Private health insurance companies regulated by the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) spend $6 billion each year on administration, and divert an additional $4.3 billion to profit, according to a report released by the California Medical Association (CMA). Prepared using data obtained under the Knox Keene Act, the report breaks down how private health […]
Today’s Health Blog jargon of the day is rescission, the California insurance industry’s practice of revoking individual insurance policies because of health-related mistakes or omissions on the application for coverage.
The companies say this is a key step for fighting fraud, but they’ve come under criticism in California by those who accuse them of going over […]
Private health insurance companies regulated by the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) spend $6 billion each year on administration, and divert an additional $4.3 billion to profit, according to a report released by the California Medical Association (CMA). Prepared using data obtained under the Knox Keene Act, the report breaks down how private health […]
Today’s Health Blog jargon of the day is rescission, the California insurance industry’s practice of revoking individual insurance policies because of health-related mistakes or omissions on the application for coverage.
The companies say this is a key step for fighting fraud, but they’ve come under criticism in California by those who accuse them of going over […]
Whether you already know it or not California has a lot of options for health insurance. There are companies that we all heard of and there are some companies that we never heard of. With all the Health Insurance Companies out there you might be wondering what the differences are and which one is right […]
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Legislation that was introduced last year in the U.S. House of Representatives is finally making some headway among lawmakers.
The bill, named the Health Insurance for Life Act, would allow people to purchase COBRA coverage until they turned 65 years old and became eligible for Medicare.
COBRA allows employees who leave their jobs to continue their employer-sponsored […]
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Call them stoic, call them cost-conscious, call them under- or uninsured…but almost 20 percent of the U.S. population either went without or delayed needed medical care at sometime during 2007. That figure is up from 14 percent in 2003, and if you are counting, is an additional 9.5 million Americans who didn’t get the medical […]
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