June 2007

Tell Us What You Think

by Jay June 30, 2007

Perhaps you appreciated our help finding a health insurance plan, underwriting assistance, or even help with billing or a claim, and it didn’t cost you anything.  Please tell your story in the comments at the bottom of the post. (just your first name and last initial please, any last names given will be abbreviated to [...]

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I Got the Bill

by Jay June 28, 2007

Note: This is the third entry in my experiment with price transparency in the US health care system. See the first entry here, the second entry here, the fourth entry here, and the fifth entry here. I finally got the bill for the surgery (pdf). It was quite high compared to the estimate I received. [...]

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It’s All About Inspiration

by Jay June 26, 2007

Grand Rounds is up at the Wandering Visitor.  She made the theme “things that inspire you”.  She got over 3 dozen posts.  I think you’ll find the inspiration to read what medbloggers find inspiring themselves.  Enjoy! -Jay

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What is a Copay?

by Jay June 22, 2007

First of all, a plan with copays is usually going to be a waste of money. A copay is a dollar amount the health insurance company has specified that you’ll pay for either doctors visits or prescription drugs. A typical plan will have $25 doctors visit copays and $15 copays for generic Rx and $30 [...]

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Cavalcade of Risk

by Jay June 21, 2007

Julie of the Workers Comp Insider has put together a good collection of risk related posts in the latest edition of the Cavalcade of Risk.  Check it out… -Jay

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Diabetes – An Ounce of Prevention

by Louise June 20, 2007

“We are spending as much on diabetes as we are on the entire Department of Education.”  That statement, from Dana Haza, a senior director for the National Changing Diabetes Program (NCDP) is an eye-opener.  The numbers are staggering.  12% of the government health-care budget in 2005 was spent on treating diabetes.  And a recent study found [...]

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Anthem Blue Cross Leads The Way

by Jay June 19, 2007

Over the past couple years, I’ve made a push to eliminate bigotry from the Colorado health insurance market. My main focus has been to persuade Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Colorado into making those positive changes first. They’ve got the biggest market share of the Colorado individual and small group health insurance markets, so [...]

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Health Wonk Review at Health Business Blog

by Jay June 14, 2007

You’ll find an interesting Health Wonk Review over at the Health Business Blog.  I enjoyed the article from Michael Cannon at Cato@Liberty: Michael was able to negotiate 50% off his MRI bill.  He had to do it because he has a high deductible HSA qualified health insurance plan and was paying out of pocket.  This [...]

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Colorado Health Insurance and Bariatric Surgery

by Louise June 13, 2007

For the last few days, I’ve been pondering how I feel about health insurance paying for gastric bypass surgery. My first reaction is ‘no way!’ I don’t want to be subsidizing the cost of this surgery with my health insurance premiums. I tend to take a very hard-line approach to the current obesity crisis. It’s [...]

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