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	<title>Ask Colleen King &#187; Group Health Insurance</title>
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	<description>All the questions you&#039;ve had about health insurance, life insurance, annuities and long term care insurance (but were afraid to ask)</description>
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		<title>Health care reform, small business and and NFIB&#8217;s input&#8211;a must read!</title>
		<link>http://askcolleenking.com/2010/05/health-care-reform-small-business-and-and-nfibs-input-a-must-read/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 17:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I wrote about how convoluted the small business tax credit for group health plans was going to be. Here&#8217;s a reminder. Now here&#8217;s a commentary on why the bill was bad for small business, and a very eloquent one at that. The National Federation of Independent Business&#8217;s (NFIB) president, Dan Danner, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A few days ago I wrote about how convoluted the small business tax credit for group health plans was going to be.  Here&#8217;s a reminder.
Now here&#8217;s a commentary on why the bill was bad for small business, and a very eloquent one at that. The National Federation of Independent Business&#8217;s (NFIB) president, Dan Danner, [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What is your one best tip in getting the most out of your health insurance?</title>
		<link>http://askcolleenking.com/2010/05/what-is-your-one-best-tip-in-getting-the-most-out-of-your-health-insurance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 20:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all the discussion around health care coverage, the cost, who&#8217;s good and who&#8217;s not, I like to see my clients get the most they can from their health insurance. The big tip&#8211;the excitement&#8211;drum roll please&#8230;..You want to use contracted providers whenever possible. With HMO (health maintenance organization) plans you don&#8217;t really have a choice. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[With all the discussion around health care coverage, the cost, who&#8217;s good and who&#8217;s not, I like to see my clients get the most they can from their health insurance.
The big tip&#8211;the excitement&#8211;drum roll please&#8230;..You want to use contracted providers whenever possible. With HMO (health maintenance organization) plans you don&#8217;t really have a choice. You [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Some answers to &#8216;what do I do about health insurance for my new grad?&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://askcolleenking.com/2010/05/some-answers-to-what-do-i-do-about-health-insurance-for-my-new-grad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 11:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last article I talked about the impending herd of new graduates, high school and college, and that people are now needing to address what to do about their health insurance. Again, If your high school grad is going to college, then of course they can stay on your group health plan if you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In my last article I talked about the impending herd of new graduates, high school and college, and that people are now needing to address what to do about their health insurance.
Again, If your high school grad is going to college, then of course they can stay on your group health plan if you want [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Graduation time is here, what should you do about health insurance for your new grad??</title>
		<link>http://askcolleenking.com/2010/05/graduation-time-is-here-what-should-you-do-about-health-insurance-for-your-new-grad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 16:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May into June is such a great time for families as their kids are getting ready to graduate from high school or college. A time of pride, sense of accomplishment, it&#8217;s great. As I drive around the LA area I see the signs of upcoming graduation ceremonies and it takes me back. We won&#8217;t go [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[May into June is such a great time for families as their kids are getting ready to graduate from high school or college. A time of pride, sense of accomplishment, it&#8217;s great. As I drive around the LA area I see the signs of upcoming graduation ceremonies and it takes me back. We won&#8217;t go [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Health savings accounts and tax time&#8211;how do they go together?</title>
		<link>http://askcolleenking.com/2010/03/health-savings-accounts-and-tax-time-how-do-they-go-together/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When people understand them, many like the idea of health savings accounts. They aren&#8217;t for everyone, but no one type of health care coverage is. Otherwise, we&#8217;d all have the same plan, and health care reform would have hit by now. What does a health savings account (HSA) have to do with tax time? Well, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[When people understand them, many like the idea of health savings accounts. They aren&#8217;t for everyone, but no one type of health care coverage is. Otherwise, we&#8217;d all have the same plan, and health care reform would have hit by now.
What does a health savings account (HSA) have to do with tax time? Well, if [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve got insurance, why does care for the indigent or uninsured matter to me?</title>
		<link>http://askcolleenking.com/2010/02/ive-got-insurance-why-does-care-for-the-indigent-or-uninsured-matter-to-me/</link>
		<comments>http://askcolleenking.com/2010/02/ive-got-insurance-why-does-care-for-the-indigent-or-uninsured-matter-to-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know I&#8217;m not a political or social services writer, but our pals at the L.A Times Wednesday had an interesting article on how the County of Los Angeles reimburses physicians when they care for the uninsured. How does this affect your health insurance premiujms? The Physicians Services for Indigents Program in L.A. County was [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I know I&#8217;m not a political or social services writer, but our pals at the L.A Times Wednesday had an interesting article on how the County of Los Angeles reimburses physicians when they care for the uninsured.

How does this affect your health insurance premiujms? The Physicians Services for Indigents Program in L.A. County was paying [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Health care reform and the contribution of Rep. Joe Wilson</title>
		<link>http://askcolleenking.com/2009/09/health-care-reform-and-the-contribution-of-rep-joe-wilson/</link>
		<comments>http://askcolleenking.com/2009/09/health-care-reform-and-the-contribution-of-rep-joe-wilson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a couple of weeks now since the great &#8216;shout heard around the world&#8217; by Rep. Joe Wilson&#8217;s (R-SC),constituting a serious breech of etiquette for Congress, but what it brought to light appears to have drastically changed what will happen with a specific portion of the proposals in health care reform. What set Rep. [...]]]></description>
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It&#8217;s been a couple of weeks now since the great &#8216;shout heard around the world&#8217; by Rep. Joe Wilson&#8217;s (R-SC),constituting a serious breech of etiquette for Congress, but what it brought to light appears to have drastically changed what will happen with a specific portion of the proposals in health care reform.
What set Rep. Wilson [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Health Savings Accounts&#8211;the 2010 figures are in!</title>
		<link>http://askcolleenking.com/2009/09/health-savings-accounts-the-2010-figures-are-in/</link>
		<comments>http://askcolleenking.com/2009/09/health-savings-accounts-the-2010-figures-are-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) remain a popular adjunct to qualified high deductible health plans in finding ways to save on health insurance premiums. There are individual health plans and group health plans that you can get that will allow you to open an HSA. For a list of what you can and can&#8217;t use the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) remain a popular adjunct to qualified high deductible health plans in finding ways to save on health insurance premiums. There are individual health plans and group health plans that you can get that will allow you to open an HSA. For a list of what you can and can&#8217;t use the [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Health Savings Accounts and their impact on the cost of care&#8211;is there one?</title>
		<link>http://askcolleenking.com/2009/08/health-savings-accounts-and-their-impact-on-the-cost-of-care-is-there-one/</link>
		<comments>http://askcolleenking.com/2009/08/health-savings-accounts-and-their-impact-on-the-cost-of-care-is-there-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health insurance is on everyone&#8217;s mind these days&#8211;either you don&#8217;t have it, can&#8217;t get it and want it, you&#8217;re upset about what you are paying for it, or you turned on the daily news and there it is, the topic is right in your face again. A Health Savings Account (HSA) is an account that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Health insurance is on everyone&#8217;s mind these days&#8211;either you don&#8217;t have it, can&#8217;t get it and want it, you&#8217;re upset about what you are paying for it, or you turned on the daily news and there it is, the topic is right in your face again.
A Health Savings Account (HSA) is an account that you [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Health Insurance&#8211;what good is it when you have such a high deductible? You&#8217;re paying for everything!</title>
		<link>http://askcolleenking.com/2009/08/health-insurance-what-good-is-it-when-you-have-such-a-high-deductible-youre-paying-for-everything/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In order to save money on insurance premiums, many people whether in an individual health plan or group health plan will select a health insurance plan with a higher deductible. They figure they are normally healthy, aren&#8217;t going to a doctor very often, so why spend a fortune on health insurance premiums? This is how [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In order to save money on insurance premiums, many people whether in an individual health plan or group health plan will select a health insurance plan with a higher deductible. They figure they are normally healthy, aren&#8217;t going to a doctor very often, so why spend a fortune on health insurance premiums? This is how [...]]]></content:encoded>
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