Health Insurance Blog with Kelly Montgomery April 2008 Archive

You may have seen advertisements for the new HPV vaccine called Gardasil. This vaccine may prevent cervical cancer in young women. Will your insurance company cover Gardasil? ... Read More

A new study commissioned by the Kaiser Family Foundation notes that an increasing number of Americans are deciding to tie the knot so that they can receive health benefits from ... Read More

If you live in North Dakota, here are some state-specific resources that may help you get and keep health insurance coverage. Residents of other states should check for their own ... Read More

Medicare recently announced that it would like to add to the list of avoidable hospital errors it will no longer pay for. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, they ... Read More

A new study shows that the average prescription drug copay amount has recently started to decline. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, this price drop can be attributed to increasing ... Read More

Insurance companies have been adjusting their prescription coverage policies to require that patients using expensive medicine pay coinsurance rather than copays. Coinsurance is the proportion, or percentage, of the ... Read More

Presidential candidate John McCain recently announced a proposal to require that affluent seniors contribute more to the cost of their prescriptions under Medicare Part D. According to the Washington ... Read More

Hundreds of thousands of previously uninsured Massachusetts residents now have insurance coverage. However, it appears that there are not enough doctors in the state to see all of these ... Read More

The Washington Post recently explored the contention that preventive health care actually costs more than doing nothing at all. The problem is that overall, disease risk is low and ... Read More

If you live in North Carolina, here are some state-specific resources that may help you get and keep health insurance coverage. Residents of other states should check for their own ... Read More

Online doctor visits are a growing trend - and insurers are lining up to cover this new type of medical service. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, some doctors and ... Read More

Angie's List, an online community where users can rate service providers like home improvement contractors, is now expanding into healthcare provider ratings. According to the Indianapolis Star, patients have ... Read More

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that insurers have been carefully scrutinizing claims for medical scans like MRIs and CT scans to ensure that they are indeed medically necessary. These ... Read More

The Supreme Court has ruled that employers are permitted to offer less generous benefits to retirees aged 65 and older. Employers believe that this will allow them to continue ... Read More