The Obama administration’s decision to compel the Catholic institutions, like schools, hospitals, and charity groups to provide their employees with health insurance policies that cover contraception has been regarded by many as a huge political gamble made by the President. Although progressives seem to agree with the administration’s choice, some analysts believe that he will [...]

The pride and joy of the government has been recently born and it is incrementally causing havoc from coast to coast. We the people are now expected to purchase an insurance policy not that will help we the people, but that will fill the half-empty coffers of the government pockets. So the federal government has [...]

One of the new changes with the health care reform bill is the categories each individual is placed when they begin to shop around for adequate self-employed health insurance. There is no special category for the self-employed and freelance entrepreneurs and that in itself does present a major difficulty. Unless you have a wife, sister, [...]

One of the areas of self-employed health insurance is with the health insurance exchange when it is set up and operational. This may seem to be a vital avenue to travel down and enroll, but when you begin to look closer, you will find disappointment. The health care exchanges that are a vision within The [...]

State pre-existing conditional high-risk health insurance pools have been in existence for some time now. There are many individuals who have been enrolled in these state high-risk health insurance pools and trying to find a less expensive plan. Well, with the health insurance reforms that have materialized these same individuals are still being left behind [...]

Since the signing into law of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in March 2010, its key provisions had suffered legal challenges. But how did it impact the lives of the people – of New Yorkers in particular? A study by the New York State Health Foundation shows that New York health insurance premiums [...]

Lincoln Medical Center officially launched their program popularly known as the “Lincoln Art Exchange” that will provide New York health insurance benefits to local artists. This means that this program is available to those who are involved in creative activities like singers, actors, dancers, pets, musicians, photographers and the likes. This program was patterned after [...]

This Year, New York residents are facing an average increase in health insurance premiums of over eight percent. According to state data, that more than doubles the inflation rate, and double-digit raises are set to be paid by many policyholders. Increase in premiums are based on insurer projections of rising treatment costs and patient usage. [...]

CIGNA Corporation, a Connecticut based health service company together with Weill Cornell Physician Organization will launch a collaborative medical home initiative in New York. This is a step closer to establishing accountable care organizations (ACOs) as stated in the US health care reform law. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 introduced ACOs. [...]

Nine states have asked for more funding from the US federal government to make sure their high-risk pools have enough funding until 2014, the Obama administration announced last Thursday. High-risk pools provide health insurance coverage for individuals with pre-existing conditions. California and New Hampshire, two of the states which asked for this additional allotment have [...]