In the simplest of terms, Medicaid is a state and federal program that assists low-income citizens that meets certain criteria with long-term care and health related services. The Medicare program was enacted in 1965. Today, the program serves millions of US citizens, permanent immigrant residents (with additional eligibility requirements), children, older citizens, pregnant women, and those with qualifying disabilities. Continue reading
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Health Insurance Quotes and Premiums
Health insurance on its own can be a very complex subject matter. For many individuals, it is hard to make a decision on health insurance on their own due to the fact that there are so many differences between health insurance companies and the policies that they offer. However, for those that don’t want to find quality health insurance on their own, there is help out there for them in the form of a health insurance quote. Continue reading
What is Medicaid?
Written by Eric Shaffer; for www.healthinsurance.ws
Medicaid is available for parents who have low-income who have children under the age of 18 and they can’t afford medical treatment. Although, medicaid is available for teens up to 18 years of age; it is referenced under another name.
Medicaid is for children 6 years of age and under. Children who are older still receive medicaid, but the branch of medicaid is known as Health Choice. Continue reading
Read moreCOBRA Health Insurance Explained
When you lose your job or you no longer qualify under someone else’s insurance policy due to various reasons, such as divorce and passing the age of coverage, you may qualify for Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act (COBRA) health insurance. Under this provision, insurance companies are required to offer the same insurance a person previously had at cost for a specific period of time. Continue reading
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Insight
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commonly known as Obamacare, attempts to cut health care costs while increasing the availability of quality health care to all Americans. There has been much argument for and against the plan, with overall deficit impact estimated by some agencies to increase by $700 billion or to decrease by $142 billion according to others. Continue reading
Healthcare Reform
As it stands now, there is very little going on in the realm of healthcare reform. The country, and congress, seems to have very little desire to revisit the battle that took so much time and effort from the Whitehouse early in the Obama administrations’ time in office. Continue reading
Review of COBRAHealth.com
COBRAHealth.com is your one-stop shop for comprehensive information about your rights and obligations regarding health benefits once an employee separates from a company. A virtual clearinghouse of federal and state laws, COBRAHealth.com provides answers to all your questions about how COBRA applies to you. Continue reading
Review of Healthcare.gov
Healthcare.gov is the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ informational site about health care and health insurance. It is intended to provide citizens with information on federal programs that can help them obtain affordable health care. Because it is a government site, it has the advantage of being free from advertising. Continue reading
A Look at the Top Five Health Insurers
Selecting health insurance is tricky. There are a lot of options, and many of them seem equally valid at first glance. Even among the top five health insurers, it can be really tough to select just one, so below we’ll highlight the differences between five top companies. Continue reading
What is COBRA?
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, known commonly as COBRA, is a specific kind of health insurance that allows eligible employees, and their dependents, to retain their health coverage upon becoming unemployed, experiencing dramatic reduction of work hours and other qualifying situations. Continue reading