According to the article “NC high-risk pool an option for many seeking health insurance” by Vicky Eckenrode on starnewsonline.com, there is a new state program to cover high risk applicants to ensure North Carolina health insurance is made available to them. In 2007, state legislators started the Inclusive Health program.  It’s also known as the […]

Miami-Dade county in Florida has teamed up with Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance of Florida for a very unique partnership according to the article “Dade, Blue Cross offer health plan” by John Dorschner on miamiherald.com.  Currently there are around 600,000 uninsured in Miami-Dade county and leaders felt something needed to be done to fix this. Janet […]

A few hours ago I wrote about how President Barack Obama was ratcheting up the heat and pressure on Congress to pass comprehensive health care reform in August. Today he turned down the heat a bit, but kept the pressure on. In a skillful speech he laid out to the American people the benefits they […]

Workers who lose their jobs and enroll in Government sponsored COBRA coverage will now be able to maintain that health insurance coverage indefinitely until they find replacement coverage (as long as they continue to pay the monthly premiums). Previously health coverage via COBRA was only available for a maximum of 18 months after they lose […]

President Barack Obama, as expected, has launched a full-court press on health care reform. For the fourth day in a row he spoke out on the issue, his tone becoming increasingly impatient. He consistent message is for Congress to pass comprehensive health care reform passed in August, which is a shame. His passion should be […]

Four years ago the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) started to require universities to make their athletes have health insurance coverage before competing in sporting events.  A mistake was made as the Association did not set forth clear standards for the coverage leaving the students to decide for themselves what they needed.  This is all […]

Families USA released a research study called “The Clock Is Ticking: More Americans Losing Health Coverage”.  The report illustrates on a state-by-state basis how many people are projected to lose health coverage by the end of 2010. Key findings of the report include that Nationally, more that 44,000 people are losing health coverage each week, […]

History was made today. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approved comprehensive health care reform legislation, the first Congressional committee to do so in decades. Never mind that the bill is well to the left of the emerging consensus concerning health care reform. Never mind that it passed on a party line 13-10 vote. […]

The Senate health committee Wednesday approved its version of legislation to overhaul the U.S. health industry, which is to be combined with a bill yet to be written in the Senate Finance … Read the rest of this great post here