Tag: health plan coverage

Actors sue SAG-AFTRA health plan over coverage loss

Marc
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The changes made to the union policy has made it more difficult for performers to renew their coverage. A group of Screen Actors Guild members are suing the SAG-AFTRA health plan and its board of trustees. The complaint was filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging a breach of fiduciary duty, among other accusations. The plan recently announced that it would be more difficult for many actors to renew their coverage. The changes made to the SAG-AFTRA health plan were announced this summer. Trustees implemented the changes in the…

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More Americans have health plan coverage now than before Obamacare

Logan B.
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Over 95 percent of American children now have medical coverage, which is a significant increase. On the whole, fewer Americans lack health plan coverage than was the case before the Affordable Care Act. That said, Americans in some states are more likely to be covered than others. Residents of pro-Trump states are less likely to have health insurance coverage than those in blue states. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (C.D.C.) data, over 95 percent of children across the country are now have health plan coverage. Overall, the…

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Abortion insurance coverage limits passed in Texas House

Marc
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Women in the state will need to pay an additional health plan premium to include non-emergency abortions. Texas abortion insurance coverage will soon involve an additional health plan premium for women who want this added protection. The Texas House recently passed a new bill. It would mean that non-emergency abortions, what opposition are referring to as “rape insurance” will require women to pay more. House Bill 214 received early approval in Texas making it more likely that women will need to pay more for elective abortions. The additional abortion insurance…

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Insurance coverage for children’s wigs could become mandatory

Julie Campbell
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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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