History was made with the introduction of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIP), passed February 4th, 2009. The newer version (CHIP) of the older State’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Bill, first introduced in 1997, is something that…

Keeping a job these days is tough to say the least, and figures forecast that unemployment may hit a ceiling of around 9% before the overall economy of the nation improves. It’s an enormous pressure facing the uncertainty of what…

While this will not come as any great surprise, it is a bit disheartening given the current state of the U.S. economy. Americans who have health insurance through an employer will likely be taking on more of a financial burden…

Lately there are some interesting statistics being compiled which show that people who are in health plans and have health savings accounts or health reimbursement arrangements are more likely to get preventive care. This is opposed to those who happen…

The uninsured in Florida do have access to affordable health insurance plans thanks to the Cover Health initiative announced in January 2009. The question is whether this program will change now that the Obama bail out package has been announced.…

Offering the benefit of group health insurance is a good way to keep employees in Florida. Group health insurance is a fairly common term and most people understand what it represents. They may have even had it at one time,…

In most instances, group health insurance is usually fairly affordable, however it does come with some “must do” provisions. As one may expect, the term “group health insurance” implies that all workers at a certain company must ‘opt in’ for…

By end of the line, we aren’t referring to palliative care for a terminally ill patient. We are referring to hospital emergency rooms across the nation increasingly being used as a last resort for medical care. This recession has hit…