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Could health food insurance support preventative medicine and natural treatments?

May 29, 2018May 28, 2018 G. Turner

Health food insurance - fruits and vegetables

Doctors and healthcare providers are increasingly pursuing food-based interventions. Health food insurance could one day be on its way to American plans. Just as health plans currently cover some prevention, prescriptions, procedures and doctor visits, they may one day cover certain foods. The idea is that food-based interventions can effectively prevent or treat certain conditions. The food-based intervention trend is rapidly expanding across the United States. In this way, doctors are recommending that patients prevent conditions by eating right. Similarly, some conditions can be treated more effectively when a patient…

California health insurance premiums may spike, analysis

March 13, 2018March 12, 2018 Marc

California health insurance premiums - American and Californian flag

Covered California predicts a possible spike in rates residents are paying for policies. California health insurance premiums may sharply rise over the next few years. In fact, Covered California’s own analysis predicts a 35 percent increase by 2021. When compared to the current rates, Californian consumers may pay 35 percent more over three years. The state is among a total of 15 predicting average rate hikes of 35 percent by 2021 compared to their current rates. Across the United States, consumers purchasing coverage on an insurance exchange may pay more.…

Will 1.4 million people lose their health insurance plans in 2017?

October 18, 2016October 14, 2016 Julie Campbell

As insurers withdraw from many exchanges, many Americans may find themselves scrambling for new coverage. A new study revealed that the impact of insurers stepping out of the Obamacare marketplaces could leave many Americans without health insurance plans. In fact, as many as 1.4 million people could lose their coverage and have to replace it by 2017. The states expected to be affected the most by insurance company withdrawal are North Carolina and Florida. Over the last few months, a rash of large health insurance companies have stepped out of…

Health insurance plans to be rated based on size of network

March 9, 2016March 8, 2016 Julie Campbell

The Obama administration will now use the number of included doctors and hospitals in the ratings. In response to complaints from consumers with respect to the way health insurance plans are rated on the exchanges, the Obama administration has now said that it will provide a rating for each plan based on the number of hospitals and doctors that are included within that plan’s network. Equally, there will also be an increase to the maximum annual out-of-pocket amount that consumers can pay. For individuals, the maximum out-of-pocket expenses for health…

New Jersey will not stop selling OMNIA health insurance plans

December 4, 2015December 3, 2015 S.Vagus

Acting Insurance Commissioner refuses to stop selling OMNIA plans New Jersey’s acting Insurance Commissioner, Richard Badolato, has refused to halt the sale of OMNIA health insurance plans coming from Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. Badolato suggests that stopping the sale of these policies would “immediately trigger chaos” in the state’s health insurance market. Earlier this month, 11 hospital systems requested that OMNIA plans no longer be allowed to be sold in the state, but New Jersey officials believe that this would be the wrong move. Consumers are…

Affordable Care Act could struggle due to insurance policy cancellations

October 16, 2015October 14, 2015 Julie Campbell

Some customers have decided that they can’t afford subsidized coverage and are letting it expire. The new open health insurance enrollment period will be beginning under the Affordable Care Act on November 1, and while this means that campaigns are soon going to launch in full force to encourage the remaining 10.5 million eligible uninsured people to purchase coverage, dropouts are working against that effort. The insurance exchanges are now needing to focus on keeping their current customers as well as attracting new ones. This is a new trend since…

Removal of the individual mandate would take health insurance coverage away from consumers

September 18, 2015September 16, 2015 Marc

Individual mandate has ensured that consumers have insurance coverage The Affordable Care Act continues to be a source of controversy, especially because it requires all U.S. citizens to have health insurance coverage. This provision is called the individual mandate and it has placed some consumers under significant financial pressure. While all citizens must have insurance coverage, many also receive financial aid from the federal government, which helps cover the cost of health insurance policies purchased through exchanges that were established through the Affordable Care Act. Removing the individual mandate may…