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Health insurance options for unemployed beyond COBRA
When you’re out of work, you experience a lot of dark days, but for thousands of unemployed people, June 1 was particularly bleak. The economic stimulus bill signed into law in February 2009 subsidized 65%… -
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Employers to see 9% jump in 2011 medical costs
Companies that offer employee health insurance expect another steep jump in medical costs next year, and more will ask workers to share a bigger chunk of the expense, according to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers report. For… -
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Health insurers kept surplus while hiking premiums
Non-profit Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plans stockpiled billions of dollars during the past decade, yet continued to hit consumers with double-digit premium increases, Consumers Union found in an analysis of 10 of the… -
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Travel surgeries: One way to cut health care costs
Tina Follett and her husband Patrick are in Panama on a two-week all-expenses paid trip. But Tina isn’t on vacation. She’s there to get surgery. The Folletts are among a growing number of Americans whose… -
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Groups shed light on health care law
True or false: The new health care law will cut Medicare benefits for seniors. It will slash Medicare payments to doctors. It will ration health care. In three polls conducted last month, large percentages of… -
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Be skeptical of health-care credit cards
These days, you may leave your dentist’s office with more than a toothbrush and dental floss in your bag. Thousands of dentists are offering patients health-care credit cards to cover the work that needs to… -
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California’s safety-net health insurance premiums rise
As state leaders blast giant health insurers for raising rates, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s administration has quietly allowed hefty increases for thousands of sick or jobless Californians who must rely on expensive safety-net coverage—if they want… -
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Healthcare reforms don’t go far enough
Ruta Vaisnys just got the word from Blue Shield of California: Her monthly health insurance premium will rise by more than 28% to $243 beginning next month. The Silver Lake resident is among the… -
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Health insurers to stop offering child-only policies
Some of the country’s most prominent health insurance companies have decided to stop offering new child-only plans, rather than comply with rules in the new health-care law that will require such plans to start accepting… -
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Big changes to your health insurance
September 23 marks the six-month anniversary of health reform. It’s also the date when several key insurance changes come into effect. Here’s what you need to know about how your insurance is affected. Coverage expansion… -
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Money Management 1-2-3: THREE: Planning a Secure Future
The “Money Management 1-2-3: Be Smart about Money All Your Life” series focuses on basic money skills at the beginner, intermediate and advanced level. Planning a Secure Future focuses on leaving the workforce, retirement, winding… -
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Waivers address talk of dropping health coverage
As Obama administration officials put into place the first major wave of changes under the health care legislation, they have tried to defuse stiffening resistance — from companies like McDonald’s and some insurers — by… -
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Health care law fact check
The debate that preceded passage of the health-care overhaul has returned as a heated issue in the midterm elections. Politicians and advocacy groups seeking repeal of the law are making dramatic claims about its cost… -
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Flexible spending account rules change
Drugstores are busy places in December, and it’s not just because scented soap and singing toothbrushes make excellent last-minute holiday gifts. They also get a lot of business from people looking to spend what’s left… -
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Repeal ‘Obamacare’: GOP will try
“Repeal Obamacare!” might be the battle cry that swept Republicans into control of the House, but making good on the promise will be tough. GOP candidates pledged that their first item of business would be… -
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New GOP governors will affect healthcare law
Republicans’ consolidation of power in state capitols is likely to expand the number of states that employ a far more limited, free-market-oriented approach to implementing the nation’s new health-care law than the robust regulatory model… -
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Health savings accounts make sense for many
Even if you eat lots of leafy greens, exercise daily and have replaced your evening highball with a cup of herbal tea, you’re almost certainly going to pay more for health care next year. In… -
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Long-term care insurance worries baby boomers
Kathy Kozakiewicz, 59, of Phoenix, decided to buy long-term care insurance after her father-in-law was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. He had to wait 18 months until space opened at a local Veterans Affairs nursing home,… -
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Health insurers face new rules on medical spending
The Obama administration issued far-reaching rules Monday to carry out a controversial promise that the new health-care law makes to consumers: insurers must spend at least $4 out of $5 they collect through premiums on… -
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Medicare Advantage provision causes few ripples
One of the most significant savings envisioned in the new health- care law - limiting payments to the private health plans that cover 11 million older Americans under Medicare - is, so far, bringing little… -
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Judge rejects key part of new healthcare law
A federal judge in Virginia on Monday rejected part of the new healthcare law, becoming the first court to rule that Congress had placed an unconstitutional requirement on Americans to get health insurance. The much-anticipated… -
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High-risk health plans attracting few, costing more
An early feature of the new health-care law that allows people who are already sick to get insurance to cover their medical costs isn’t attracting as many customers as expected. In the meantime, in at… -
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Blue Shield of California seeks rate hikes of up to 59%
Another big California health insurer has stunned individual policyholders with huge rate increases — this time it’s Blue Shield of California seeking cumulative hikes of as much as 59% for tens of thousands of customers… -
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Judge strikes down entire new health-care law
A federal judge in Florida on Monday became the first to strike down the entire law to overhaul the nation’s health-care system, potentially complicating implementation of the statute in the 26 states that brought the… -
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Most uninsured Californians could gain health coverage
Nearly 5 million uninsured Californians could gain access to health coverage in 2014 when the nation’s healthcare law expands eligibility for subsidized insurance programs for the poor, according to a new report. At that time,…
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