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‘Transcending Obamacare’
EDITOR’S NOTE: Healthinsurance.org’s Curbside Consult is a periodic informal dialogue with medical and health policy experts about pressing issues of the day. Avik Roy, author of “Transcending...
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‘Transcending Obamacare’ (Part 2 of 3)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Healthinsurance.org’s Curbside Consult is a periodic informal dialogue with medical and health policy experts about pressing issues of the day. Avik Roy, author of “Transcending...
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‘Transcending Obamacare’ (Part 3 of 3)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Healthinsurance.org’s Curbside Consult is a periodic informal dialogue with medical and health policy experts about pressing issues of the day. Avik Roy, author of “Transcending...
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For months, we’ve been watching Republican presidential contenders trying to outdo each other in lambasting the alleged sins of Planned Parenthood and assorted undocumented immigrants, not to mention...
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Of all the failings in the U.S. healthcare system, among the most outrageous is the balance billing of insured patients at in-network hospitals by out-of-network doctors or other healthcare providers....
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View ArticlePrivate health insurance in the United States
Insurance has been a part of American life since revolutionary times, but it wasn’t until the early 1900s that insurance gained wide acceptance as a means of helping people protect themselves from...
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Women, health insurance and the Affordable Care Act
Key takeaways Before the ACA was implemented, 90 percent of individual health plans didn’t provide any routine maternity benefits. Maternity coverage is now included on all new plans, and premiums can...
View ArticleWhat’s the difference between prescription discount plans and prescription...
Q. What’s the difference between prescription discount plans and prescription drug insurance? A. There are two basic and very different types of drug plans: prescription discount plans and prescription...
View ArticleI’m self-employed. Can we deduct my husband’s Medicare premiums?
Q. I am self-employed and my husband is on Medicare. I deduct my health insurance premiums on my income tax. I recently heard that I also can deduct his Medicare Part A, Part B, Part C and Part D...
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