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HHS Secretary calls for expansion of health insurance programs

Logan B.
health insurance healthcare reform

Secretary Burwell wants insurance programs expanded in 19 states Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell is calling for the expansion of Medicare and Medicaid in 19 states. Burwell suggests that expansion of these programs could provide millions of people with access to health insurance coverage. The 19 states that have decided not to expand these programs account for approximately 4 million uninsured people. Utah is currently the only state in the nation that has not yet decided whether it should expand these programs. Medicare and Medicaid have…

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Health insurance gap remains large in Texas Hispanic population

G. Turner
insurance gap uninsured

A new study has shown that this ethnic community still finds costs to be prohibitively high. According to the outcome of the research conducted by a team at the Baker Institute from Rice University, the health insurance gap among the middle aged, lower income, and Hispanic populations. Affordability was cited among the top reasons that many people in those communities remained uninsured. The research team from the Baker Institute worked along with the Episcopal Health Foundation in order to prepare a number of briefs that would provide a better understanding…

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Health insurance refunds coming to 75,000 retired Illinois workers

Logan B.
Health Insurance Illinois

State workers to receive insurance refunds from the state due to ruling by the Illinois Supreme Court Approximately 75,000 retired Illinois workers may be receiving refunds on their health insurance coverage in February next year. The refunds are part of an ongoing legal battle that began centered on a law that was passed in 2012. The law required retired workers to cover the insurance costs with a portion of their pensions. A recent ruling from the Illinois Supreme Court requires insurance companies to return this money to policyholders. State law…

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Quality of medical care depends on where health insurance comes from

S.Vagus
emergency health insurance policies medical technology

Studies highlight the difference between public and private insurance coverage Cancer patients receiving coverage through the federal Medicaid program may not be receiving quality medical care, according to three recent studies. The studies highlight the medical care that patients with different forms of cancer receive from the doctors associated with their Medicare networks. Notably, the studies found that those receiving coverage through the private market receive a higher quality of care than those on Medicaid. The studies were presented to the American Society of Clinical Oncology during an annual meeting…

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Insurance benefits for early retirees causes stress to the Tucson system

G. Turner
health insurance for retirees

City employees have been enjoying having the government pick up the tab, but it is an expensive one. In Tucson, Arizona, as is the case in many cities across the country, when workers retire before the point that they are eligible for Medicare – at the age of 65 years – they are able to avoid the cost faced by most private sector employees, in which they would have to bear the cost of their own health insurance plans during the span between retirement and Medicare eligibility. Last year, the…

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