Health Insurance & Money

Cigna Corp. and Aetna Inc., rallied on Wall Street after Republicans won the governor seats in New Jersey and Virginia. The health insurance providers are hopeful the Republican victories will further their fight against the Democrats’ plans to overhaul their industry as part of health care reform.

If you are looking for a job that doesn’t require a lot of schooling and that offers good pay, then a career as a therapist assistant or therapist aide may be the answer. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the need for occupational therapist assistants and aides, and physical therapist assistants and aides will continue to grow much faster than the average.

A group of Democratic Senators is attempting to derail a proposed plan to pay for health care reform by creating a new federal long term care insurance program.

The possibility of a government-supported public option for an affordable health insurance is closer than ever, though not without controversy. President Obama has endorsed it, but the majority of Democratic politicians have shied away from supporting it.

Over the past 18 years, the deaths of nearly 17,000 hospitalized children might have been prevented by having insurance, according to researchers from Johns Hopkins Children’s Hospital in Baltimore.

Amgen Inc., of San Francisco CA, is being sued by 15 states alleging the company gave kickbacks to medical providers to help boost sales of the anemia drug Aranesp.

What health insurance premiums cost Americans is important to understand to help one decide what the most important health care reform may be.

A report entitled “Health Insurance Reform and Breast Cancer: Making the Health Care System Work for Women” was released on October 24, 2009, by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius. The report explains how health insurance reform will help women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.

After reading the NY Times article which warns that many Medicare health insurance beneficiaries will pay more than $100 for their Part B monthly premium in 2010, I went over to the HHS.gov site to review just whose Medicare premiums will increase 15% (from $96.40 to $110.50).

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has approved increased deductibility levels for long term care insurance policies purchased in 2010 according to a just-issued report by the American Association for Long Term Care Insurance, the industry trade group.