by Sylvia Moore | Jun 18, 2014 | News
Sometime in May, after nearly three weeks of sitting on pins and needles, I finally got my Blue Shield insurance card in the mail. I had paid my premium before the April 15 deadline, but considering that a) the insurance companies were dealing with millions of new...
by Sylvia Moore | Aug 21, 2012 | News
Soon you’ll be able to buy health insurance if you don’t have it—but can you keep it? Even though the ACA did make it clear that health insurance companies can’t rescind a person’s insurance except for outright fraud, an insurer can still cancel your contract for a...
by Sylvia Moore | Aug 15, 2012 | News
Thirty dollars vs. $100. That’s the difference between the cost of seeing a family doctor in Canada and seeing one in the United States. That $100 is paying for the extra number of people it takes in your average physician’s practice to process the...
by Sylvia Moore | Aug 8, 2012 | News
Do you feel like a doctor’s visit these days is sometimes akin to being herded like cattle? My mother related to me that her recent visit with her doctor lasted “five minutes.” She may not have been exaggerating. A few minutes is hardly enough time...
by Sylvia Moore | Aug 2, 2012 | News
Aetna sued over out-of-network pay and referrals By Alicia Gallegos American Medical News, July 23, 2012 The California Medical Assn. and more than 50 physicians are suing Aetna over alleged retaliation against doctors who refer patients for out-of-network care. The...
