Ready for more insurance related podcasts? The Insurance Podcast Roundup brings you new episodes of podcasts that go over important and newsworthy insurance related topics. This week, the biggest topic has to do with insurance coverage and women’s health care. NPR has an episode of “Tell Me More” that was released on February 3, 2012. This episode is called “Contraception Provision Sets off Firestorm”. Host Michel Martin speaks with Laurie Goodstein of the New York Times. They discuss the Obama administration’s decision that religious institutions have to have health plans that cover contraception. U.S. Catholic Bishops are intending to fight … Continue reading →

It is time for a brand new Insurance Podcast Roundup! Reading about insurance related issues can be overwhelming, or boring, for many people. Listening to someone succinctly explain those issues, however, can be both interesting and enlightening. NPR has an episode of “All Things Considered” that was released on January 27, 2012. The episode is called “Romney’s Unlikely and Persuasive Defense of the ‘Individual Mandate’”. The episode discusses a rather heated conversation between Romney and Santorum about the health care system that exists in Massachusetts. Covert Rationing has an episode that was released on January 24, 2012. This episode is … Continue reading →

This is the very first Insurance Podcast Roundup for 2012! This weekly roundup is where to find new and interesting episodes of podcasts that discuss topics related to insurance. This week, I bring you episodes from many of the podcasts that come from NPR. NPR has an episode of “Morning Edition” that was released on December 28, 2011. This episode is called “Reversal on Health Mandate Came Late For Gingrich and Romney”. This episode reviews how both of these political candidates seem to have reversed their original views and opinions on what has been called “Obamacare”. NPR has an episode … Continue reading →