Kevin Knauss: Health, History, Travel, Insurance
Posts related to the rates or premiums charged by health insurance companies for their health plans.
Californians with individual and family plan health insurance are opening letters from their existing carriers notifying them of steep premium increases due to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. The skyrocketing rate increases are leading some policy holders to question the wisdom of Obamacare. But upon closer inspection, the higher rates may not necessarily be all that they seem.
In a market that most people won’t ever see, Blue Shield of California announced they were lowering their health insurance premiums for California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS) HMO plans. This bucks the trend of the other carriers raising rates by as much as 9%.
The contradictory nature of Washington lawmakers was on full display this past week as they lobbied the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) not to cut reimbursements to privately run Medicare Advantage plans while allowing the budget sequester to curtail funding for Medicare cancer patients.
The federal government pays the insurance company that administers the Medicare Advantage plan every month just like paying an insurance premium
The lack of gun violence in Israel and Switzerland probably has more to do with culture and government than gun ownership.
Medicare Supplement rate comparison for Sacramento and southern Placer counties, @ age 65 and/or Part B enrollment, guarantee issue.
If men could become pregnant would maternity coverage have been included as covered benefit years ago?
Because of the restricted market place for health insurance and the increasing costs of insurance to families and companies, we need addition monitoring to make sure that consumers are paying a fair price for their health insurance.
