Kansas Governor Sam Brownback wants to wait until after the upcoming Presidential election before setting up his state’s health insurance exchange. Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger wants her state to have an insurance exchange. The two are clearly at odds over how to deal with the Supreme Court’s decision. I am starting to see a pattern here. Recently, the Governor of Nebraska, Dave Heineman, (who is a Republican), decided to wait and see how the 2012 Presidential election turns out before complying with the Affordable Care Act. He does not want to work on creating a state health insurance exchange … Continue reading →

Over the years, there has been some push to create a universal healthcare system in the United States. So far, every attempt to get that started has been knocked down by conservative lawmakers. A new piece of legislation could open the door for individual states to create a universal healthcare system. Right now, the closest thing that the United States has to a universal healthcare system is Medicare. Of course, it isn’t truly universal. Most people who are eligible for Medicare are age 65 or older. Some younger people, who have certain types of disabilities, also can qualify for Medicare. … Continue reading →

A nonprofit group called Enroll America is planning a state by state effort to bring people’s attention to the expanded availability of health insurance coverage. They are working on putting procedures in place that will help simplify the enrollment process, which will help more people sign up for health insurance. A report that compiled the information that people responded with in the 2010 Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey found that 60% of the people who became uninsured during the recession were unable to find a replacement health insurance plan that they could afford to purchase. It also found that … Continue reading →

You might think that you know certain things about people who don’t have health insurance. Could those ideas be nothing more than a myth? Taking a look at the data surrounding who does, and who does not, have health insurance provides an interesting look at what is really going on. One common belief is that the only people who do not have health insurance are those who are living in poverty conditions. Another common belief is that the only people who choose not to have health insurance are the people who are young, and healthy, and who have no serious … Continue reading →