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How the Candidates Compare on Medicare – Romney/Ryan

The first debate of the 2012 Presidential Election is over. It is vital that everyone become an informed voter, and understand exactly how each candidate stands on important issues. Here is some information to help you understand what Obama and Romney plan to do with Medicare. As we get closer to the election, you are going to hear a whole lot of misinformation about exactly what each candidate is intending to do. This is the Insurance blog, so I am going to focus on what the Romney/Ryan plan is for Medicare. (Another blog will have information about the Obama/Biden plan … Continue reading →

Insurance Blog Week in Review – July 15 – 21, 2012

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Once a week, the Insurance Blog Week in Review brings you an 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. What did you miss? Governor Jay Nixon Vetoes Law Denying Birth Control Coverage Missouri Governor Jay Nixon vetoed a bill that would have allowed health insurers to opt-out of covering birth control even if the employer and employee wanted it to be covered. Missouri already has a law that allows employers or workers opt-out of birth control coverage if it … Continue reading →

107 People Charged with Medicare Fraud in Latest Crackdown

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Federal officials in Washington just finished what they are calling a “nationwide takedown” of medical professionals who have been charged with Medicare fraud. This time, 107 people have been accused of fraudulently billing Medicare for a total of almost half a billion dollars. This is the latest effort to reduce Medicare fraud in order to keep the cost of Medicare manageable. In September of 2011, the federal government strengthened the insurance fraud laws. The changes increased the length of prison terms for people who commit insurance fraud. It added additional people to the strike force teams. New technology started being … Continue reading →

Insurance Blog Week in Review – Week of April 15-21, 2012

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Every week, the Insurance Blog Week in Review gives you a quick and easy way to “ketchup” on everything that hit the blog in the past seven days. There can be anywhere between 12 and 14 blogs that will appear. What did you miss this week? My Quest to Find Affordable Health Insurance is Finished Finally! I have found a health insurance policy that I can actually afford! I review the steps from uninsured, (when I lost my job and my health insurance in 2009), to insured in 2012. The Insurance Podcast Roundup went up on April 16, 2012. This … Continue reading →

Insurance Blog Week in Review – January 1-7, 2012

Things move pretty quickly on the Insurance Blog. There is the potential that you may have missed something that you would have liked to read. The Insurance Blog Week in Review is designed to give you a quick view of everything that was added there this week. It is an easy way to catch up! Americans With Health Insurance are Less Likely to Smoke A Gallup poll finds that Americans who have health insurance coverage are more likely to have healthier habits and are less likely to smoke than are Americans who don’t have health insurance. But, why is this … Continue reading →

Medicare is Going to Change

Medicare, as we currently know it, is about to undergo some big changes. This will happen no matter who ends up becoming the next President of the United States. People who are currently using Medicare, or who expect to be eligible for it soon, will want to keep an eye on these changes. The baby boomers are about to see some changes to the Medicare program. It is very likely that things will change in ways that this generation was not anticipating. It doesn’t seem to really matter who ends up being elected as the next President of the United … Continue reading →

Test of Medicare to Cut Costs and Improve Care

Right now, Medicare recipients in certain areas are going to be the first to test out a new federal program that is designed to improve the quality of care that patients who use Medicare receive. The same program is also supposed to lower the costs of care through Medicare. Starting in January of 2012, around 17,000 Medicare patients in the San Francisco Bay Area in California will be involved in a test program that is designed to improve the quality of Medicare, while at the same time, reducing the costs. Specifically, this group of patients are members of San Francisco’s … Continue reading →

Gridlocked Congress Affects Medicare and More

Recently, the Senate approved a bill that would have extended the payroll tax cut, would have extended unemployment insurance benefits, and would have prevented massive cuts to Medicare. Today, the Republicans in the House of Representatives have rejected that bill. What does this mean for you? The bill that was approved by the Senate would have provided a solution to several different eminent problems. There are many programs that are going to expire on December 31, 2011. The Senate passed a bill that would prevent financial problems that would directly affect Americans if those programs were allowed to expire. The … Continue reading →

Insurance Changes Before Congress Goes on Vacation

Congress is about to go on its annual holiday vacation. Before our Senators and Representatives are allowed to take a break, they must finish up some work that they have not yet been able to reach agreements about. There will be some changes to certain types of public insurance programs. Right now, the Senate is Democratic-led, and the House of Representatives is controlled by Republicans. Most of the time, these two political parties disagree with each other about, well, pretty much everything. There is a limited amount of time left for Congress to come to a decision about several important … Continue reading →

Medicare to Cover Obesity Screening and Counseling

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid have announced that Medicare will cover the cost for obesity screening. It is also going to cover the intensive behavioral counseling that will go along with the treatment for obesity. For years, we have all been hearing about how there is an obesity epidemic in the United States (and in several other countries). I think that the fact that Medicare is about to start covering the cost of obesity screening, and the corresponding behavioral counseling, is a clear sign that we truly do have a problem with obesity in America. Medicare is a public … Continue reading →