Category Archives: Travel Insurance

Abortion Looms as Next Issue in Health Insurance and Health Care Reform

While Rep. Henry Waxman, Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and the moderate “Blue Dog” Democrats wrestle over the cost of health care reform, another storm is brewing and it’s a nasty one: the abortion issue. In a nutshell, the proposed bill doesn’t contain language prohibiting federal funding of abortion Continue reading

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Higher Risk of Obesity Linked To Health Insurance

What? How can you possible link something like obesity to health insurance? Is that insinuating health insurance is some kind of health risk factor? Not exactly Continue reading

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Health Insurance and Health Care Reform Now in the Hands of the House

While it’s pretty clear the Senate has foregone the August deadline, the House is still working furiously to pass legislation on health insurance and health care. Continue reading

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Health Insurance and Health Care Reform Won’t Meet August Deadline

Malcolm Smith, the Senate’s top Democrat, conceded yesterday that the chamber won’t pass an overhaul of health care and health insurance by August. In a townhall meeting that same day, President Obama accepted this fact, as long as he sees “folks working diligently and consistently,” reports The Wall Street Journal Continue reading

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President Obama Addresses The Nation in Primetime On Health Insurance and Health Care Reform

Last night, President Obama held a press conference in primetime to address all concerns about the health care and health insurance reform bills that are being drafted in both Houses of Congress. The first reactions from news analysts and political pundits was that the president didn’t offer much clarity on what was to come and left many of the critical details, such as how we were going to pay for it all, more or less up in the air. But if you don’t listen the political pundits, this press conference was probably nothing short of a success for the president. What most pundits never talk about is the fact that the average American doesn’t pay attention to them at all. Continue reading

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Health Insurance Industry Jumps in With Major Ad Campaign

The health insurance industry stepped into the ring this week with a seven-figure ad campaign, reports The Washington Post . While it is a notably more subtle approach than the Harry and Louise ads they scuttled at the Clintons’ health care plans 15 years ago, it still has its barbs Continue reading

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Golden Gate Restaurant Association To Take San Francisco’s Employer Mandate To U.S. Supreme Court, Obama Stays Silent

The Golden Gate Restaurant Association is becoming a litigious force when it comes to overturning a city ordinance which mandates that mid and large-sized businesses pony up money for funding the city-wide universal health care law. In the suit, the Restaurant Association contends that the mandate violates a law that says only the federal government can regulate employer-sponsored health benefits and group health insurance plans. The association already lost in the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and is now turning to the U.S. Continue reading

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Governors Unified In Wariness Of Expanded Medicaid Eligibility

This weekend, the nation’s governors convened in Mississippi to talk about the imminent health insurance and federal health care reform bill and how it will affect the states. The biggest concern for governors after the meeting was a provision that would increase eligibility for Medicaid , reported The New York Times . In the reform bill that’s being considered in the U.S. House of Representatives, Medicaid would be expanded to accept Americans who earn 133 percent of the federal poverty level, along with newborn babies who have no other insurance coverage. Continue reading

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Swine flu panic subsides

It seems that the Swine Flu or H1N1 virus panic has subsided for now. The Canadian government has recently lifted the Travel Warning for all travel to Mexico and there is now no need to postpone travel plans to that country Continue reading

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Travel insurance varies widely from company to company

The U.S. Travel Insurance Association has recently reminded people that “travel coverage varies widely by company.” Beore assuming that a travel insurance policy will or will not cover a situation, the travel insurance organization is urging everyone to “check with their individual travel insurance company and carefully review their policy to see what is covered.” Mos travel insurance companies that offer Continue reading

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