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Entries for September, 2008

Health care costs expected to rise in 2009

Surprise! A new survey has shown that American workers can expect to see a rise in their health care costs in the year 2009, as premiums are expected to go up. The new survey was conducted by the non-partisan Kaiser Family Foundation, which focuses on studying health policy. They carried out the survey by talking [...]

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Almost 7 million (and counting) covered by health savings plans

Read article from Springfield (MO) Business Journal The numbers keep growing.  Over 7 million people now covered under HSA plans, either individually or through work. Our independent insurance agency can help you establish your own health savings account plan. It is a 2-step process: 1. Purchase a qualifying high deductible health plan (our agency represents [...]

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The impending healthcare crisis

Nobody wants to be a Doc anymore. More specifically, med students have low ambitions of becoming general practitioners. In this report filed by Reuters, only TWO PERCENT of med students said they hoped to become GP’s.  That indeed could precipitate a crisis in healthcare that would drive up the cost of going to the Doc [...]

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Beware of LIMITED BENEFIT health plans

More and more Americans are opting for “bare bones” coverage to insure their health.  Sometimes they know what they’re buying, but often times they don’t. In an article published by the Wall Street Journal, the paper makes the case that many consumers buying low end coverage are duped into buying those limited benefit plans by [...]

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