Employer-provided health insurance coverage

Businesses in Northern Kentucky are following trends from around the country when it comes to employer-provided health insurance coverage. Members of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce reported that they will start charging their employees more for health care as the costs for such insurance continue to rise. Human resources consulting firm Mercer [...]

Retirement and Medicare

Retirement may not be such a rosy experience if you don’t plan ahead for your health insurance costs. Many Americans mistakenly believe Medicare will provide for their health needs after they turn 65, but that’s not the case.With Medicare, you’ll still be facing hefty premiums. For Medicare Part A (hospitalization), you could either [...]

Consumer health care

A recent study conducted by Families USA, a consumer health care advocacy organization, found that 195,000 South Dakota residents have gone uninsured for at least a month between 2006 and 2007. That’s 30% of the state’s population. While the state’s health insurance troubles aren’t as great as Texas where 47% of their population [...]

Health savings accounts

The Bush Administration and others have touted health savings accounts (HSAs) as the answer to the growing problems of health insurance in the U. S. However, the Bell Policy Center in Denver, Colorado has determined that such accounts may benefit some but not the ones who need help the most.The HSAs work by allowing [...]

Colorado residents individual health insurance

In 2006, the Senate Bill 208 Commission was formed to find ways of providing individual health insurance to the thousands of Colorado residents who are currently uninsured. While a number of options have been considered by the commission, several conservative politicians in the state have their own plans to introduce potential solutions.Republican Representative Cory [...]

Indiana’s plan to extend health insurance

This week Indiana’s plan to extend health insurance to currently uninsured adults received a green light from the U. S. Depart of Health and Human Services and the Office of Management and Budget. The plan would provide health coverage to approximately 130,000 adults and would be open to individuals who earn less than $19,600 [...]

Health-care trust fund

The recent contract negotiations and short-lived strike between General Motors and the United Auto Workers brought to the forefront some important issues about our current health insurance situation in the United States. Part of the debate was over the $100 billion cost of health care for retirees. GM’s global competition doesn’t have to [...]

Children Health Insurance Issues

The debate continues over the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), but the question remains: How important is the program and its funding? The number of uninsured children in the United States has continued to grow during the last two years. According to Census data, about 8.7 million children are currently uninsured. [...]

Hillary Clinton proposed a universal health insurance plan

Potential Democratic presidential nominee Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has proposed a universal health insurance plan she would like to see made law if she wins the White House in 2008.  Many may remember her first attempts to pass universal health care measures while she was First Lady.  While those attempts failed, Senator Clinton believes she [...]

Children Health Insurance Program

Time could almost be up for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) which will expire on September 30th if funding is not approved. If the program expires, 15 states will not have the funding necessary for the program and thousands of children will lose their health insurance coverage.The debate over funding CHIP is that [...]