Insurance Blog Week in Review – June 17 – 23, 2012

Each and every week, the Insurance Blog Week in Review brings you an easy way to “ketchup” on all of the blogs that appeared here in the past week. There can be anywhere between twelve and fourteen blogs here each week, and they can go by pretty fast. What did you miss? Another Reason to Cover Pre-Existing Conditions Health insurance companies are considering people who have donated a kidney as having a pre-existing condition. The insurers are using this as an excuse to deny coverage. This is horrible! California Replicates Health Care Reform Laws If the Supreme Court decides to … Continue reading

Mourdock Prematurely Responds to Supreme Court Ruling

Sometime soon, the Supreme Court will reveal its decision regarding the Affordable Care Act. Richard Mourdock, who is running for Senate in Indiana, decided to go ahead and respond to that ruling – before the ruling was actually made. Most of us are waiting to see what the Supreme Court will decide about the Affordable Care Act. Will it decide that the entire thing stands? Will it pick out parts of it that we can keep, and exclude other portions? Will the Supreme Court decide that the entire Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional? No matter what is decided, one thing … Continue reading

Mourdock Said Employers Have Right to Exclude Cancer Coverage

The Clark County News and Tribune had an interesting interview with Richard Mourdock. He is a Republican who will compete against Democrat Richard Lugar for the Indiana Senate seat. Mourdock said that employers have a right to offer health plans that exclude coverage for cancer. Either he chose his words poorly, or, he really believes that to be true. Richard Mourdock has served as the State Treasurer of Indiana since 2007. He was recently re-elected to that position. Mourdock is a Republican who is running against Democratic Representative Joe Donnelly, who is the incumbent senator for Indiana. The winner will … Continue reading