Individual health insurance in Arizona may not be available in 2017 – for people who live outside Maricopa or Pima counties. The Arizona Republic reports that only Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBS) has filed paperwork to sell individual…
I read an interesting article by a woman living in Paris. This American in Paris compares her experience having a baby in the French health care system to what she knows about the American system.
There sure are highs and lows when it comes to Obamacare news. GOOD NEWS I heard from a self-employed person in Benson that he got signed up through healthcare.gov for a Health Net Silver plan for $61 per month (after…
The problem with journalists writing about health insurance is that they don’t really know much about the topic. So here is my response, as an insurance broker, to the statement above.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that Arizona health insurance premiums will be lower than expected and considerably lower than in other parts of the country. This is good news for 600,000 people in our state who…
An article in the New York Times today reports on another delay for Obamacare that affects group health plans. The change delays, for some group plans, the the limit on out-of-pocket costs until 2015. The Obamacare rule is that in 2014…
A reader of this blog recently wrote that he has a high-deductible health insurance plan and he wants to keep it. To keep his monthly premium low, he chose a $10,000 deductible. This means he pays 100% of his medical…
