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Medical Loss Ratio
Medical loss ratio as defined (dictated) under Obamacare were supposed to bring premiums down, saving taxpayers untold millions of dollars. As Henry recently pointed out, the average "rebate" to OH consumers is about $268 to individual consumers. And that is only for those who are entitled to a rebate. [...]
Health Insurance Rates Drop 60%
Health care reform will result in lower health insurance rates, up to 60% lower than current rates. Yes, health care reform seems to be working . . . for those who live in Maine. Falling health insurance rates due to health care reform is the lead in of a post at The Maine [...]
Maternity, Be Careful What You Wish For . . .
Maternity benefits. The folks at Consumer Reports open their mail bag . . . I'm pregnant. Can my health plan refuse maternity coverage? Q. I thought I had completed my family, and was confident of never getting pregnant again because I had an IUD. So we bought an individual family plan from Blue Shield of California that [...]
Child Only Health Insurance in Georgia
Child only health insurance in Georgia. Does it exist? Why did it go away? Is it even possible to buy a child only health insurance policy in Georgia? How much can expect to pay for a child only health insurance plan in Georgia? The short answer is, children's health insurance separate from their parents ceased to exist in Georgia in [...]
Government Controlled Health Care
Health care managed by the government. A Brave New World. Obamacare will change everything. Health care for better or worse. But mostly worse. A recent health care symposium hosted by Buck Consultants, BCBSGA, Piedmont Healthcare and others had these observations about the future of health care. Employers that offer health insurance are [...]
Obamacare Union Payoff?
Was the real purpose of Obamacare to pay off unions for their support? Some believe that and with good reason. When you look at the number of exemptions and see that a significant number are for union groups you have to wonder. Now comes this report on ERRP. InsureBlog has posted a scathing expose' on how taxpayer money was used to fund [...]
Obama vs. the Catholic Church
68 million members of the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S. have come under attack by none other than the Obama administration and the Department of Health and Human Services. In the 2,000 year history of the Church and a long line of successive leaders starting with the Apostle Peter the Church has survived assault from many fronts. Long after [...]
3 Million New Medicaid Beneficiaries
The folks in Washington that crafted Obamacare never bothered to read the bill before making it law. Nor did the ask OMB to score all the associated costs of the law. So now, almost a year and a half later, they are just now discovering a "glitch" in the Affordable Care Act, the one we call Obamacrap. According to the Washington Post, [...]
AMA Backs Off Obamacare
The AMA is backing off their earlier support of Obamacrap. The contentious individual mandate is no longer endorsed by the doctor group.According to the Chicago Tribune: The AMA should "regard the purchase of health insurance to be a matter of individual responsibility to be encouraged by the use of tax incentives and other noncompulsory [...]
Piedmont Job Cuts
High unemployment and many without health insurance in Georgia lead to layoff's at Atlanta Piedmont Hospital. A combination of Obamanomics and Obamacare is putting pressure on GA health care providers. Piedmont Healthcare cutting 5 percent of workforce By Misty [...]
