Economist state that there could have been a lot more done to help our health care deficit, for example breaking Medicare up into smaller companies and allowing health insurance competition from state to state. But that is not the solution being proposed in the reform bills. Instead congress wants to expand health care spending to [...]
As the debate over the nature of health care delivery in this country continues, with some in favorite of a Medicare type system run by the government and available to all citizens, others fear that the current flaws in the existing Medicare system are a major warning sign. Another system wraught with flaws seems to [...]
The independent licensee of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida based in Jacksonville, FL will offer a new option to help combat the rising cost of retiree benefits. The new plan will help employers save money on their Medicare eligible retirees and their spouses who are over the age of 65. The benefit is [...]
In Florida, where there are roughly 110 midwives, their future remains unceratin due to certain misconceptions about the practice circulated by the insurance industry. While low-risk births are equally safe, if not more so, with a midwife as opposed to in a hospital, the prevailing sentiment in recent years is that hospitals are the only safe [...]
Despite the air of reform and promises of more affordable health insurance, subscribers of Humana’s Medicare Advantage Plans are facing premiums five times higher than last year’s premiums. For elderly citizens on fixed incomes, this means less money for basic necesseties like food and utlities. The uneccessary costs associated with Advantage plans have come under [...]
Amidst the current tumultuous economic climate, fear among the baby boomer generation regarding their health insurance benefits is even more profound and justified than it would otherwise be. More and more members of this age group are facing losing their jobs, either due to being laid off or being forced to retire early and being replaced by [...]