Tag: health insurance coverage

Health insurance now covers almost 9 out of every 10 American adults

Julie Campbell
Health Insurance rate increases

This figure was revealed in the report about the results of a large survey that was recently released. According to the outcome of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index survey that was recently conducted, almost 9 out of every 10 adults across the United States are now reporting that they have health insurance coverage. Back in 2013, that figure was showing as being just slightly more than 8 out of every 10 U.S. adults. What has yet to be known about these health insurance study results is whether this is actually a…

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Health insurance deadline extended in New York

G. Turner
health insurance companies profits

Some consumers in the state now have an extra two weeks to purchase their cover from the exchange. Although most states across the country faced a deadline of last Sunday in which to purchase their health insurance coverage, the New York Health Department announced on Friday that residents of the state would have an additional two weeks in which to complete the process. That said, this extension for using the insurance exchange in New York applies only to certain people. The extension has not been put in place in order…

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Would a health insurance plan foot the bill for Ebola care?

Julie Campbell
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While the risk of contracting the disease in the United States is very low, many wonder about treatment coverage. The odds of every catching the Ebola virus within the United States are quite slim, but as many people watch the headlines about specific cases that have popped up in the country, they also wonder if their health insurance would cover the very high expenses that are associated with medical care for that illness. Estimates regarding the price of Ebola care can range from a massive $5,000 to $25,000 per day.…

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Health insurance will no longer be lost by 90,000 Californian families

G. Turner
California Health Insurance Companies

Officials in the state exchange have provided the documents so that residents can remain insured. Officials for Covered California have now stated that the majority of the over 90,000 families who had been at risk of losing their health insurance coverage and their tax subsidies for those plans as a result of incomplete information with regards to their legal residence within the state will no longer have this problem. These families now have the ability to provide the documents that are necessary so that they can keep their health plans.…

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Health insurance coverage is now protecting more Americans

Julie Campbell
Health Insurance coverage - uninsured drops

A new survey has shown that the number of uninsured people in the United States has dropped. This week, federal researchers have reported that in the first quarter of 2014, there was a substantial decline in the number of people in the United States who do not have health insurance. This represents the very first official federal measure of the number of uninsured people, this year. This represents the first time the federal government has measured the number of Americans without health insurance coverage since the individual mandate of the…

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