Insurance Blog Week in Review – June 10 – 16, 2012

Each week, the Insurance Blog Week in Review brings you a quick way to “ketchup” on all of the blogs that went up in the past seven days. There could be anywhere between twelve and fourteen blogs that appear here in a given week. What did you miss? Protest in Chicago Over Birth Control Mandate About 500 people attended a protest in Chicago to express their dissatisfaction about the federal requirement that employer sponsored health plans must cover birth control. Just One Ticket Can Raise Your Car Insurance Premiums Drive safe this Summer! You’d be surprised how much one traffic … Continue reading

It Could Be Nothing More than PR

Some of the big insurance companies have declared that they will continue to offer the benefits set forth in the Affordable Care Act, even if the Supreme Court declares the ACA unconstitutional. It sounds like the insurers are being helpful. In reality, if the ACA goes down, there isn’t anything that would force them to live up to those big promises. Recently, UnitedHealth Group announced that it was intending to continue to offer certain parts of the protections that were created as part of the Affordable Care Act, even if the Supreme Court kills the ACA. A few more insurers, … Continue reading

UnitedHealth Group Will Keep Some ACA Benefits

What happens if the Supreme Court decides to declare the entire Affordable Care Act unconstitutional? There is much speculation about what the result will be. One thing is known, however. UnitedHealth Care has announced that it will continue to offer some of what the ACA requires, no matter what the Supreme Court rules. Sometime this month, the Supreme Court will reveal its ruling about whether or not the Affordable Care Act is constitutional. It might let the entire thing continue, as it stands, or it might call the whole ACA unconstitutional, and repeal it all. Or, it might pick and … Continue reading