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It’s Spring, Spring, Spring (forward)!

Remember to set your clocks one hour ahead this weekend! Ah, Spring… more daylight, more sunshine, everything in the garden is beautifully in bloom. Oh… I guess that means it’s allergy season. Be sure you understand your health insurance plan’s prescription benefit, just in case you need to refill your allergy prescription. Remember that Generic… Continue reading It’s Spring, Spring, Spring (forward)!

COBRA Subsidy Extention – again

On March 2, 2010, ARRA was amended by the Temporary Extension Act of 2010, which extending federal funding for the ARRA COBRA subsidy and unemployment benefits. The deadline for eligibility for the 65% health insurance premium subsidy has now been extended through March 31, 2010. Previously, eligibility only extended to those who lost their jobs… Continue reading COBRA Subsidy Extention – again

More Bang For Your Buck – ER vs. Urgent Care

Getting the right care you need is very important. But making smarter choices can help stretch your health care dollars further and save you a significant amount of your out-of-pocket expenses. There are a lot of myths out there about where to get the best care. When you need health care right away, the emergency… Continue reading More Bang For Your Buck – ER vs. Urgent Care

News for Anthem Blue Cross members

If you have individual health insurance with Anthem Blue Cross of CA and are about to be hit with huge rate hikes, this news is for you. Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner says his office is investigating… but is this a real investigation or is he politicizing the investigation to boost his run for Governor?

Canada-Care’s Secret

You want medical care like Canada’s? Are you sure? Take a look … and now tell me, are you really sure?

1 in 10 Canadian Leaders Says YES To American Medicine

This little article from PublicPlanFacts made me chuckle. Is it tongue-in-cheek? I think not.

Stick a Fork In It! Health Care Reform is Done

Health Care Reform — or as the broker community calls it, Stealth Care Reform — has come to a stand still. Politicians have done an excellent job of blurring the definitional lines between health care and health insurance… and then had the audacity to slowly and subtly alter their conversation with the public (and the… Continue reading Stick a Fork In It! Health Care Reform is Done

HMO News for Californians

It’s taken EIGHT years! CA is finally revealing its new regulations specifying just how long your HMO doctor can make you wait for an appointment. And it will be another 12 months before the provisions are implemented. CA had to actually legislate how quickly HMO doctors must see their patients, return phone calls and take… Continue reading HMO News for Californians

Tom Daschle Handicaps the Final Health Bill

I think his predictions are probably right. What do you think? Read Daschle’s predictions in the NY Times.

A Public Plan? To be or not to be?

I came across this interesting piece from Public Plan Facts and The Morning Sun (Pittsburgh, PA). The letter’s author seriously questions the plausibility of a government-appointment Public Health Plan “Czar.” Read the short and to-the-point letter here. How much control over your health do you really want to give to the Washington powers-that-pretend-to-be?