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It’s open enrollment time! That means that employees must weigh their options among the health insurance plans offered by their jobs. Normally, many people like these policies because the employer pays for some or all of the premium–this allows employees to have more generous coverage than they would otherwise be able to afford.
Unfortunately, an increasing number of companies are passing more of the cost onto employees. In
With the rising costs of pet health care and the lengths vets and owners are going to help their pets’ health the popularity in pet health insurance is on the rise. According to the article “Popularity Rises for Pet Health Insurance” by Megan Neighbor on USAToday.com, from 2003-2007 the number of dogs, cats, and exotic animals that were covered by insurance in the US increased by 56%.
Mostly dogs were insured the most in 2008 with about 2 million insured. Cats were next with about 900,000 insured according to the American Pet Products Association. These numbers are expected to increase as pet owners are opting to take more extreme measures such as kidney transplants and hip replacements to save sick pets. These t
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Good health begins early: what happens to babies shortly after they’re born will affect them for the rest of their lives. Many studies have found that breastfeeding provides many health benefits over bottles of formula. Unfortunately, doing so can be inconvenient and expensive. For the majority of working mothers, it is impossible to bring their children with them to work every day. Therefore, supplies such as breast pumps are required, in order to expel the milk throughout the day so that the baby can be fed. T
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Health insurance companies are going through many changes at the moment. For Aetna, this is just one more: their CEO, Ronald A. Williams, is stepping down from that role next month. (He will retire from the company entirely early next year.) Williams was the chief executive officer since 2006, and was in charge of the lucrative segment of health insurance plans during a period of soaring costs.
Who will replace him? Aetna President Mark T. Bertolini is being promoted to fill the gap.
High risk health insurance pools are a main part of the Federal health insurance plan. According to the article “2400 Apple For High Risk Health Insurance Pool” by Gene Rickman found on The Top News website, the US Department of Health and Human Services has calculated an estimate of how many people are enrolling in these pools nationwide.
The number as of this summer is around 2400 and this may be larger by now. Many citizens are worried about what may happen to their health insurance plans due to reform and are acting. From