Insurance Blog Week in Review – July 8 – 14, 2012

Every week, the Insurance Blog Week in Review brings you a quick and easy way to “ketchup” on the blogs that have been posted here in the past seven days. There could be anywhere between twelve and fourteen blogs that appear. Which ones did you miss? Jan Brewer Wants to Take Away Health Insurance Benefits Arizona Governor Jan Brewer wants the Supreme Court to allow her to terminate health insurance coverage for the same-sex partners of state workers. An appeals court would not allow her to do that. The Insurance Podcast Roundup went up on July 9, 2012. This time, … Continue reading

House of Representatives Voted to Repeal ACA – Again

Today, the House of Representatives has, once again, voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act. This is the thirty-third time that the House of Representatives has voted to repeal all, or portions of, the ACA. Nothing will change as a result of this vote unless the Senate also votes for it, and that is unlikely to happen. This pattern keeps repeating. The Republican-led House of Representatives keeps creating bills that are designed to repeal all, or part of, the Affordable Care Act. The House of Representatives has a majority of Republicans right now, and since the Republican party wants to … Continue reading

House of Representatives Ready to Vote to Repeal – Again

It is no longer a surprise to learn that the House of Representatives is getting ready to vote about the Affordable Care Act, yet again. This has happened many, many, times before. No matter what the House decides, the bill would still have to be approved by the Senate before anything could change. Not every American is interested in politics. However, I think that even the people who don’t watch the news, don’t read the newspaper, and do not use the internet for anything other than Facebook, realize that the Republican party really hates the Affordable Care Act. This is … Continue reading

Arizona Senate to Vote on Controversial Health Insurance Bill

The Arizona Senate will soon vote on a health insurance bill that has already been sparking outrage across the internet. If passed into law, it would require women to prove to their employers that the birth control they are using is for medical problems, (and not to prevent pregnancy). The bill has already been passed by the Arizona House of Representatives. In Arizona, there is a bill called House Bill 2625. A few weeks ago, this bill was passed by the Arizona House of Representatives. It will soon be voted on by the Arizona Senate. This bill proposes a change … Continue reading

House of Representatives Starts Work On New Health Care Plan

The Republicans in the House of Representatives have begun putting together a health care plan that they are intending to see as a replacement for the Affordable Care Act. While this plan is not yet complete, there are already some significant changes that, if passed, will affect health insurance. Earlier this week, the House of Representatives voted to repeal the health care law that is called the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare”. Next, the House of Representatives will make a new and different health care plan, which they would like to see replace the one that they voted to repeal. … Continue reading