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Before the Affordable Health Care Act, Were You Locked Out?

Locked out of medical care, that is. Who? Individuals with pre-existing conditions. Now, 50,000 of them have healthcare coverage via the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) in their state....

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Beware of Balance Billing in Hospital Bills

Balance billing occurs when a healthcare provider bills a patient for some or the entire amount that should have been declared an insurance discount (contractual allowance). The fact that Prime...

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Practice is Proactive in Patient Relationships

The Commonwealth Fund’s 2010 study found that almost 50% of US adults were either underinsured or uninsured.  This is a 7% increase from 2007 for the underinsured population. It used to be that having...

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US Healthcare: an oxymoron

It was very exciting to read about Amanda’s grass roots Twitter research.  Amanda, you have started an activist conversation that we, the people, need to have.  Comments from so many people on what...

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What Really Drives Up Health Insurance Premiums

Every year it seems that we are paying more and more for health insurance. According to an informative infographic Carrington College, the health care costs in the United States have grown 2.4 percent...

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