Tag: health care reforms

Health care reforms have not eliminated the need for college medical plans

S.Vagus
college dorm insurance students

The key is to know when and how to use these policies. Though the summer is just beginning, college students are already making preparations so that they will be ready when the school year begins again, and many are wondering how the health care reforms will impact their need for medical coverage through their schools. Some students are wondering if the Affordable Care Act means they don’t need college plans anymore. The truth is that these medical policies sold through the colleges are just as important as they have ever…

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Health care reforms Medicaid expansion debate in Texas hurts some more than others

Marc
Highest property insurance rates in the United States found in Texas

The working poor in the state have the most to lose. The health care reforms in Texas are currently focused on the debate as to whether or not the state wants to choose to expand its Medicaid program, as it was given the choice by the Supreme Court’s decision regarding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. Many in the state earn too much for Medicaid but cannot afford medical insurance. It is individuals and families in that situation that are at the very heart of the health care reforms…

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Health care reforms mean lower premiums for women

H. Cutner
health insurance options

At the moment, 90 percent of individual plans are more expensive for females. The current practice called gender rating, which will be eliminated by health care reforms, has caused the premiums for 90 percent of individual plans to be more expensive for women than they are for men with the same policy. Every year, women spend $1 billion more on their medical plans than they would without gender rating. This statistic is according to a recent report that was issued by the National Women’s Law Center regarding gender rating and…

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Health care reforms causing some Republican governors to take serious risks

Julie Campbell
US Health care Reform

Funds for medical care on the table in enormous political bet. Republican governors who are set on their rejection of the health care reforms and the expansion of insurance coverage for millions of people across the United States in the lowest income brackets are risking serious struggles for their states if the party does not sweep the elections in November. Five Republican governors have refused to take part in the Medicaid expansion. The decision of the Supreme Court has given the states the decision as to whether or not they…

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Federal health care reforms rejected by Texas

Julie Campbell
Texas Homeowners Insurance

Governor Rick Perry announced his lack of intention to comply with key provisions of the law. Texas Governor Rick Perry has expressed that the state will not be implementing some of the primary elements of the health care reforms, which include the Medicaid program’s expansion and the formation of an insurance exchange. This means that the state with the largest number of uninsured residents will not be covered by the law. This announcement places Texas in the top position in terms of being the highest populated state that has refused…

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