Tag: insurance coverage

Travel insurance offers people surprising benefits for a staycation

Julie Campbell
travel insurance

Many people wouldn’t even think to buy coverage for a vacation whey they’re staying home, but there are advantages. Staycations have become quite popular over the last few years – particularly since the economic crisis – but while travel insurance may be a common purchase when you’re heading out of state or out of the country, many people don’t realize that it can offer them benefits when they’re vacationing at home, too. Despite the fact that added medical coverage isn’t required, there are more benefits to travel policies. Throughout the…

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Insurance coverage battle for breast-feeding benefits still an issue

H. Cutner
Breast Pumps Obamacare insurance coverage

Nursing moms are struggling to obtain the payments that are promised to them through the Affordable Care Act. A group of women in Illinois are currently battling with their insurers over the issue of insurance coverage for breast feeding and related health services, as is required by the health care reform of 2010. The moms are saying that their insurers are denying claims that request full payment for lactation consultants. Many women find that certified lactation consultants provide invaluable advice and relief when they are first learning how to breast-feed…

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Insurance claims coverage in danger following Minnesota Archdiocese charges

G. Turner
St Mary's Catholic Church Minnesota insurance claims companies

Lawyers are cautioning that the criminal charges laid against the corporation could endanger coverage. Attorneys for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis have cautioned that the criminal charges that have been laid against the corporation could potentially place coverage insurance claims in danger. This could cause the archdiocese to have to come up with the money to pay some of the victims of clergy abuse. At the moment, the archdiocese is facing a number of different counts of alleged failure to provide protection to victims of a former priest…

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Current insurance trends aren’t enough protection from climate change

Julie Campbell
Natural Disaster damage insurance trends

Wealthier nations can afford the premiums for coverage but poorer countries don’t have that privilege. The insurance trends that are currently in place do have a focus on providing protection for those who are the most vulnerable against the types of peril that the weather can cause, particularly in the case of farmers who are the primary suppliers of food. But as extreme weather becomes more commonplace, some wonder whether these efforts will be enough. While many believe that the necessary arrangements will be possible to protect against the damage…

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Insurance coverage for children’s wigs could become mandatory

Julie Campbell
children wig health insurance coverage

If a new bill should pass the House in Michigan, it will mean health plans will be required to provide cover. New legislation that has been introduced in the Michigan House could soon mean that there will be health insurance coverage for wigs for children who have lost their hair as a result of an illness. This bill would classify the children’s wigs as being prosthetics and would require them to be covered. This way, the insurance coverage would be the same for the wigs as they would be for…

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