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Health insurance companies will be required to provide consumers with easy-to-understand health benefits summaries, according to final rules issued on Thursday by the Obama administration. The rules dictate that companies will also be required to incorporate a glossary of terms, though an extended section providing an example of how much a patient will pay for breast cancer treatment was removed.

Health Insurance Companies Make Coverage Easier to Understand

Health insurance companies are now responsible for ensuring their customers are able to understand the basics of their coverage as determined by final rules issued by the White House. Cov

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A new study has found that U.S. workers’ health insurancepremiums rose 63 percent from 2003 to 2010 as an increasing number of employers shifted the burden of rising medical costs to their employees. The study was conducted by Commonwealth Fund, which analyzed annual government surveys of companies.

Health Insurance a Growing Burden for Employers and Workers

The Commonwealth Fund study has revealed that health insurance  is increasingly becoming a burden for both employers and their workers. Th

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It’s called the BadgerCare Basic Program. This program was just passed the Legislature on Wednesday. It provide a basic health insurance for Wisconsin residents. Now Thousands who were not insured now can look the BadgerCare Basic program as a way to stay covered with the state funded health care coverage. This will be for Adults who have been on the waiting list for the BadgerCare Core plan. About 34,000 people currently make up the waiting list.

All members who take advantage of the BadgerCare Basic plan must pay a $130 monthly premium. Enrollment into this plan begins on the 1st of the month but when your premium is received will determine when your plan will go into effect. I

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Gov. Bob Riley, Friday, April 30, 2010, said the state of Alabama will not implement the federal Governments new (high-risk) health insurance pool for those who are unable to get private coverage. The deadline for participation of this new federal care plan was Friday.

Alabama isn’t the only non-participant state; several other states have opted out of this plan including Hawaii, Louisiana, Nebraska, Mississippi, South Carolina, Nevada, Georgia, Virginia, Wyoming and Minnesota. Riley mentioned how the premiums collected would not be enough to cover the costs incurred.

“We would prefer to have Alabama people dealing with Alabama people. How

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