Health Insurance & Money

When it comes to knowledge about long term care insurance planning, Americans received a failing grade.

The recession itself may be difficult on us psychologically but a study suggesting the current recession may improve health.

If the highly contentious and uncertain nature of health insurance reform has you considering moving to another country, your need for health insurance, should you decide to get it, does not go away. Expatriate insurance is a special type of health insurance that caters to the needs of people who stay outside the United States for an extended amount of time.

A new poll finds 59% of Massachusetts residents who are aware of the state's health reform legislation, which was enacted in 2006, support it.

In mid-September, French President Nicholas Sarkozy proposed an overhaul to the way we gauge economic success, telling his national statistics agency to go beyond GDP by taking “quality of life” factors into account. The request came after Nobel Prize-winning economists Amartya Sen and Joseph Stiglitz issued a report questioning the traditional focus on economic growth, urging greater consideration of the social costs of unemployment and environmental ruin.

While health insurance coverage is not affordable for millions of Americans, it is even less affordable for people with certain conditions such as obesity. However, some health insurance providers may give discounts on premiums if you pledge to stay active and improve your health.

Any American who wants to tell Obama and the rest of America how they feel about health insurance reform, how it can be fixed, or how we can get quality care without breaking the bank can enter the video challenge just launched by the Democratic National Committee. Entitled “Organizing for America’s Health Reform Video Challenge,” it urges anyone who wants to add their voice and creativity to the debate to grab a video camera and create a 30-second ad that could end up on national television.

Of the 42 million Medicare health insurance recipients, the House has voted to freeze Medicare premiums for the next year. This is based on the current law that Part B premiums cannot rise any faster than what the Social Security cost-of-living increases. A few have already enjoyed this benefit, however, 11 million more people on Medicare desperately needed this as most of these were low income people who already qualified for Medicaid.

The pharmacy technician and pharmacy assistant credentials of Rosa Sandoval (PTEC.VA.60065206, PHAA.VB.00064081) have been immediately suspended.

California Governor signed AB 1422 by Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles), a bipartisan, shared solution that will prevent nearly 700,000 children from losing their state-provided health insurance through the Healthy Families program.