Last week, CMS announced that, on average, premiums for Medicare Advantage plans will decrease by 1 percent in 2011, while benefits will remain substantially similar from 2010 to 2011. Enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans is projected to rise 5 percent in 2011, according to plan bids. Access to a Medicare Advantage plan remains strong, with [...]
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Medicare Advantage Premiums Set to Decrease in 2011
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Official Count of the Uninsured: 50.7 Million People
The number of people without health insurance rose 9.4% to 50.7 million people in 2009, the highest number of uninsured since 1987, the U.S. Census Bureau reported. That represented 16.7% of the U.S. population in 2009 compared with 15.4% in 2008.
Summary of Key Findings:
The number insured decreased from 255.1 million in 2008 to 253.6 million in 2009. Since [...]
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Wellness – A View from Washington
Wellness made the news this past week out of Washington in several ways. Here’s a few of the headlines:
1. Childhood Obesity: The White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity – formed in February as part of First Lady Obama’s “Let’s Move!” campaign – Tuesday issued itsfirst report to the President with 70 recommendations for “solving [...]
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Congress Portrays Health Insurers as Villains…
Looks like congress wants to make the insurers “the villain” of the people. Seems to me that congress should simply look in the mirror to find the villain of the people…
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