Health Insurance Issues and Advocacy
Rapidly snowballing costs in the face of modern healthcare is the greatest single issue that health insurance companies have to contend with. In addition to expensive new technologies and procedures, frivolous lawsuits, obscene drug pricing, and a large population of aging baby-boomers challenge healthcare providers to evolve and produce more flexible and affordable products for a demanding public.
Here at Healthinsurance.info, we like to help by educating people about the Healthcare Issues that plague our country, as well as featuring Advocacy Groups that hope to bring about changes that positively influence healthcare reform.
Featured Advocacy GroupMedline PlusMedlinePlus.gov is a government website that pulls together authoritative information from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Health Institute (NHI), and other government and health-related agencies.
more Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityAHRQ.gov is the website for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the research arm of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. AHRQ evaluates how people access health care, how much health care costs, and what happens to patients as a result of that care.
more | Healthcare IssuesCommunity Rating vs. Experience RatingThe issue of whether health insurance premiums should be based on community rating or experience rating is a complex one involving social concerns, adverse selection, and privacy issues. What other variables should we consider? more
Disability InsuranceDisability Insurance provides income when you can not work for an extended period of time due to an injury or illness. Make sure that your disability insurance pays for disability from either injury or from illness, not just one or the other. more
Universal Health Insurance and Mandated BenefitsMany people are concerned about the number of people who lack health insurance in the U.S. There have been proposals for "Universal Health Insurance" to ensure that everyone has health insurance -- either public or private insurance, through a group or as an individual. more
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