Health insurance has become a hot issue in US politics. With Washington making some progress in healthcare reform, this leaves Americans divided into three camps. Although estimates vary, it seems up to 50 million cannot afford private health insurance. The middle ground is help by those who do earn enough to pay for some private [...]
If only worlds were ideal. Everyone would have the money to hand and no pre-existing medical conditions. They would buy into any insurance policy, get great value with everything covered and then, ironically, never fall ill. Life would be perfect. Unfortunately, insurance premiums have been rocketing upwards and disposable incomes have been sinking fast so [...]
Here are some unpleasant facts: through the past three years group medical insurance premiums have increased in two times and these increments were biggest for the smallest firms. All suggestions are that this course will be continuing for the predictable future. If you, as a business possessor, think this is right reason to panic, you [...]
The general statistics show that health insurance premiums have been rising faster than inflation in the business sector while the extent of the cover is being more narrowly defined. It is the old “less for more” syndrome. Insurance companies are not unjustified in raising their premiums. They can point to the rising costs of drugs [...]
No matter who you ask about reform, you will never get quite the same answer. Whilst most may agree the current system is broken, there’s no real agreement on how to fix it. It’s all controversial and highly political. But there is some common point. Health care costs are out of control. Premiums have been [...]
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