June 2008

Why Would It Not Work Here?

by Louise June 27, 2008

We Stand Firm has written an interesting article about the Colorado Medical Society and their support of health care coverage for Coloradans that should be “universal, continuous, portable, and mandatory.” I’m strongly in favor of health insurance for everyone in Colorado (and indeed, the US) that is universal, continuous, portable, and mandatory. I know this [...]

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Health Wonk Review

by Louise June 26, 2008

The Health Wonk Review is up at the Disease Management Care Blog.  The Colorado Health Insurance Insider post about HR676 is included. Insure Blog has a good post about Fed Chairman Bernanke’s assessment of health care costs.  I agree with Hank that health care costs are driving health insurance premiums.  But I think there’s more [...]

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Colorado Businesses Don’t Want Mandatory Health Insurance

by Louise June 25, 2008

The Blue Ribbon Commission for health care reform in Colorado has recommended a mandate for health insurance coverage, but not necessarily coverage that is tied to employment. And it should come as no surprise that business owners on the western slope – just like business owners all over Colorado – are not excited about the idea of being required to provide employees [...]

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Grand Rounds

by Louise June 24, 2008

A somewhat Apple-biased Grand Rounds is up at Shrink Rap.  It’s worth checking out just to see the ultra-cool graphic… an iPhone with nifty little icons for every post… The Colorado Health Insurance Insider post about hospitals and breastfeeding has a little icon of a breastfeeding baby! I appreciated Mother Jones post about cell phones [...]

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HR676 Headed In The Right Direction

by Louise June 24, 2008

I agree with PICU that it’s tough for individual voices to be heard in the healthcare reform process. Some stares are making an effort at reform – including Colorado – but it’s going to take unified, nationwide changes to really fix our health care system. Unfortunately there is a long line of deep-pocketed special interest groups who are deeply invested in maintaining the status quo [...]

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Unhappy Doctors

by Louise June 23, 2008

Here in Colorado, we insureds are lucky to have a multitude of options for our health insurance. But I suppose the more options we have, the more hassle the doctors have with billing. Apparently, doctors don’t have the highest job satisfaction these days. There are many issues involved – I have to say, if I worked these hours, I’d be unhappy with my job too. But I [...]

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AMA Issues Guidelines For Medical Tourism

by Louise June 20, 2008

The AMA has issued medical tourism guidelines for American patients, employers and health insurance companies. At the Colorado Health Insurance Insider, we’ve written about medical tourism and how health insurance carriers are seeing it as a way to lower costs by encouraging insureds to travel abroad to get quality medical care for far less than [...]

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Elective Cesareans Not A Complication Of Pregnancy

by Louise June 19, 2008

We got a notice in the mail yesterday from Humana, one of the health insurance carriers we represent in Colorado. They have revised their definition of complication of pregnancy to include cesareans, but not elective cesareans. I was very pleased to see this, and I’m glad that Humana is differentiating between the two. Obviously someone who schedules a c-section [...]

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The Caregivers Marketplace

by Louise June 18, 2008

I found a website that may be helpful for our readers and their families. The Caregivers Marketplace allows users to get cash back when they buy eligible products. I checked out the site, and there don’t appear to be any strings attached. The eligible products range from blood pressure monitors to vitamins to diapers to [...]

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