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 | Jul 20, 2012 | News
The commodification of our health care continues. Big box retailer Costco has now teamed up with health insurance giant Aetna to offer coverage exclusively to Costco members. The Costco Personal Health Insurance program includes five Aetna health plans with medical...
by Sylvia Moore | May 14, 2012 | News
Our public leaders here in United States like to proclaim that we’re number one at everything, despite evidence to the contrary. When it comes to health care, now developing nations are beginning to leave us in the dust. In the article “U.S. lags in global...
by Andrew McGuire | Dec 24, 2010 | News
Who Are the Uninsured Eligible for Premium Subsidies in the Health Insurance Exchanges? By Peter J. Cunningham Center for Studying Health System Change December 2010 A key provision of the national health reform law is the creation of state-based exchanges to provide...