Michelle’s Law (HR 2851) -Student Medical Leave
On October 9, 2008, President Bush signed into law a requirement that insurance policies allow college students who are on their parents health plan to take a medical leave of […]
On October 9, 2008, President Bush signed into law a requirement that insurance policies allow college students who are on their parents health plan to take a medical leave of […]
It’s understandable in a tight economy that many young adults today do not find value in having health insurance. The odds are in your favor that if you don’t have health insurance and save your premium that you’ll be ok. The odds are also in your favor if you ...
What is a pre existing condition and why do health carriers worry about this? When Applying for coverage, do I need to tell the insurer or the agent about a medical issue, and what can happen if I don’t? The dreaded ‘preexisting condition clause’ is huge implied threat to most people getting ...
Many people don’t realize that MEN can be declined for being pregnant. No, we aren’t talking about something on the Oprah show, we are talking ‘average Joe’. If you are about to be the father of a yet born child, you are not insurable.
One of the great manipulations of behavior was the trend in […]
This subject again deals with perception versus fact. In the employer sponsored healthcare market, maternity is never a preexisting condition. If you never had insurance in your life, and got a job with benefits, and you were 8 ½ months pregnant, you could not be turned down, and your childbirth expenses would be covered. In the individual plan market, if you or your husband were expecting a child, you would be declined. Even if you ...
In 1996 Congress passed several significant health legislation bills. The Kennedy-Kassenbaum bill […]