Health insurance marketplace
By admin at 30 September, 2011, 8:30 pm
For many years, a large number of working families in Illinois have had limited or no access to adequate health insurance coverage. The current lack of access to coverage also prevents small businesses from growing. There is now an opportunity at hand to change this, but only if Illinois acts now. Designed to promote insurance [...]
Read More >>Ohio’s high-risk health insurance coverage faces challenges
By admin at 11 September, 2011, 6:52 am
Lynn Ischay, Plain DealerLinda Ellis, 63, has had a difficult time getting health insurance since she was laid off from her job at Progressive Corp. in December 2008. Ellis, who lives in Lyndhurst, has some pre-existing conditions and pays a $575 monthly premium to be enrolled in Ohio’s High Risk Pool insurance.CLEVELAND, Ohio — As [...]
Read More >>Health insurance harder to find for unemployed, poor – Scranton Times
By admin at 3 September, 2011, 4:09 am
The end of a government-funded subsidy that made it easier for the unemployed to continue their health insurance benefits will likely send thousands more into the ranks of the uninsured, experts said. Coupled with the elimination of a last-resort health insurance program that left 40,000 Pennsylvanians scrambling for coverage, the end of the subsidy will [...]
Read More >>With prices rising, fewer health insurance options
By admin at 29 August, 2011, 2:11 am
Alane Basco, from Poulsbo, Wa., lost her job in 2008 and was on her husband’s insurance plan until he switched to a new employer who didn’t offer health coverage. She was on COBRA through his old company until she couldn’t afford it anymore and is now uninsured. “I have two medical conditions that put me [...]
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