The recession has resulted in a surge of unemployment and a resulting loss of health insurance coverage among a broad spectrum of the population. Wellpoint Inc, one of the nation’s largest providers of health insurance plans, has reported a loss of roughly half a million members in the last 4 months. Approximately 325,000 of these [...]

A recent poll conducted among small businesses in Ohio shows that the cost of healthcare is one of the foremost concerns among owners. The survey included 300 Ohio area small businesses and revealed an outcry for reform in health care to improve the economy, as well as remove one of the leading barriers to entrepeneurship. [...]

The debate over the delivery system of health insurance in this country has been a heated debate for many months now. The Republicans are leaning more toward a free market type system, the Democrats more toward a government run, single payer system. Up in the air is the idea of whether employers will still be [...]

It has been a long standing practice that employer based health insurance benefits are not taxed. At the center of a great debate during the presidential election campaign, Obama harshly opposed McCain for making the suggestion to end the tax exemption of employer health insurance. However, since taking office, Obama and his fellow Democrats have [...]

Many people face the loss of a job at one point or another in their lives, and given the nature of the economy right now, a growing number of people have experienced this event. A great portion of these folks do not know what programs they are eligible for and do not understand their options [...]

The right for workers to form unions has been a longstanding one in this country, but in recent years the practice has declined. For whatever reasons we can attribute this decline, many are saying that a resurgence in union activity could go a long way in protecting the rights and benefits of America’s working force. [...]

Reform may be in the works, but it may also be a long ways off based on the uphill battle that will be fought to achieve it. In the meantime, small businesses cannot afford to wait when it comes to finding viable solutions for health insurance. With premiums skyrocketing, many companies with 20 or fewer [...]

While Obama is tauting the benefits of a “universal” type health care system for America, many have fears about the ramifications of such a movement. Opponents of the idea point to Hawaii as evidence that such a health insurance system has inherent flaws. When the same type of public plan was made available for residents [...]

As the economy continues its downward spiral and more people are losing their jobs and their health insurance, the reasonably young field of medical tourism is seeing some interesting changes. While optional procedures such as tummy tucks, weight loss surgeries, and nose jobs are seeing a decline, other more serious procedures such as knee replacements, [...]

Governor Kathleen Sebelius, Senator Edward Kennedy, and Senator John McCain were all on hand for Sebelius’ nomination as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Senate yesterday. Issues being discussed included whether or not to support a government run health insurance program alongside the current privately operated health insurance system. Sebelius asserted that if [...]