- House & Senate Bills ROB Tax Payers & How To Reform Health Insurance Smartly! Sat, 10/24/2009 - 13:19 from Small Business Health Insurance Tips & Advice
Well it's here! The massive 2074 page Senate Health Care reform bill. It's called the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act and Harry Reid SWEARS it's "deficit neutral" and that it "protects" Medicare. It even contains a provision for States to "opt out" of the Government Health Insurance ...
- Ten Questions You Should Ask Your Health Insurance Agent BEFORE You Buy A Policy Sun, 04/26/2009 - 13:56 from Small Business Health Insurance Tips & Advice
If you are a business owner, self-employed or an employee of a company that is not offering medical coverage though your employer, you may have to undertake the frustrating, daunting and time consuming task of purchasing health insurance on your own. If this is the case, there are certain things ...
- United Health Care Now Sells Insurance For Health Insurance. Wed, 12/17/2008 - 10:43 from Small Business Health Insurance Tips & Advice
United Health Care now offers the "Continuity" plan. The "Continuity" plan is a concept enacted by the CEO of United Health Care & its subsidiary Golden Rule Insurance company. The concept is a brilliant one indeed because one of the greatest challenges to all health insurance brokers is ...
- Cobra continuation: Is there a more affordable health insurance option? Sat, 11/22/2008 - 16:01 from Small Business Health Insurance Tips & Advice
If you are not familiar with the new "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Of 2009" then you need to learn more at the U.S. Department of Labor web site. In a nutshell, this new Federal Act entitles you to a 65% reduction in your monthly COBRA continuation ...
- Universal Healthcare: Would it really work for the U.S.? Mon, 11/17/2008 - 17:49 from Small Business Health Insurance Tips & Advice
Since there are so many ideas on the table as to how to reform our Nations Health Care System, it is difficult to know what the right course of action is. Most especially when you are on the outside looking in. Recently ABC's 20/20 program did an in depth study of this issue. The result ...
- Medicaid Expansion Programs Buckle Under The Stress of "Open Enrollment" Thu, 08/28/2008 - 12:42 from Small Business Health Insurance Tips & Advice
I have been an insurance broker in the state of Illinois for the past 15 years and I have seen first hand what happens when an over burdened, tax funded, Government controlled, entitlement program like Medicaid is offered to those with incomes well into the middle class. Last year, SCHIP covered about ...
- Legitimate Health Insurance Options For The Uninsurable! Thu, 08/07/2008 - 14:43 from Small Business Health Insurance Tips & Advice
I have been a multi state licensed health and life insurance broker for almost 15 years now. One of the biggest challenges I have had to deal with through the years has been trying to help the uninsurable. Unfortunately in most states if you have one of a host of "pre-existing" medical conditions ...
- What Are HSA's and HDHP's And How Can They Save You Money And Boost Your Retirement? Wed, 08/01/2007 - 21:58 from Small Business Health Insurance Tips & Advice
The phrase "Consumer Driven Tax Qualified Health Insurance" is being tossed around quite a bit nowadays especially since the tax advantages of owning Tax Qualified Health Insurance has been significantly increased under the former Bush administration. Effective December 20, 2006 President ...
- Don’t Fall Victim To A Health Insurance Scam: 10 “Red Flags” You Should Look For Wed, 04/18/2007 - 20:57 from Small Business Health Insurance Tips & Advice
In today's fast paced world, business owners don't often have the time to thoroughly check out the companies they rely on to provide goods and services. In many cases, a determination of product/service quality can be made at the time goods are delivered or services are rendered. If goods or services ...
- Uninsured Americans Routinely Charged More For Medical Treatment Mon, 04/16/2007 - 23:23 from Small Business Health Insurance Tips & Advice
If you are one of the 47 million Americans that have joined the ranks of the uninsured, what you may not know is that you may have to pay more for your medical treatment than your privately insured counterparts. When individuals without insurance get sick, they usually have to pay much more for ...
- Small Business Health Insurance: "Why The Best Policy Is A Great Agent" Mon, 04/16/2007 - 23:15 from Small Business Health Insurance Tips & Advice
I have been a health insurance broker for 15 years now, and every day I read more and more "horror" stories that are posted on the Internet regarding health insurance companies not paying claims, refusing to cover specific illnesses and physicians not receiving reimbursement for medical services. Unfortunately, ...