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health insurance Uninsured drive up hospital costs
Mar 10th
The number of uninsured hospital admissions in Hamilton County more than doubled between 2004 and 2008, leaving local hospitals with barely three in 10 patients who have private insurance to pay for their care, according to a new report on health in the Chattanooga region.
The loss of commercially insured patients, whose insurance payments are significantly higher than those of government-sponsored insurance for the same services and treatments, has contributed to hospitals’ staggering losses to charity care.
In Hamilton County, hospital charity care losses totaled nearly million in 2008, compared to million in 2004.
More than million of the losses that year were More >
How to Take Health Care Responsibility
Mar 10th
“Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.” – Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright
    The World Health Organization reports that the United States has the 37th best health care system in the world. America’s health care system is fraught with problems and its patient satisfaction is rated among the worst in the world. Even though America’s health care system is envied by the world, it ranks at the bottom of many health care indicators. In the developed world, the United States is at the bottom of the More >
Individual Health Insurance Effects
Mar 10th
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as the health reform bill will impact almost every American. One of the most important ways it will affect individual health insurance is that insurance companies will not be permitted to deny insurance to those with preexisting illnesses. Another important affect is that all Americans will be required to hold insurance. Insurance companies will be prohibited from placing annual and lifetime limits on coverage. Group health exchanges may also help to reduce the cost of insurance plans, giving individuals the buying power of large companies. You will be able to purchase More >
health care reform failed to cure prices
Mar 10th
The health-care law of 2010 is, as Vice President Biden put it, a “big [expletive] deal.” It sets us on the road to universal health insurance. It is a favorite target for Republicans gunning to take over Congress. Lawmakers who supported it could lose their jobs. And it will remain a central focus after the midterms, as Democrats defend it against legal and political challenges through 2014, when it takes full effect. Easy To Insure ME
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But the Democrats’ effort to sell the law to the public may be undermined by what even some ardent supporters consider its biggest shortfall. The More >
Health Savings Accounts Reduce Business Costs
Mar 10th
If you’re a business owner, you may want to consider a health savings account because it can save you money. Whether you provide health insurance benefits to your employees or you are the only employee, when you combine the health insurance benefit with the benefit of a health savings account, you and the business come out winners. The first benefit is that you can typically get lower rates on a group plan than you can on an individual plan. Couple this with the fact that group plans tend to have better coverage, and you’re already a couple steps ahead. Add More >
Workplaces scared about health insurance overhaul
Mar 9th
After months of hearing forecasts of big hikes in group health insurance rates, Keri Jenkins got a pleasant surprise. Easy To Insure ME has the answers.
Coverage costs for her company, the Norfolk-based ship agent and broker T. Parker Host, would increase by just 7.9 percent, despite new requirements under the national health care overhaul.
It was the company’s smallest rate bump since 2005.
“We were very pleased,” said Jenkins, who is T. Parker Host’s senior vice president for administration.
Many employers, like Jenkins, anticipated big changes as they developed insurance plans for the first time since the passage of the new health law.
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the new health care law
Mar 9th
In an interview today with Nebraska radio station KOGA, Nebraska`s Senator Ben Nelson said he worked to make sure the new health care law wasn`t a government takeover of health care, addressed some of its benefits for Nebraskans and concerns that have been raised about the law. Below are excerpts from the interview. Easy To Insure ME has the answers
Asked about those who are calling for a repeal and replacement, Senator Nelson pointed out that many of the provisions already in effect are making the health insurance market fairer for Nebraskans:
“For those who want to repeal it, it`s going to More >
Health Reform Will Survive?
Mar 9th
Despite brave and bullying promises from Republicans to repeal the health reform “monstrosity” this past week, they can’t do it. Not in the next two years, and maybe not even in 2012, no matter who wins the presidency. Why? For now, because even if the Senate agreed with the House and passed a repeal bill, President Obama would veto it. By 2012 the growing number of Americans (more than half) who already like provisions of the new law, will want to keep them. Easy To Insure ME has the answers
If not repeal then, what about death by a thousand cuts? More >
Affordable Health Insurance Quotes
Mar 9th
There are quite a lot Americans who are living without health insurance today. It is not a proud thing to admit, but the government is trying to do things to help them. The death toll is high enough, and medicine is expensive, so you do need to sort something out. You don’t have to wait for the government if you can get it yourself. And many times it is actually available at a much cheaper price then you may imagine. Easy To Insure ME has the answers
Even if you cannot afford comprehensive health insurance, you can start with whatever little More >
Five reasons for having your Health checkup in Goa and Kerala
Mar 9th
For most people needing medical care or Health check up in Goa and Kerala, the last thing on their minds is travel but a growing number of Medical tourists from America, Canada, Europe, Australia, Middle East and Africa are heading to India for their medical concerns. Health checkup programs are the best way to know about the status of your health, and take necessary measures, in case you come across any medical ailment. Health checkup comprises of health exams and tests for which can help to find problems before they start. The blood test, the metabolic tests, and cardiovascular tests in short a More >