Americans sometimes have a hard enough time getting insurance coverage here in the states, but when it comes to traveling abroad, it becomes an even bigger problem. American insurance coverages such as Medicaid and Medicare will not cover you when you are out of the states. For those who are traveling for a limited period [...]
In Jacksonville, FL two hospitals, St. Vincent’s Medical Center and St. Luke’s Hospital, will now be accepting Humana provided Medicare Plans. The decision will give elderly patients in the area more options and the ability to access the services of these two facilities. This may affect a large number of people, as Humana is Florida’s [...]
The problem of Medicare fraud in South Florida is a massive one according to some, but the new Strike Force which has been put in place, is working to crack down on these activities and bring about more prosecutions. In the 12 months that ended Tuesday, 245 South Florida defendants were charged with filing almost [...]
While the church is well known as a place to go when seeking answers of the spiritual variety, it may now be the place to go to get counsel on matters of health as well. Some Florida churches are now offering such services as skin cancer and blood pressure checks, clinics on weight loss, diabetes, [...]
While healthcare costs have risen nationally by about 6% on average, Orlando, FL was hit even harder with over a 9% increase. This means that Orlando experienced a greater increase than all but two metropolitan areas surveyed. This means a higher burder on employees for their coverage, and lessening coverage overall. This trend seems to be a continuation from [...]
How complex is health insurance reform? What can we do to help? Here are a few ideas…. What do you think? 1. Expand the number of health insurance providers that consumers can choose from.? 2. Increase the number of Americans who are covered by health insurance, either public or private. This is the most common [...]
Recent talks of expensive Florida state mandates have put health insurance experts into conversation. A new article reports that health experts are going to the defense of Charlie Crists’ Florida law. This law allows health insurance providers to offer health insurance coverage plans free of expensive mandates. How is this going to work? Aren’t these [...]
Jacksonville, Florida — The democratic Party is really on a push to reform health insurance in America . “Our democratic party would like to have health insurance for all of the United States”, the Associated Press reported from thier meeting in Pittsburgh last week. This is not a new democratic idea for 2009. Why have [...]
The state of Massachusetts health insurance costs are on the increase. Their laws state that everyone must have a health insurance plan in place or they will be fined. Do these state mandates on consumer health insurance progams cost residents of Massachusetts? You bet, they nearly cost consumers $1.3 billion per year. The recent study peformed [...]
AIG announced today that their Private Client Group, a division of the personal lines property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), introduced a Cheap Health Insurance Plan.  Available to full-time domestic staff employed by AIG Private Client Group policyholders, Basic Health Benefits for Private Staff is intended to ease the financial burden [...]