Medicaid is the state healthcare program for residents that cannot afford to purchase health insurance. Medicare is a federally run program healthcare program that workers pay into for sometimes over 50 years. Medical (Health) insurance is a privately purchased program that funds healthcare and is very expensive. Medicare is not an entitlement program but Medicaid is…. Read more »
Posts Categorized: Individual & Family Health Insurance
Healthcare Reform: Why is it where it is
So the Republicans have proposed a new bill that is going to start to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) a.k.a. Obama Care. Obamacare made sweeping changes to the healthcare and medical insurance business in this country. Voted along party lines with little or no chance of ever working. Obamacare took healthcare from a… Read more »
Healthcare Reform We Are Getting There
Well we are down to one hundred and thirty pages we are told. A lot of simplification of the nine hundred or twenty seven hundred pages and the thirty thousand pages of regulatory aftermath. I think what a lot of folks don’t understand is that there are only certain things that can be changed without… Read more »
Huge Piece Missing On Healthcare
I just find it incredible that over the last 6 years of looking to replace the Affordable Care Act there is no mention of the public health system. Los Angeles County New York and Cook County (Chicago) collectively cover over 4 million people and have done so for decades. The public health system is funded… Read more »
Obamacare What needs to change Step 2
The next thing that needs to change is very simple, expand the public health care system in the major metropolitan areas. All major cities/counties in the US have public healthcare system. Public Healthcare systems are required by federal law for disease control. If you live in Chicago, New York or Los Angeles of other populate… Read more »
Obamacare Whats Next?
The well thought out plan to institutionalize The Affordable Care Act (ACA) aka. Obamacare had made it virtually impossible to repeal. As Congress and the incoming administration figure a way to replace President Obama’s signature domestic policy Americans are seeing their medical insurance premiums skyrocket like they never have before. Not only are premiums skyrocketing… Read more »
Travel Insurance
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Future of Obamacare
Still seven years later, people are confused by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) a.k.a Obamacare. I have to check and see if Websters has adopted that term yet. The famous debate between Mitt Romney and President Obama gave birth to acceptability of the word “Obamacare. The vast majority of the public believe that Obamacare is… Read more »
Understanding the Affordable Care Act
As every tax-paying American knows, the healthcare industry was turned upside down when Obama implemented a completely new system. Though many people like to refer to the change as Obama-care, its true name is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that was signed by President Obama in March of 2010. And it completely… Read more »
The Pros and Cons of Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
Many people have a lot of misgivings about investing in accidental death and dismemberment insurance. The fact of the matter is that if you work in any kind of industry that, in part, relies upon your physical skills and abilities, you need this type of insurance to protect your loved ones. Instead of leaving the… Read more »