Posted by Marcus Octoman | Posted on 14-09-2010
Planning on attending the Saturday, October 2nd March for Jobs in Washington, DC? Join the single-payer contingent!!
National Nurses United has extended the invitation to single-payer healthcare advocates to march with 500 nurses for jobs, social security, and Medicare for all.
Before the march, on Friday, October 1st, many single-payer advocates are planning to walk the halls of Congress for peace, justice, jobs, and single-payer. Time and place to be announced soon. If you are interested in supporting this effort, let us know.
Also on October 1st, join us to welcome single-payer advocates who are coming from across the country.
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Posted by Brianna Clark | Posted on 14-09-2010
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The healthcare reform lawsuit launched by 20 states is currently being argued in a federal district court. According to the judge presiding over it, Roger Vinson, he will probably rule that the states have general jurisdiction to sue the federal government.
Vinson does not appear to be much of a sympathetic ear for the Obama administration’s lawyers, who claim that the health insurance plan mandate inherent in the bill should be considered as a tax–which they are allowed to impose.
When he decides on the lawsuit’s fate on October 14, Vinson predicts that the bulk of the lawsuit will be allowed to proceed to further arguments on December 16. Howev
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Posted by Matthew Reimann | Posted on 13-09-2010
On Tuesday, the new health care reform law’s constitutionality was legally challenged after a federal judge indicated he would advance a lawsuit filed by elected officials from 20 states. In the lawsuit, the elected officials plan to fight the requirement that most individuals must obtain health insurance to avoid penalties from the government.
Judge Won’t Dismiss Lawsuit
After presiding over a two-hour hearing regarding constitutionality of the health care reform law, Judge Roger Vinson of Federal District Court announced that he was leaning toward allowing representatives from 20 states push forward in their lawsuit.
While his ruling was not official, he admitted he would probably ignore the government’s attempts to dismiss the lawsuit. He no
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Posted by Matthew Reimann | Posted on 09-09-2010
With health care reform ready to sick its ugly teeth into our health care system, I have been at a loss in order to continue upgrading this site based on helping people shop and understand health insurance. Because of the coming changes as of 9/23 and then even more changes coming on 10/1 and then even more unpredictable craziness to follow over the next three years, I am terrified of having to update this entire site with each change as I will end up spending my entire life rewriting the same articles again and again.
So what am I to do? All I can think to recommend to people is that they call us at 888-803-5917 to get live assistance or email us with their unique situations.
I totally support this reform and lets not forget how bad health care was getting before it, but on the other hand I don’t remember it being this absurd. I can’t even shop plans right now with an effective date of 2 weeks away as no companies have approved plans! Yes that’s right I can’t sell health plans if they have an effective date of more than 2 weeks from now. And prices? They are even more unobtainable for most Americans. With local government going bankrupt in the face of poor central banking planning, there are even less subsidies available for those Americans that can’t afford coverage.
Yes somehow, a bad situation has become worse. Its not a question of politics or opinion, its a life and death situation and sadly there is no answers for people that can’t obtain health insurance right now nor is there a shining light on the horizon. But like I said our brokers at East Coast Health Insurance know health insurance and health reform and can help you find the program or plan from the insurance companies or the government itself, so give us a whirl you have nothing to lose.
Posted by Brianna Clark | Posted on 08-09-2010
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Are the accusations levied at trial lawyers for medical malpractice lawsuits jacking up health insurance costs overblown? A new analysis of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services data by Harvard researchers indicates that they may be.
According to the data, 2.4% of all health care spending in 2008 was related to medical malpractice and defensive medicine (intended to avoid lawsuit).
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Posted by Marcus Octoman | Posted on 08-09-2010
According to the article “Council to Vote On Voluntary Insurance Plan” by Jennifer Bailey on Commercial-News.com, there may be a change to vision insurance quotes in Danville, IL affecting Illinois health insurance.
In Danville, they are considering authorizing an agreement for voluntary dental insurance and voluntary vision insurance for current city employees and retirees. According to Risk Manager Kathy Courson, the success of the dental plan prompted many workers to inquire about a vision plan to help with vision insurance quotes in their area.
The city will provide the means for employees to get coverage on an individual basis. The
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Posted by Marcus Octoman | Posted on 04-09-2010
According to the article “Bad Economy Lifts Enrollment in Student Plans, but Reform Rules are Unclear” by Steve Davis on AISHealth.com, health insurance companies are expecting large enrollments in student plans as the school season starts. This is despite the new provision of the health reform law that offers dependent coverage up to 26 years of age.
Guidance is needed to understand how the new law is going to affect a student health insurance quote. Student health insurance is currently filed in each state as a limited duration policy and rated on a basis of a group. Insurers and consumers are still unclear whether or not student plans will continue this type of regulation or if they will be viewed more like individual health insurance plans. This
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Posted by Brianna Clark | Posted on 04-09-2010
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When employees look at their health insurance plans today, they see more responsibility (and cost) on their end with fewer benefits. That’s according to a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
In a struggling economy, companies look for different methods of saving money. One of them is shifting the cost of health coverage to employees. U
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