Health care reform gets into gear in 2011 with new benefits, regulations, and services designed to provide better and more affordable health care for Americans. Many people will benefit from these [...]
I was shocked when I opened a letter from United Health, my Medicare Part D drug insurance company, to find my monthly premium would go up to $42.60 from $18.30, a [...]
Another aspect of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be going into effect next week. Beginning 2011, health insurers must spend no more than 15-20% of their clients' premiums dollars on [...]
With poll numbers showing growing public dismay over the largest budget deficit in history, the president, last February, called for a bi-partisan commission to propose a path back to a balanced [...]
Unexpectedly, we found ourselves with a 2 week vacation to South Africa, with one week on a private game reserve and the other, traveling around the country. Our friends couldn't make [...]
Don't look now, but you may have to join an Accountable Care Organization to see your long-time doctor. According to the Los Angeles Times, physicians across the country are "racing" to [...]
Health insurance exchanges are key to the success of health care reform. In fact, unless they succeed, most of health care reform will fail as well. This is because they are [...]
When Governor Schwarzenegger signed AB1602 and SB900 last week, California became the first state to initiate a health insurance exchange as required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). [...]
A key building block of health care reform, the California Health Benefit Exchange, was signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger last week in response to federal law. States are mandated by [...]
Who's paying for health care reform? We've seen it's not the rich people or 'greedy' companies that are paying the price, it's us ordinary people. But, as they say, "there's more!" [...]
