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 IssuesCCRC or Lifecare for Long Term CareMost long term care insurance pays for some or all of the long term care you may need, but does not guarantee that you will be able to find a long term care facility with an opening near where you live. more
Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs)An MSA is a federally-qualified, tax-exempt individual health acount that an individual uses to pay their health care expenses. more
Adverse Selection and Cream Skimming"Adverse Selection" happens when unusually high-cost people select an insurance plan. Informally, people often use the term adverse selection when people with expected costs that are higher than a population average sign up for a policy. more
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