of a Medicare for all type health insurance is fearful for many people. The thought is that if the government offered affordable, accessible health insurance, it would drive the private sector out of business. Truthfully though, what it would do is force the private insurance companies to offer competitively priced plans of equal [...]

Apparently it seems fitting that smokers, who tend to drive up health care costs for everyone else, are having to pay the price for their habit. South Carolina is looking to use a similar tactic to Florida by increasing taxes on tobacco products in order to help fund public health care programs. In Florida, the [...]