What a difference a year makes. This time last year, I was among the more than 2 million Georgians, including nearly a quarter of the adult women in this state, without health insurance. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act Im now fully covered — and my private insurance company cant drop me if I get [...]
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The personal injury protection fraud squad of the Florida Department of Financial Services started an investigation into Wagner Chiropractic Acupuncture Clinic in 2009 after auto insurance companies complained. Under the name of a physician, Wagner prescribed drugs to an undercover agent from the department, documents show. The physician had not treated the agent. Prosecutors allege [...]
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WASHINGTON Regulators on Friday closed one bank each in Florida, Georgia and Illinois, lifting to 68 the number of U.S. bank failures this year. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. seized Lydian Private Bank, based in Palm Beach, Fla., with $1.7 billion in assets and $1.24 billion in deposits. Also shuttered were two smaller institutions: First [...]
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Are House Republicans Caving in on Repealing Obamacare? Doubtful. Avik Roy Contributor How Obamacare Dramatically Increases the Cost of Insurance for Young Workers Avik Roy Contributor What’s Democrats’ Plan B If the Individual Mandate Goes Down? Avik Roy Contributor Paul Ryan, in a Major Speech, Proposes Universal Health Coverage via Tax Credits Avik Roy Contributor [...]
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Associated Press fileOpponents and supporters of federal health care reform demonstrate in 2009 in Pennsylvania. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Lauren Burr has only a couple of weeks left as a college student. Then, after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in education from Ohio University, she’ll move back in with her parents in Perry and look for [...]
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Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced on Wednesday, that Illinois, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee and Washington will receive more than $181 million in grants to help implement the new health care law. The grants will help states establish Affordable Insurance Exchanges, which are expected to become operational in 2014 under the [...]
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Paying more and getting less is the new motto for homeowners stuck with state-run Citizens Property Insurance. Old and new customers alike are getting socked with rate hikes, higher deductibles, more exclusions…and no place else to turn for hurricane coverage. “I was just so happy to get a renewal notice and not a cancellation notice, [...]
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FORGET hospital and ambulance cover. A survey of the reasons why people take out private health insurance reveals they are more interested in massages, gym memberships and plastic surgery. A Galaxy Research survey of more than 1000 Australians found people were more likely to choose private health insurance for its ancillary benefits rather than basics [...]
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