“In the past, many same-sex couples have faced challenges searching for health coverage that suited their needs,” said Steve Larsen, director of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight
California Health Insurance
Posts specifically related to California health insurance, enrollment, premiums, plans, termination, Covered California, Medi-Cal, Medicare, small groups.
Beware of Insurance Quoting Websites
These lead generation sites take your information and then resell it again and again to various agencies and agents. Within minutes of your query, you start getting phone calls. Sometimes these phone calls are welcome, most of the time they are not.
My Summer as a Bully
I don’t think in the immediate aftermath of the verbal train wreck known as my mouth, could any apology ever heal the wound that I created with my tongue…Chris was an easy target, yet he never got mean or cried.
Linked In and Suicide Prevention
The sum total of the attack upon me, and others, was that we were mentally ill for the beliefs we held…I was still willing to take a bullet to preserve American freedoms including their right to free speech…I can only hope that the bullet does not come from Crazy Bill. Think of the irony!
Confession of Depression
We are talking about the type of depression that seeps into your very soul and paralyzes you from normal engagement with friends, family, co-workers, and work… I would be lying if I said I never had an ‘off’ day… Often times it is the smallest act of friendship that offers the greatest therapeutic results.
Lower PCIP Rates
Kathy RobertsonSenior Staff Writer For The Sacramento Business Journal reports: A subsidized state health insurance program for individuals with preexisting conditions has lowered premiums an average of 18 percent, effective immediately. That means a 40-year-old Sacramento resident with heart disease will pay $289 per month instead of $332. A 60-year-old with a preexisting health condition […]
AB 52 would regulate health insurance rates
From healthcal.org By Matt Perry As health insurance premiums continue to escalate, consumer groups and patient advocates are asking the California Legislature to regulate the price of coverage. Yet outspoken opponents — including health insurers, doctors and hospitals — claim that rate regulation may not lower rates and could instead harm the quality of care […]
Health Care Reform, not perfect, but…
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), better known as health care reform, is slowly being implemented starting last September, 2010. As with any legislation, it is not perfect and upon closer inspection and reflection needs some adjustments to work as intended. The intention is to get affordable health care insurance to all Americans. The […]
Medicare Educational Presentations
Medicare Educational Presentations Narrated Power Point presentations on the basics of Medicare: Parts A, B, & D Who is the audience for Medicare Educational presentations? Children of parents in or entering Medicare eligibility. People already in or transitioning to Medicare. Anyone who wants to know more about how this important health insurance program works. Medicare Educational […]
Health Insurance Sucks!
Health Insurance Sucks!So you are out getting some exercise walking in the neighborhood when a rogue dog starts chasing you. The dog’s owner calls him off but not before you trip and bang up your knee and ankle. As you trudge over to urgent care you feel ‘OK’ knowing you have health insurance. Then the bite, […]
