You often hear Cobra described as “prohibitively expensive.” The way Cobra works, or at least the way it worked for my husband when he quit his job, is that you pay 100% of the cost of the your health care – your previous share plus the company’s share. At my company, you pay 20% if [...]
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I go back and forth on the Catholic church. There are times when I am just so angry at their policies that I want to never attend mass again. There are other times when I figure it doesn’t make much difference either way. Other times, I feel there’s value in the community and so on. [...]
It’s great that Obama’s bill will extend health coverage. However, the big question still remains. Why is health care so expensive in the US? Insurance would not be so expensive if health care was not so expensive. And failure to have insurance wouldn’t be such a catastrophe if health care wasn’t so expensive. From CNN. [...]
So often, there is a medical study, and the study arrives at conclusions. However, articles always seem to say, “This is interesting, but consult with your doctor before making any changes.” Now, this is all well and good considering that there are a gazillion studies done and at least half of them are probably so [...]
Wow, this is pretty bad. Insurance companies are claiming the law states only that if they provide insurance to a child, they must cover the pre-existing condition, but that they are under no obligation to provide insurance in the first place and may raise premiums as needed. In other news, B and I ran our [...]
Interesting article about a recent and major change in healthcare in the US.
