Health Insurance & Money

Many times we think that the price of a health insurance plan that we end up paying is dictated by the insurers. Then we wonder why health insurance is not affordable for us or our families. Yet, sometimes we fail to realize that knowledge about the local and state laws governing the health insurance industry can help making our family or individual plan more affordable.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger acted on a number of bills on Sunday October 11 that will soon have an impact on women’s health insurance benefits. Most of the bills will go into effect on January 1, 2010.

Workplace stress is enhanced when you have a boss who is a bully. A new study shows that bosses who bully and act with aggression do so because they probably feel inadequate.

For 57 million Social Security beneficiaries, mostly seniors, the Social Security Administration announced that there would be no COLA increase for social security in 2010. This was announced Thursday, October 15th. Cost of living adjustment increases are due to the inflation rate between the third quarter and the year-ago quarter. This year, consumer prices have fallen, greatly affecting social security COLA, writes CNN Money.

In an effort to cut rising health insurance costs, some employers are asking employees to prove the eligibility of dependents they list on their insurance plans. Although this is not a new request by employers, an increasing number of them are making the request in an effort to save money.

Some lawmakers want to place a tax on high-cost, so-called “Cadillac” health insurance plans to raise money to help pay for health care reform. Others say such a move will hurt the middle-class, resulting in higher health insurance premiums and thus running counter to what health care reform reportedly is trying to achieve.

In university research courses, students are taught how to evaluate a study by first determining who funds the research. The source of the research funding largely determines whether the study may have been flawed or biased in some way. On Sunday evening, a study backed by health insurance companies, meant to attack health care reform as a last ditch effort, was released.

If you cannot be an Anesthesiologist, consider to be an assistant to that profession. Both Anesthesiologists and Nurse Anesthetists receive very high salaries and are ranked as one of nation's top paying jobs.

A new federal law allows full-time college students to keep their health insurance coverage without fear of being dropped if they have to leave school because of health reasons. The law, which is named Michelle’s Law after former college student Michelle Morse, was signed by then-President W. Bush one year ago and went into effect on October 9, 2009.

A recently released study that was conducted by RAND Health and funded by Children’s National Medical Center finds that although the rate of health insurance among children living in the District of Columbia is high, their access to health care is inadequate.