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Hello Insurance Mom Village, Regardless of who you’re voting for in November (and you WILL vote, right?), it’s important to know the positions of the candidates. Here are some of the health insurance fantasies of the presumptive front-runners. I fell over this attention-grabbing piece on “TrumpCare” AND a clever, historical piece from NPR on… Continue reading TrumpCare vs. HillaryCare
Our lovely client, Jeff, heard something helpful on NPR about Vitals Smart Shopper and shared it with us. There’s a cool company called Vitals Smart Shopper which helps compare the cost of medical treatments & services within a 20 mile radius of your home zip code. If you choose the cheapest place, you get… Continue reading Are you a Vitals Smart Shopper? I think you will be soon . . .
Here’s PART FIVE: Drug Companies in our series we call . . . “The Insurance Mom’s Guide to Better Living Through (Cheaper) Chemistry” If you’re just joining us, check out the hyperlinks to PART ONE, PART TWO, PART THREE, and PART FOUR. Pretty smart, huh? Here’s the final part to our series; it’s… Continue reading PART FIVE: The Insurance Mom’s Guide to Better Living Through (Cheaper) Chemistry
Here’s PART FOUR: Research the Internet in our series we call . . . “The Insurance Mom’s Guide to Better Living Through (Cheaper) Chemistry” Aren’t you loving our series on prescription drugs? By now, I hope you’re feeling empowered and smart. (Because you are!) If you’re just now joining us, click these links… Continue reading PART FOUR: The Insurance Mom’s Guide to Better Living Through (Cheaper) Chemistry
Here’s PART THREE: WORK THE PHARMACY! in our series we call . . . “The Insurance Mom’s Guide to Better Living Through (Cheaper) Chemistry” We learned the importance of knowing your plan in PART ONE. We learned how to advocate with your doctor for cheaper prices in PART TWO. This week, we’re focusing on how your pharmacist… Continue reading PART THREE: The Insurance Mom’s Guide to Better Living Through (Cheaper) Chemistry
Here’s PART TWO: Affordable Meds in our series we call . . . “The Insurance Mom’s Guide to Better Living Through (Cheaper) Chemistry” You’ve followed PART ONE and you understand how your plan works and the formulary (aka list of drugs your insurance company covers.) Now what if your drug isn’t in the formulary?? … Continue reading PART TWO: The Insurance Mom’s Guide to Better Living Through (Cheaper) Chemistry
Here’s PART ONE in our series we call . . . “The Insurance Mom’s Guide to Better Living Through (Cheaper) Chemistry” PART ONE: EDUCATE YOURSELF! The Affordable Care Act has created a LOT of confusion for everyone – especially the doctor’s offices! Educate yourself about your plan and how it works before you go to… Continue reading PART ONE: The Insurance Mom’s Guide to Better Living Through (Cheaper) Chemistry
Hi Insurance Mom Family, OK, let’s talk prescriptions. But Mom… they’re so expensive! I know, sweetie. The Insurance Mom hears you. Yet another (un)intended consequence of the Affordable Care Act… formulary shrinkage. The formularies are the lists of drugs your insurance company covers – generic and brand name. Most people just pay up… Continue reading Intro: The Insurance Mom’s Guide to Better Living Through (Cheaper) Chemistry!
Hello, Insurance Mom family – Phew! Open Enrollment for individual health insurance ended 1/31/16. The Insurance Mom and her Helper Elves have been very busy taking care of everyone, and now we’ve got more time to talk about insurance-y stuff through our fabulous blog posts. Open Enrollment is the time when anyone… Continue reading We made it! Open Enrollment is OVER!
We did this little blog post not long ago that still has me thinking: https://theinsurancemom.com/aca-woes-hospitals-and-docs-feel-it-too/ Alan Katz said something really interesting about the shortage of doctors in the USA. “The shortage of American doctors is something that predates the ACA. It’s easy to blame the ACA for every ill in America’s health care system. The… Continue reading More thoughts on doc shortage problem …