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Best (and worst) Dental and Vision Carriers
UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s largest insurer, does not get top marks from consumers for its core product: Health insurance. According to the American Consumer Satisfaction Index, five of UnitedHealthcare’s major rivals –– Humana, Kaiser Permanente, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Anthem and Aetna … Continue reading
Selecting the Right TeleHealth Service
Seventy-four percent of employers plan to offer telehealth in 2016, up from just half in 2015! The rapid adoption of telehealth is typically credited as being driven by health care providers, but it’s actually employers who are leading this charge. … Continue reading
Let’s test your financial literacy
New research from AllianceBernstein, an investment manager with off-the-shelf and customized target-date fund solutions for 401(k) plans, shows that defined contribution participants’ financial literacy is slipping. That may be the key contributor to what the investment firm describes as a … Continue reading
Where should you put your money ?
You might recall that right before the financial collapse of 2008, it suddenly became very difficult for investors to withdraw their money from mainstream Wall Street investments, and we soon learned why. Those mainstream investments were nothing more than Ponzi … Continue reading
Medicare penalizes hospitals over readmissions
For years now, hospital readmissions within a month of discharge have been driving up the cost that insurers and others pay for the care received by patients who end up back to the hospital. Medicare is finally fed up with … Continue reading
Posted in Louisiana Insurance, North Carolina Insurance, Texas Insurance
Tagged health, insurance, robertjrussell, texas health
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Do you live in a Tax Friendly State?
Retirees in general don’t have an inexhaustible supply of funds to pay for the necessities of life, and the nicer things, once they leave the workplace. So they’re likely to want to make their money go as far as … Continue reading
Posted in Business
Tagged capital gains, inheritance tax, insurance, property tax, robertjrussell, states, tax
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Maryland cuts some carriers’ rate requests
The Maryland Insurance Administration is telling some carriers that want to sell coverage through its individual exchange program to make deep cuts in their premiums. Agency officials have summarized the cuts they have demanded in a report on approvals of … Continue reading
The 10 states where insurance costs the most
The report found that health insurance keeps increasing yearly. Here’s an often overlooked fact about insurance: Its cost varies substantially based on where you live. With this in mind, a new study looks at the cumulative costs for life, health, auto … Continue reading
Posted in Retirement, Uncategorized
Tagged affordable, healthcare, insurance, Patient Protection and Affordable Act, states
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7 Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make When You Are on Your Own
Going from college to first job and apartment can be a huge transition. These steps will help any new grad take care of immediate responsibilities, while still keeping an eye on the future. You’ve got your first real job and … Continue reading
Posted in Insurance, Uncategorized
Tagged budget, college, insurance, planning, savings
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HIPAA Compliance Issues
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) includes a number of strict requirements designed to protect patient privacy, as well as rules to assist health providers in complying with national guidelines for electronic health care communications and … Continue reading