Tag Archives: health insurance

Why we need health insurance agents

Posted on February 27, 2016 by robertjrussellcompanies

To the Editor, Alan Canton’s recent opinion column published on the LifeHealthPro website creates an unfair distortion of insurance professionals. The people Mr. Canton describes in his broadside against critics of the Affordable Care Act do not resemble the many … Continue reading →

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10 Predictions on Health Insurance

Posted on February 21, 2016 by robertjrussellcompanies

A year ago, major new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) programs and health insurance rules were falling toward the health insurance community like a hammer. Today, the PPACA hammer may finally be touching the insurance community’s hair. Employers … Continue reading →

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HealthCare.gov needed a ‘couple hundred’ fixes

Posted on February 13, 2016 by robertjrussellcompanies

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prodded to be more candid with Congress, Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday the administration’s HealthCare.gov website needed a couple of hundred fixes when it went online more than a month ago. “We’re … Continue reading →

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States offer Exchange Plans – North Carolina is one of them

Posted on December 19, 2015 by robertjrussellcompanies

Consumers are getting a clearer picture of how much they will pay for health insurance under PPACA as more states unveil rates and details about their public health insurance exchange plans. California said it will offer a total of six plans … Continue reading →

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Age Bias from Insurance Companies

Posted on November 29, 2015 by robertjrussellcompanies

“Inform, Advise, Execute.” That, according to PJP Health’s website, is the health insurer’s goal. Unfortunately, the company didn’t apply those three principles to employee education about age discrimination. At least that’s what a lawsuit filed this week by the U.S. … Continue reading →

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Healthcare Move is on!

Posted on August 17, 2014 by robertjrussellcompanies

‘The Healthcare Movie” documents the decades-long battle in Canada for universal, single-payer health coverage and compares its system with the American system. It’s eye-opening. If you haven’t seen it, you should. Universal health care is a huge moral issue. Every … Continue reading →

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Carriers flock to PPACA federal exchanges

Posted on May 30, 2013 by robertjrussellcompanies

More than 120 health insurance plans have applied to sell their products on the federally run health insurance exchanges under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the White House said in memo Thursday. One-quarter of those applicants are new … Continue reading →

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Joke of the Day

Posted on April 26, 2013 by robertjrussellcompanies

A bent-over old lady hobbled into a doctor’s office. Within minutes, she came out again but miraculously, she was standing up as straight as could be. A man in the waiting room who had been watching her said in amazement; … Continue reading →

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