by Andrew McGuire | Aug 10, 2011 | News
When I turned 60 I finally decided to buy a high deductible health plan from Aetna. I went to the doctor, and he found a lump on my thyroid. $1,500 in diagnostic tests later, it appears to be nothing to worry about. Aetna claims that my condition was preexisting and...
by Andrew McGuire | Mar 21, 2011 | News
I am a self-employed California Licensed General Engineering Contractor. It has been a struggle to find any insurance we could afford, and still is. We have a plan from a company called National Better Living Association or NBLA. It costs us $303 per month, which is...
by Andrew McGuire | Dec 30, 2010 | News
by Patricia Kneisler First of all, I need to get a little something out of the way. My circumstances are by no means “the most horrible thing you’ve ever heard tell of.” I’m one of the lucky ones who has always been able to earn pretty good money. I’ve been a...
by Andrew McGuire | Nov 17, 2010 | News
Profiling California’s Health Plan Enrollees: Large Enrollment in High-Deductible Health Plans By Dylan H. Roby, Gina L. Nicholson, and Gerald F. Kominski UCLA Center for Health Policy Research October 2010 Three million commercially insured Californians were enrolled...
by Andrew McGuire | Sep 24, 2010 | News
Wrangling over ‘wrapping’: Insurers raise rates for employers who use cost-cutting plan By Jay Greene Crain’s Detroit Business September 19, 2010 Some health insurers in Southeast Michigan are beginning to charge higher premiums to employers who offer...