Your insurance company might provide you with what they call a “patient advocate.”
(Wall Street Journal) — Big employers faced with incorporating the first round of health-care changes next month are grappling with how to comply with the long list of new rules. Many companies are hiring consultants to help sort though the mountain of new mandates, which include extending dependent coverage to children up to age 26, […]
(AJC) — Carlton Garey owes The Medical Center of Central Georgia almost $6,000, and he can’t pay. The 45-year-old construction worker lost his job in July. Though he didn’t have health insurance before, it wasn’t a problem because he never had to go to the doctor. But recent health trouble sent him to the emergency […]
(Smart Money) — With one month left to exhaust any money remaining in flexible spending accounts, it’s time for the annual ritual of stocking up on aspirin, re-ordering contact lenses and squeezing in one more round of skincare treatment . But starting next year, new rules will make that drugstore shopping spree a lot harder — which […]
(Wall Street Journal) — After a landmark legal settlement was reached earlier this month for people with 9/11-related health problems, some Ground Zero workers may be down to their last chance to get help with their bills if they get sick: a compensation bill in Congress. The settlement—which could direct as much as $815 million […]
(Crain’s) — Fewer workers in New York are getting health coverage from their employers, according to a new study. The proportion of workers with employer-sponsored insurance has fallen dramatically over the past decade, to 58% in 2009 from 69% in 2001, and lags the national average of 65%, according to a study by the New […]