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Entries from November 2011

Expensive health care, mediocre results–really?

November 30th, 2011 No Comments

While Americans continue to brag about their marvelous levels of care, well at least some Americans, our quality apparently isn’t up to snuff. Life expectancies, hospitalization rates, cost of care, we’re trailing on an international level. America rates well in cancer care though, according to this article. Switzerland’s system is touted as being effective, and Continue reading →

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What? The plan for ‘uninsurables’ is filling up? What now?

November 29th, 2011 No Comments

Geez, now this is a drag–the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) which was supposed to be such a panacea for the uninsurable apparently was too popular–in 2 months, the program might be stopping enrollment because, get this–the claim costs were 3 times higher than anticipated. Big surprise! You have to realize that when you offer Continue reading →

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Health care reform and the role of the local broker–more important than ever?

November 2nd, 2011 No Comments

Well, okay so your broker doesn’t have to be physically down the street, but it’s looking more and more like getting some help in sorting out options from someone when shopping for health insurance, available to you at no cost, makes sense. Several articles talk about rates had shooting up and and people looking for Continue reading →

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