The Impact of Direct-To-Consumer Drug Advertising on Seniors’ Health and Health Care Costs: Hearing Before the Special Committee on Aging, United Stat
Friday, 19. March 2010
How to Get Inexpensive Health Insurance in Cleveland
Friday, 19. March 2010
Costs for health insurance in Cleveland are rising every year. In 2007 insurance costs rose 40%. And while premiums are rising, coverages are falling, with you as the insured paying …
* Higher deductibles
* Higher co-payments for doctor visits
* Higher co-payments for prescription drugs
Is there any way to still find affordable health insurance in Cleveland?Lower-Cost Employer Health Insurance
To save costs, many employers are looking to consumer-directed health care plans such as Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans. These plans offer insurance with low premiums and high deductibles coupled with tax-exempt health savings accounts.
Forty percent of Cleveland companies offer these plans, including large employers such as American Greetings.State-Sponsored Options
For the unemployed or lower-income Cleveland residents, the state of Ohio offers several programs to help pay for insurance or medical care. These programs include:
* Healthy Start/SCHIP for children under age 19
* Healthy Families
* Ohio Senior Health Insurance Information Program
For more information about these programs visit the Ohio Department of Insurance website at: ohioinsurance.gov Private Insurance
Private insurance is an option for Cleveland consumers, but it tends to be more expensive than employee or state-sponsored insurance. To help you save on private insurance, be sure to shop rates at an insurance comparison website. Insurance companies have different prices for similar insurance policies, and you can save hundreds of dollars a year on your health insurance by comparison shopping.
When you go to an insurance comparison website, you’ll fill out a simple form with information about yourself and your health insurance needs. Soon after you submit your information you’ll receive quotes from multiple A-rated insurance companies. You can look over the quotes and compare them for cost, benefits, and coverages, then choose the plan that fits your needs.
If you have any questions about your health insurance options, the best insurance comparison websites offer a chat feature. With this feature you can talk online with insurance professionals and get fast, accurate answers to your questions.
Visit http://www.LowerRateQuotes.com/health-insurance.html or click on the following link to get Cleveland health insurance rate quotes from top-rated companies and see how much you can save. You can also get more insurance tips there.
The authors, Brian Stevens and Stacey Schifferdecker, have spent 30 years in the insurance and finance industries, and have written a number of articles on finding the best health insurance rates in Cleveland.
David J. Levy, Leading Family Caregiving Expert, Joins the Senior Citizens Bureau’s Board of Directors
Friday, 19. March 2010
David J. Levy, JD, CCE, is slated to join the official Board of Directors of the Senior Citizens Bureau . Levy, who has been a member of the Senior Citizens Bureau’s Advisory Board for 2 years, will join the Board of Directors at their April 2010 …
USA Masters Track in Boston March 26-28 Includes Willie Banks, President of U.S. Olympians & Former World Record Tri
Friday, 19. March 2010
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Report Cites Rise In Uninsured Middle-Class Americans
Friday, 19. March 2010
A report released Wednesday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Barely Hanging On: Middle-Class and Uninsured, looks at the rise in the level of uninsured middle-class people in the last eight years. USA Today reports on the most significant national statistics affecting middle-class families earning between $45,000 to $85,000 annually…
Pediatricians Warn Payment System May Force Them To Stop Accepting Medicaid Patients
Friday, 19. March 2010
CNN Money: Doctors are increasingly turning away from accepting Medicaid patients as the payment system – and an increasing number of Medicaid patients – means they’re losing money treating patients. In the Atlanta area, this is evidenced by the closing of two pediatric clinics…
Health Care Fraud, Prescription Theft Lead To Significant Losses
Friday, 19. March 2010
ABC News: “A four month ‘Nightline’ investigation into Medicare fraud makes one thing perfectly clear: this is a crime that pays and pays and pays. The federal government admits that a staggering $60 billion is stolen from tax payers through Medicare scams every year. Some experts believe the number is more than twice that…
As Reform Hangs In Balance, Policy Benefits Continue To Be Discussed
Friday, 19. March 2010
News outlets report on policy issues the health care reform bills would address. NPR reports on the immediate effects of the proposed health care bill, and that Congressional Democrats are focusing on those benefits in messages to constituents…
Schistosomiasis
Friday, 19. March 2010
Title: Schistosomiasis
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 3/19/2010 5:05:00 PM
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