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Health insurance challenging for children of same sex couples

September 18, 2013September 8, 2019 Julie Campbell

The kids of families with parents of the same sex are not as likely to have private coverage as those of opposite-sex couples. According to the results of a recent data analysis, the children of families with same sex parents don’t have the same likelihood of having private health insurance as the children of parents of the opposite sex. The analysis looked into the penetration of coverage among children of various couple dynamics. The analysis was conducted by Gilbert Gonzales, MHA, and Lynn A. Blewett, PhD, from the State health…

Health insurance improvements may reduce drug related deaths

August 9, 2013August 7, 2013 Julie Campbell

A new study conducted by American and Canadian researchers has provided new insight for the industry. The results of new research have just been released in Vancouver, indicating that health insurance could help to reduce the instance of deaths related to the use of opioid drugs. The reason that was found for this trend is that substitution treatment would be covered. Health insurance makes it possible for patients to be able to have coverage for methadone and other substitution treatments when they are struggling with addictions to these powerful medications.…

Aetna backs out of Georgia health insurance exchange

August 8, 2013August 7, 2013 Marc

Aetna and Coventry pull out of state health insurance exchange Aetna, one of the largest health insurance providers in the U.S., has dropped out of Georgia’s health insurance exchange. The insurer is also taking its recently acquired subsidiary, Coventry, out of the state’s insurance exchange as well. With the two companies leaving the exchange, five insurers remain to offer coverage through the state’s exchange program. While the insurers will not be participating in the exchange, they will still be offering coverage beyond the confines of the program. Federal law seeds…

Health insurance rates are dropping in the US

July 30, 2013July 29, 2013 S.Vagus

Health insurance exchanges cause a drop in coverage costs As health insurance exchanges begin to take form throughout the U.S., these organizations are announcing that rates for coverage will be considerably lower than expected in many parts of the country. These exchanges are meant to begin open enrollment nationwide beginning in October of this year, with the policies they sell going active on January 1, 2014. Critics of the Affordable Care Act had warned that health insurance rates would skyrocket due to the federal law, but exchanges are beginning to…

Libraries to promote health insurance awareness in the US

July 5, 2013July 2, 2013 Logan B.

Government taps libraries to promote health insurance awareness The U.S. federal government is currently involved in an ambitious campaign to promote the Affordable Care Act. Though the federal law has been upheld by the Supreme Court and faces relatively few legislative hurdles, it must still win over a population that either has a poor view of health care reform or does not know anything about the law. In order to see this campaign reach as many people as possible, the federal government has enlisted a promising ally with strong connections…