Why the Jump in Health Insurance Premiums?
By admin at 16 October, 2011, 2:35 am
Why the Jump in Health Insurance Premiums? Oct. 14, 2011 — What’s behind the 2011 surge in the cost of job-based health insurance? Over the past decade, workers’ share of family health insurance premiums has gone from under $1,800 to over $4,100 a year, up 131% since 2001. Employers now contribute an average $15,000, up [...]
Read More >>Oxlo Health Insurance Transparency Solution Helps Insurance Plans
By admin at 13 October, 2011, 1:26 am
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Oct. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — Oxlo Systems Inc. joins America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) as an Affiliate Organization Member. Come visit Oxlo at the 2011 AHIP Fall Conference. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111012/CG84484) Oxlo provides strategic individual health insurance rates and benefits transparency solutions, data and services to Health Plan sales, marketing and competitive intelligence teams. [...]
Read More >>In health insurance, what counts as ‘essential’?
By admin at 4 October, 2011, 9:31 pm
This Friday, the Institute of Medicine will take a first stab at answering one of health reform’s most important unknowns: What counts as an “essential health benefit”? It’s a key question that just about everyone with a stake in health reform is waiting for an answer on. (Jakub Mosur – Associated Press) Under the health [...]
Read More >>Almost 1 Million Young Adults Get Health Insurance
By admin at 24 September, 2011, 5:37 pm
Almost 1 million young adults have signed on to new health insurance policies, government statistics released Wednesday show. Government officials credit the new federal health care law for making that possible. The rise in young adults 19 to 25 with insurance comes as older Americans are losing their health insurance as the economic crisis continues. [...]
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