Insurance Coverage

2009-06-07 Obama to hear health care savings pitch

But the explosive cost of health care has since strangled pay raises for most workers and slowed profits for many businesses, causing the industry to dramatically shift its posture. Earlier this year, it offered a major concession, offering to abolish policies that deny coverage because of pre-existing conditions. In return, insurers said they want Congress to enact legislation that requires every American to have insurance.

The pledge comes amid a debate over how, or whether, to overhaul the nations health care system, and Obama administration officials predicted that it will significantly increase momentum for passing such changes this year. The savings could make it less expensive for Congress to enact comprehensive health insurance coverage.

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2009-06-02 Rate increases slowed to beef up insurance coverage insurance, provide, monday - Top Stories - WWMT NEWSCHANNEL 3

Hospitals, insurance companies, doctors and drug makers will slow their rate increases to help provide insurance to the estimated 50 million Americans going without it right now.

WASHINGTON D. C. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - President Obamas plan to provide every American with health insurance gets a big boost Monday.

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2009-06-01 Being young is no guarantee of health insurance coverage

While conversion plans prevent private insurers from denying coverage or imposing exclusions for pre-existing medical conditions on individual plans, there is a tradeoff: These policies are usually more expensive and they dont provide as comprehensive coverage as the individual plans, insurance experts say.

An ongoing health care series following the stories of local residents attempts to find, keep or continue health insurance coverage. If you have a story youd like to be considered for a story, contact health enterprise writer Jo Ciavaglia at 215 949-4181 or jciavaglia@

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By all appearances, Jamie Peet is an insurers dream demographic. Shes young. She wants health coverage. And shes healthy. - Health coverage individual aetna insurance plan peet conditions medical conversion group existing plans pennsylvania insurers acne accutane month history insurer pain market

2009-05-31 Michigan lawmakers ready to roll out health plans

Michigan lawmakers ready to roll out health plans

Supporters of the House Democrats plan say it would improve access to health care coverage by requiring insurance companies to cover people who have pre-existing conditions such as cancer or diabetes. Insurers would be banned from raising rates on individuals who become sick.

The individual market offers policies for people who dont have insurance coverage through employers or the government. That number is growing in Michigan as the economy worsens. But the price of individual market policies has soared, making it unaffordable for some.

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2009-05-30

Only requires that a person purchase a minimum liability insurance policy of usd. 25,000 per person and usd. 50,000 per accident with property damage coverage in the amount of at least usd. 25,000.

Neither medical payments coverage nor health insurance coverage will compensate this person for their lost wages, decreased future earnings or their pain and suffering.

Oftentimes the victim will respond that they think they have these types of insurance as they purchased and ldquo;full coverage and rdquo; insurance.

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2009-06-06 Dig It

The FDIC provides separate insurance coverage for deposit accounts held in different categories of ownership. In addition to the separate unlimited insurance coverage on non-interest bearing personal and business checking accounts, it is possible to qualify for more than the current usd. 250,000 in coverage at one insured bank if you own deposit accounts in different ownership categories. The ownership categories are:

Not surprisingly, this has left many bank customers with questions about the safety and security of their accounts. Colorado-based Guaranty Bank and Trust, which operates a branch location at 807 Mountain Ave. in Berthoud, provided these answers to frequently asked questions about the FDIC and rsquo;s insurance coverage. Guaranty Bank is an FDIC insured bank.

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2009-06-05 Fighting Swine Flu Without Health Insurance

The first US swine flu death has put everyone on high alert. Even those who thought they were far away from H1N1 Swine Flu virus have been made to think twice. The situation even gets more appalling for those without health insurance coverage. In the United States alone, there are thousands of people who dont have health insurance.

However, before exploring all the available options available for those without health insurance, Grisham warns that that the symptoms you have should fit those of the H1N1 swine flu virus less you end up spending more money instead. Since the H1N1 Swine Flu virus was confirmed in the United States, hospitals have seen a surge in the number of people who want to get tested. Others are just afraid they might have the virus. In fact, a majority of these people do not have the symptoms of H1N1 Flu Virus. In any case, they end up causing problems for those needing emergency treatment.

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The first US swine flu death has put everyone on high alert. Even those who thought they were far away from H1N1 Swine Flu virus have been made to think twice. The situation even gets more appalling for those without health insurance coverage. In the

2009-06-04 Insurance coverage urged for autism therapies - Photo Gallery - Kansas City Star

Jake Wright of Olathe, 6, takes a break from therapy and reacts to tickling by Andrea Mena. Jake does Applied Behavior Analysis therapy with paraeducator Andrea Mena in the basement, which the family has converted into Jakes classroom. Jake undergoes ABA therapy twice daily, five days a week - about 20 hours. Kansas lawmakers are debating a plan to require insurance companies to cover services for autistic children. JILL TOYOSHIBA/The Kansas City Star 04212009

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2009-06-03 Health-care reform: do no harm The Greenville News

Ideally, broader health-care change would wait until the nations economy is thriving once again. If Congress proceeds with reform, however, federal lawmakers should not seek to force out private-sector insurance coverage that works well for millions of Americans.

Incremental reform, however, is possible. In this area, Obama already has made progress. The president recently signed an expansion of the state Childrens Health Insurance Program that will cover an additional 4 million children nationwide. Obamas stimulus program, meanwhile, also is helping subsidize COBRA insurance for the unemployed while bolstering Medicaid programs for the poor that have been devastated by state budget cuts.

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As Congress debates sweeping reform to the nations usd. 2. 2 trillion health-care system, theres great potential for doing more harm than good. A key component of the Democratic-sponsored reform could - Voices Greenville SC News local news headlines stories world news

2009-05-29 Scrap Medicare and build a better health-care system The Journal News

Private insurer plans have groups that vary in size from a few dozen to thousands, each with different coverages, different deductibles, different premium structures, different exclusions, fragmented by state, by region within state, by group membership which crosses geographic boundaries, etc. They must each interface with Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans Administration, etc. This makes it inefficient and difficult to identify problems and it cant pinpoint significant high-cost health care providers and services. Medical providers spend thousands of wasted hours and millions of wasted dollars filing form and then correcting them when this chaotic "system" produces so many filing errors.

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Tom Cassidys better healthcare system, outlined in an Community View, Fix Medicare first, then health-care reform is within reach, proposes modifying Medicare. I dont see it - Opinion Westchester New York Westchester Westchester County Westchester NY Rockland New York Rockland Rockland County Rockland NY Putnam New York Putnam Putnam County Putnam NY newspaper