July 2007

Past Averages Do Not Predict the Future

by Louise July 30, 2007

I just read a blog post by Dani at Living Behind the Curve. She writes about her thoughts on going without health insurance in order to work part-time. Initially, she goes looking for individual health insurance, but talks herself out of it for several reasons. The policy has a $5000 deductible, and Dani calculates that [...]

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Check Out the Latest Health Wonk Review

by Jay July 25, 2007

Bob Laszewski spent some valuable vacation time in HI putting together the latest Health Wonk Review.  He included a post from the Colorado Health Insurance Insider about how dealing with health care providers without the assistance of an insurance company is like dealing with the mafia. And a good one to check out is from The [...]

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MEGA Story Left Out of SiCKO

by Jay July 25, 2007

Another family that was scammed by MEGA because of an agent leaving out some important details of their policy, like “it’s actually not really going to cover anything”, almost had their story told in the movie SiCKO. However, the story was cut from the movie. When they were cut from the film, Hesper Main said [...]

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How Unfortunate for Me

by Jay July 24, 2007

Note: This is the fifth entry on my experience with transparency in the US health care system. See the first entry here, the second entry here, the third entry here, and the fourth entry here. I just got off of the phone with Boulder Valley Center for Dermatology. So far, they’ve agreed to give me [...]

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SCHIP Too Much?

by Jay July 20, 2007

Colorado business and health leaders have banned together to get health insurance for every child in Colorado and the country. President Bush is asking Congress to authorize $5 billion over the next five years for SCHIP (State Children’s Health Insurance Program), which is designed for the children of working class parents. Congress says that amount [...]

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Cavalcade of Risk at The Sentinel Effect

by Jay July 18, 2007

The Cavalcade of Risk is up over at The Sentinel Effect. Richard has done a great job organizing so many posts. Take a look around the rest of the blog while you’re there. They write some unique, thought provoking stuff. -Jay

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Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness

by Louise July 13, 2007

Angelina Ortiz’s family income must not exceed $41,304 annually. If it does, she and her brother would no longer qualify for Colorado Childrens’ Health Plan Plus, and the family would be forced to pay $1200/month for Angelina’s lifesaving medications. Her condition? Asthma. The ubiquitous respiratory ailment that can range in severity from a minor tight-chested [...]

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Health Wonk Review – July 12, 2007

by Jay July 12, 2007

The Health Wonk Review is THE top health policy roundup in the blogosphere. It’s known for only including the best and brightest, and only the keenest observations of the health policy community. The collection of articles below represent the cream of the crop of recent entries in the ongoing US health care policy discussion. I’m [...]

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Humana Says the Price is a Secret

by Louise July 10, 2007

Note: This is the fourth entry in my price transparency experiment. See the first entry here, the second entry here, the third entry here, and the fifth entry here. Jay has written several times over the last month about his lipoma surgery and the billing headache that it has become. When we got the bill [...]

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