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Healthcare reforms in China simplify process for patients, not providers

July 31, 2013July 29, 2013 H. Cutner

Hospitals are finding that this new system is not working out as well for them as for the people using them. According to the latest data that has been issued by analysts, while the Chinese government has intentions to lower the bills, and its healthcare reforms have been applauded by the industry, it is lacking in details that are needed to correct the hospital finance shortfalls. The government has made the effort to reduce the size of medical bills central to its massive overhaul. The central government has made its…

Health insurance reaches almost 1.3 billion in China

July 23, 2013July 20, 2013 G. Turner

At the same time, however, there are still many Chinese poor who are neglected by the healthcare system. China has been making considerable reforms to its health insurance system and has now reached the point that about 95 percent of its population – approximately 1.3 billion citizens – have coverage with some kind of plan. This, according to the latest figures that have been released by the Chinese government. This level of health insurance coverage throughout the population represents a considerable amount of progress. This most populous country on the…

Health insurance coverage available in every Alabama county

July 16, 2013July 15, 2013 G. Turner

The state has announced that it will have plans available through its exchange for all of its regions. Alabama has announced that no counties will be left out of its health insurance exchange, which will be federally operated, because there have been proposed plans put forward by three different companies, two of which are willing to provide coverage to the entire state. This has left Alabama in a better situation than some of the other states located nearby. Both United Healthcare and the largest health insurance provider in the state,…

Health insurance exchange campaign from HHS underway

June 28, 2013June 26, 2013 Julie Campbell

Considerable efforts from a new call center to a revamped website have been created to educate people about the changes. The Department of Health and Human Services has now launched a new campaign to help to spread the word about the health insurance exchanges, what they’re about, and how they will be used starting in October when the open enrollment begins. This campaign has been launched to make sure that Americans can easily gain all the information they require. In an effort to help to enroll millions of people through…

Health insurance rates set to spike in Ohio

June 12, 2013June 10, 2013 Marc

Health insurance rates could be growing due to the Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act looms in the near future and stands poised to issue the last of its major changes to the health insurance sector of the U.S. The federal law has been the subject of controversy and harsh criticism since it was passed in 2010, but has not yet been derailed in any significant fashion. The law has already introduced many changes to the health insurance sector, including the introduction of health insurance exchanges, which are meant…