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VA County to Charge for Ambulance Service

In an effort to improve their emergency equipment and provide better training to emergency first responders, Prince William County, Virginia has made the decision to begin charging health insurers for ambulance services. Effective July 1, whenever a patient is transported to the hospital via an emergency medical service, the county will bill the patient’s insurance […]

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Missouri Hospitals Just Say No to Hiring Smokers

It’s long been known that having a smoking habit can affect what you pay for life insurance or health insurance, but starting next month, it will also mean you can’t get a job at seven of the hospitals in and around St. Louis, Missouri. Beginning in July, 2011, applicants to work at SSM Health Care […]

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North Carolina Still Lacks Employee Health Plan Decision

The state legislature in North Carolina went home for the weekend last Thursday without coming to an agreement on the cost of health insurance for state employees, teachers, or retired persons. At that point they were already outside the deadline that had been given. Earlier last week, Governor Beverly Perdue vetoed a proposal that would […]

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In Brief: AZ Governor Vetoes Health Care Bill

Earlier this week Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona vetoed SB 1592, a bill which directed the Governor to form specific compacts with other states on behalf of Arizona, in order for citizens there to purchase health care insurance across state lines. Her, reason, she wrote in her veto letter, included the fact that directing the […]

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Excerpts From President Obama’s Speech About the Budget

Yesterday, President Obama made a speech about his plan for sensible budget reform. As health care is one of his pet issues, and one we believe is vitally important, we were pleased to hear his views on that subject. What follows are a two numbered excerpts from the speech: 1. “Our approach lowers the government’s […]

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Texas Says, “We’ll Help You Shop Around”

The Texas legislature recently filed two separate bills that would require insurance companies to be more forthcoming with customers with regard to rate increase information, and would also expand consumer resources for shopping the insurance market. In the words of Representative Armando Walle (Houston), House Bills 2723 and 2724 would, “…help consumers fully understand the […]

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Blue Shield Cancels Rate Hikes

Blue Shield of California announced earlier this week that it has canceled health insurance premium increases that averaged 6.5 percent and went as high as 18 percent. The increase would have affected almost 200,000 Blue Shield customers, and would have been the insurer’s third such increase in recent months. The decision to cancel this increase […]

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Maine Gets Health Care Waiver

The state of Maine has been granted a waiver for one of the core provisions in the health care overhaul that was passed last year, due to the likelihood that enforcing the provision could completely destabilize the state’s market for individual health insurance. According to a letter from the U.S. Department of Health and Human […]

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Video: Is Vision Insurance Important?

In honor of Presidents’ Day, we’re doing an extra video post this week. Should you buy vision insurance? Is it an important part of health coverage? This agent’s opinion is that it should never be the sole reason you choose a health plan.

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