health insurance
West Virginians Have Poor Health Habits, Senator Says
Health insurance examiners probably won’t find much shocking in this, but the Charleston Daily Mail is reporting that state Senator Dan Foster (D-Kanawha) is blaming West Virginia’s higher-than-average rate of workers on disability to poor health habits like smoking. In an interview with the Daily Mail Foster said that his state’s high obesity and smoking […]
Read moreMinorities and Uninsured More Likely to Die when Car Meets Pedestrian, Study Says
The Insurance Journal is reporting something interesting from the world of health insurance: a new study conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins has found that when pedestrians get hit by cars, uninsured minority victims are significantly more likely to die as a result than insured white victims with similar injuries. In addition, pedestrians who belong […]
Read moreCalifornia Takes Steps to Create Insurance Exhange
It was reported earlier today on the state of health care reform in California. It seems the Golden State is taking steps toward the establishment of a health insurance exchange, as is required in order to be in compliance with federal health care reform law. The California Senate passed two bills which provide the functions […]
Read moreStates Get Premium Oversight Monies
On Tuesday, March 16, the Department of Health and Human Services announced grants to 45 states and the District of Columbia — $1 million each — to monitor how health insurance premiums are being priced and to take action if unfair hikes are detected. The sad truth, and the one HHS Secretary Kathleen Sibelius hit […]
Read moreFriday Filmstrips: How Does Health Insurance Work?
Most of us know that having reliable, inexpensive health insurance coverage is important, but many of us still don’t understand exactly how health insurance works. For today’s Friday Filmstrip, we offer this video from “Stay Smart, Stay Healthy” and YouTube, which cleverly explains the system.
Read moreLouisiana Insurance Department Targets Health Insurance Scammers
Stories about insurance fraud abound in the auto insurance industry, but investigators in the Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Section have now served the American Trade Association, along with its thirteen companion companies and fourteen employees with “cease and desist” orders for selling fraudulently marketed “medical discount plans” as health insurance plans in the state […]
Read moreAMA Says 95 out of 100 Physicians Are Hit with Medical Liability Claims
The American Medical Insurance (AMA) has released a new report that reveals a scary statistic: an average of 95 medical liability claims are filed for every 100 physicians. That’s almost one claim per doctor. According to the AMA, its report has data not available anywhere else, and includes information on how medical liability claims are […]
Read moreForeign-Trained and Domestically-Trained Physicians Offer Essentially the Same Care, Survey Says
Roughly a quarter of all physicians currently practicing medicine in the United States completed their medical studies in some other country. A recent survey of the quality of care shows that patients receive essentially the same care no matter where their doctors trained, but a deeper look at data suggests that doctors who were not […]
Read moreCalifornia Insurance Commissioner Announces Health Insurance Rate Transparency
You already know that shopping online can save you money on health insurance, but now the state of California has established a system that will alert consumers via email when new health insurance rates are filed in their individual markets. Speaking to the press, California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner said, “We want as many people […]
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