January 2008

Risk is Everywhere

by Jay January 31, 2008

The Digerati Life hosted a HUGE Cavalcade of Risk yesterday.  It took me a while to get all the way through it.  The Colorado Health Insurance Insider is included.  Also, in the “Insurance and Risk Management” section was a good article by Consumers Health Insurance Blog about the Consumer Reports article “12 Money Mistakes that [...]

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HSAs Only Help If You Fund Them

by Louise January 30, 2008

Jay and I are in Vail, Colorado this week, getting his knee fixed at the Steadman|Hawkins clinic at Vail Valley Medical Center. The surgery on Monday went great – far better than we had expected. His physical therapy is going very well too – they’re seeing him twice a day this week and I’m going [...]

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Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Product Enhancements

by Jay January 25, 2008

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield has long been a major player in the Colorado health insurance market. Brokers and clients alike tend to feel comfortable with Anthem Blue Cross, due in large part to their stability and network size. Yesterday I met with our Anthem Blue Cross representatives, and discussed some of their product enhancements. [...]

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The Best from the Health Wonks at e-CareManagement

by Jay January 24, 2008

The latest Health Wonk Review is being hosted by Vince Kuraitis of e-CareManagement. If you read the Health Wonk Review and also check out the rest of the blog, you’ll see that Vince has a pretty good sense of humor. He included a Colorado Health Insurance Insider article, Louise’s review of Sicko. But we were [...]

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Wealthy Candidates = No Universal Health Care?

by Louise January 23, 2008

Joe Paduda wrote a very interesting article about how the main GOP presidential candidates are all opposed to universal health care, while the majority of American Republicans – like their Democratic counterparts – are in favor of universal health care. The article is an insightful look at the various conservative groups and how they view [...]

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Restrictions On Wellness Programs A Bad Idea

by Louise January 22, 2008

The Labor Department has laid out new regulations that would mostly prevent employers from requiring that employees with self-inflicted health problems pay more for health insurance or carry higher deductibles than their healthier coworkers. HIPAA standards require that in group health plans, everyone pays the same premiums without regard for health status. But supplemental coverage [...]

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Kaiser Permanente Hospital Change for PPO and POS Members

by Jay January 18, 2008

Effective immediately, Longmont United Hospital will no longer be participating in Kaiser Permanente’s Colorado provider network for Preferred Provider Organization(PPO) and Point of Service (POS) benefit plans in the Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS) health insurance network. [Longmont United Hospital still works with the PHCS network - just not through Kaiser] Kaiser is very disappointed by [...]

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Health Care Should Be Just Another Public Service

by Louise January 18, 2008

Just a few more Colorado Health Insurance Insider thoughts on Michael Moore’s Sicko… One thing that struck me in the movie was when Moore pointed out that the US already has lots of public “socialized” systems, including firefighters and public education. I doubt that many people like the idea of having firefighting services that have [...]

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Breaking News – A Sicko Review

by Louise January 17, 2008

Jay and I watched a very interesting movie over the weekend. Sicko – anybody heard of it? I’m sure no other health wonk blogs have ever reviewed it, so I guess the Colorado Health Insurance Insider will start things off… Critics of the movie have attacked the editing style that Moore uses, saying that he [...]

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