Kevin Knauss: Health, History, Travel, Insurance
To be fair and balanced, all health insurance plans should include a maternity option as well as ‘no cost’ contraceptives. Regardless of whether the contraceptive was for a man or woman, contraceptives should be made available to anyone who wants to prevent an unwanted pregnancy, free of charge.
The Oregon study provides striking results for its first year. The group that gained Medicaid coverage was significantly more likely to have received care from a hospital or a doctor, or to use prescription drugs, belying the notion that enrollees could not find providers. The insured group was far more likely to get preventive care, like mammograms, and to have a regular doctor.
My parents made many decisions for me that I did not agree with. Most of those decisions were reversible, but not circumcision. How many body parts do we have that are extraneous and don’t serve some sort of purpose. OK, nipples on men don’t make much sense.
Friday, July 15, 2011 Anthem Agrees To Cover Costly Autism Therapy A state spokesperson said that Anthem Blue Cross has agreed to cover a costly autism treatment — called applied behavior analysis or behavioral intervention therapy. The insurer is expected to sign an agreement with the California Department of Managed Health Care on Friday. Blue […]
***Full disclosure: I would make 5 to 10 times more selling the discount card than I would a traditional insurance plan, even though the insurance plan costs more! But I don’t sell discount cards because that sale is only slightly more honorable than purse snatching.***
Premiums Cut For Americans With Pre-Existing Conditions. The Washington Post /Kaiser Health News (7/4, Andrews) reports that “the Obama administration reduced the premiums by up to 40 percent in special high-risk insurance plans that the federal government is running in 17 states and the District.” These high-risk insurance plans were created in the 2010 healthcare […]
Dr. James G. Hinsdale, president of the California Medical Association (CMA), recently speculated in an opinion published in the Sacramento Bee , July 2, 2011, that passage of AB 52 would restrict patient access to doctors and hospitals and result in more crowded emergency rooms. His logic is that regulated health insurance premiums will lead to reduced […]
It is one situation to Yelp about poor service or crummy food at a restaurant, but it seems an entirely different scenario to use the threat of social media limited nuclear war for gain or to resolve an issue or dispute.
