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May 17 2012 Washington and Oregon were among the six new states to take Health Exchange grants to implement t...
May 15 2012 Obesity now accounts for almost 21 percent of U.S. health care costs -- more than twice the previ...
May 15 2012 A typical American family of four receiving healthcare through an employer-sponsored preferred pr...
May 3 2012 1 in 3 U.S. adults—an estimated 68 million of us—have this and it is the “silen...
Apr 19 2012 What is the status of the Idaho Health Insurance Exchange? The US Supreme Court will be mak...
Apr 13 2012 Ten states including Washington State received grants to provide early childhood support and home...
Apr 11 2012 A proposed rule that would establish a unique "health plan identifier" under the Health Insurance...
Mar 13 2012 New rules released today will offer states substantial flexibility as they design a health insura...
Mar 6 2012 The maximum benefit limits under medical insurance plans for an individual’s lifetime have ...
Feb 16 2012 Don’t forget you have free preventative services to use in 2012! “Americans of all a...
Feb 10 2012 Do you have trouble understanding health insurance? People in the market for health insurance wil...
Dec 16 2011 In a surprise move, the Obama Administration has announced that each state can decide what &ldquo...
Dec 11 2011 The US Supreme Court has agreed to decide the constitution issues of the Affordable Care Act.&nbs...
Dec 1 2011 Idaho is one of 13 new states to receive grants to help them create Health Insurance Exchanges.&n...
Nov 2 2011 Physicians have faced steep payment cuts annually because of a flawed 1997 law according to Kathl...
Oct 28 2011 Medicare Part B premiums in 2012 will be lower than previously projected and the Part B deductibl...
Sep 29 2011 The Obama administration is asking the US Supreme Court to decide the fate of the Affordable Care...
Sep 15 2011 This year marks an important change in Medicare’s annual open enrollment, the time period d...
Aug 2 2011 Historic new guidelines that will ensure women receive preventive health services at no additiona...
Jul 15 2011 The median premium cost per employee was $400 per month under private-sector group health insuran...
Mar 25 2011 March 23rd marked the one-year anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPA...
Mar 16 2011 An estimated 9 million working-age adults became uninsured last year due to recession job losses ...
Mar 10 2011 Employers are taking bold action to manage health care costs and offer affordable care according ...
Feb 28 2011 Oregon is one of seven states awarded “Early Innovator” grants to design and im...
Jan 24 2011 Every business owner will be impacted by the troubles brewing in workers compensation insurance. ...
Nov 12 2010 The number of uninsured rose sharply in 2009, reaching 50 million people. Decreasing the number o...
Nov 5 2010 If you have a health claim denied in Idaho you have the right to the have the decision independen...
Oct 25 2010 The area’s only free medical clinic is serving the uninsured and medically needy of the Lew...
Oct 21 2010 Higher auto insurance rates for New Yorkers is blamed on rampant fraud by unscrupulous medical pr...
Oct 13 2010 Hospitals and physicians should prepare for increasing liability costs, according to the 2010 Hos...
Oct 6 2010 Tens of millions of dollars are being spent by insurance companies to comply with Health Care Ref...
Aug 16 2010 Idaho, Washington and Oregon receive $1M each to police unjustified health insurance premium incr...
Aug 3 2010 On average there is nearly one medical liability claim for every physician. This is one cost driv...
Jul 20 2010 President Obama signed into law on March 23, 2010 H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordabl...