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Phony insurance scams – have you been duped? How can you protect yourself?

From Victoria Knight in the August 12 Wall Street Journal: The most prevalent way to sell phony insurance continues to be through real or bogus associations. Between 2000 and 2002, 144 such scams left...

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More Americans Marrying for the Insurance

“I love him a lot, and I want to marry him … I just don’t want to be forced to marry him early for insurance purposes.” Brandy Brady of Lake Charles, Louisiana, as reported in the New York Times More...

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Americans Skipping Doctor Visits to Save Money

The San Francisco Chronicle presents the results of a study saying 22% of Americans who were surveyed, said they were avoiding doctor visits to save money in tough economic times. But will this...

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Fight back when your health plan says No

Bernadine Healy, MD, former director of NIH and now health editor at US News & World Report, has written a chilling piece on how easy it is for insurers to deny claims. From the article, “How...

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The Hidden Cost of Retiring Early

From Smartmoney.com: “Too young to qualify for Medicare and rarely covered by their employers, early retirees can face [health insurance] premiums they neither dreamed of nor planned for—often three or...

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Reports advocate more transparency in medical care costs using the...

How can people know when health insurance provides adequate coverage? “Coverage When It Counts: What Does Health Insurance in Massachusetts Cover and How Can Consumers Know?” suggests a new method for...

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Health insurance doesn’t cover enough, new report shows

What does it mean to be adequately insured? A growing body of research documents both health-related and financial problems that can arise when health insurance doesn’t cover enough. Rates of medical...

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Coverage When It Counts: Studying the California Health Insurance Situation

How can people know when health insurance provides adequate coverage? “Coverage When It Counts: What Does Health Insurance in California Cover and How Can Consumers Know?” suggests a new method for...

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Health insurers say they support reform, but do they?

Los Angeles Times columnist David Lazarus writes this weekend about the universal coverage debate and what health insurers say they want to do to reform the system.  As he points out, their behavior...

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Karen Pollitz appears on NewsHour

Pollitz talks about the new Health Care Proposals, on Friday, June 19th’s NewsHour.

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