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Health insurance compromise offered by Obama over controversial birth control coverage

February 4, 2013April 30, 2013

Religious groups continue their objections regarding this element of the Affordable Care Act. Among the largest objections voiced about the healthcare reforms that have been – and that are currently being – implemented across the country has arisen from religious organizations that do not feel that they should be obligated to pay for birth control for their workers through their employee sponsored health insurance plans. Friday, President Obama put forth a compromise regarding coverage for contraception. This most recent proposal focuses on a regulation that would have two primary elements.…

Health insurance in Tennessee denies 1 in 4 applicants

February 1, 2013April 30, 2013

Insurers in the state are declining applications at a rate of 25 percent, according to recent data. Though there remains nearly a full year before the true health insurance impact of the healthcare reforms goes into effect, a coverage issue has developed in Tennessee, which is affecting one in every four applicants for coverage in the state. Within Tennessee, there is a rate of applications denied by insurers of 25 percent. Recent data from the coverage research firm Health Pocket, has identified this trend by health insurance companies to deny…

New health insurance market to emerge in Washington

January 31, 2013January 9, 2014 S.Vagus

Washington health insurance market set to expand this fall The health insurance market of Washington is expected to expand this fall as another provision of the Affordable Care Act go live in the state. Washington residents that currently have no health insurance will find that they have become eligible for Medicaid once this provision has been instituted. They will also be able to find health insurance through the state’s own insurance exchange, which is expected to begin enrollment near the end of this year. Residents may benefit through expansion of…

Health care reforms continue to be challenged in Oklahoma lawsuit

January 28, 2013April 30, 2013

The state is refusing the federal government’s request for a judge to dismiss the suit. Oklahoma has announced its opposition to the request that was made by the federal government to allow a judge to dismiss the lawsuit filed by the state in order to challenge the legislation imposed by the health care reforms of 2010. The state is claiming that the federal overhaul disregards Oklahoma’s own laws and breaks them. According to the lawsuit which will go before a U.S. District Court in Muskogee, Oklahoma, the federal health care…

Health insurance companies could start treating patients like drivers

January 26, 2013April 30, 2013

Some American insurers intend to treat medical coverage similarly to auto policies. There have been many new developments in the health insurance sector over the last few months as companies prepare to manage the influx of new policyholders and to comply with the laws and regulations that have been put in place as a result of the federal healthcare overhaul. As a part of this change, some insurers have been changing their strategies to reflect vehicle coverage. Vehicle policies reward drivers who display good behaviors which would decrease their risk…