When Insurers Take Their Toys and Go Home
May 10, 2008
For the past few years there has been work in cities and states across the country to improve our citizens’ access to health care. From San Francisco to Vermont, 39 states and a number of cities are in the process of creating legislation that would help address their numbers of uninsured.
Washington, D.C. is one of these. A look at the trouble our nation’s capital is facing on this issue may shed a light on why the words “health care reform” are often greeted with less than a smile.
New WhatIf Content on Health Care Costs, Resources
March 27, 2008
The newest pieces on our website expand from the interactive quiz we put up a couple weeks ago:
Do you think you know what’s behind rising health care costs?
Take our quiz and find out. The Top Ten claims about what’s causing health care costs to steadily climb are exposed as true, false, or a little of both.
For a brief explanation of the answers to the quiz - how common claims about rising health care costs fit into the whole story - check out our new Health Care Costs Summary.
Eligible for Health Care? Dial 1-800
October 15, 2007
There is now an interactive website (http://www.coverageforall.org/) and toll-free number (1-800-234-1317) to help people figure out which heath insurance plans they qualify for. The service was started by a California insurance executive who wanted to help people find insurance plans when they didn’t qualify for the ones he was selling. It has now been expanded to all 50 states.
Ineligible? Don’t Be So Sure.
by Michael S. Gerber
The Washington Post
August 21, 2007
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