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06/04/2017

While an unending stream of propaganda fills the news, reports of Zika-caused birth defects are woefully under reported. The administration and Congressional leadership wants to slash CDC and NIH funding. Regardless of politics, this puts our public health system in grave danger.

A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reinforced evidence that women infected in the first trimester were at greater risk of having babies with birth defects.

04/04/2017

This is obscene. Patients in other countries do not get price gouged like Americans do. It's far past time that we stop bankrolling the rest of the world.

Two new drugs were cleared to hit the market last week drawing praise and criticism for their price tags: an eczema drug costing $37,000 per year and one for multiple sclerosis priced at $65,000.

04/04/2017

This revision would also take away the requirement that policies include essential benefits. Our company has no political dog in this fight. Rather, we want what is best for patients and their families. This is not good for those who buy individual insurance plans.

The proposal would effectively eliminate one of the Affordable Care Act’s most popular provisions.

29/03/2017

Scored NYT pick on our comment. Check it out!

So far the evidence is conspicuously missing.

24/03/2017

According to the Commonwealth Fund's comprehensive scorecard, the Affordable Care Act considerably improved American's health and wellness.

Results from the Commonwealth Fund Scorecard on State Health System Performance

23/03/2017

Kiss good-bye entrepreneurs starting up new companies. Between these limits, the end of subsidies as we know it and the 63 day continued insurance clause, freelances contractors and all self-employed individuals will have to think twice about their work choices.

In the 50s, many women said they didn't divorce because of their husband's health benefits. Now we might stay in marriages to avoid getting tossed into the individual health insurance plan marketplace.

Paul Ryan’s bid to win conservative votes for his health care plan would make it harder for some people to hold jobs.

23/03/2017

A problem with stripping away minimum benefit rules is that the whole idea of “health insurance” starts to become murky.

22/03/2017

AHIP, the trade association for health insurers, has a nifty infographic answering the question: “Where does your premium dollar go?” Obviously designed to defray accusations that health insurers earn too much profit, the infographic shows “

17/03/2017

Received another NYT Pick for our comment on this issue. Check it out.

A large insurer that has praised the Republican health bill also has a big incentive to make the president happy.

15/03/2017

This piece is worth a read by every American with insurance. The price increases are catastrophic.

A Republican bill to replace Obamacare would provide much less in the way of tax credits that subsidize monthly health premiums.

14/03/2017

CEO Sarah O received another NYT pick in the comment section of this article. Check it out!

Lower insurance prices were a silver lining for Republicans in the C.B.O. report, but the plan would effectively cover fewer older Americans.

14/03/2017

CEO Sarah O'Leary's comment on this piece was chosen by the NYT Editorial Board as a "NYT Pick". Check it out!

A nonpartisan analysis reveals that President Trump’s promise of “insurance for everybody” is hollow.

12/03/2017

Leaving the country for treatment is sometimes the best remedy.

The Frugal Family heads to Thailand and learns why a surprising number of people travel abroad to get fillings and crowns, whitening and implants.

11/03/2017

American taxpayers fund the research and development of drugs in the billions of dollars annually, only to get price gouged by the pharmaceutical companies when the drugs come to market. Talk about corruption!

The government might give a French company monopoly rights to a potential Zika vaccine. Taxpayers, who helped fund the research, will lose out.

08/03/2017

States will be forced to decide between saving lives and caring for the elderly.

08/03/2017

This a matter of public safety, and shouldn't be dealt with lightly.

The new Republican health care plan would slash the CDC budget by cutting a fund set up to help doctors catch outbreaks early and prevent disease.

06/03/2017

AARP and its allies are objecting as House committees plan to vote on a Republican bill that could leave people in their 50s and 60s with large premium increases.

05/03/2017

Tax credits are not only not a substitute, but would severely impact the quality of all of our care. Insurers would pay less out on claims, and cover less types of care including mental illness. A decrease in payments to healthcare providers means the quality of care our providers could provide would be drastically reduced. Research and innovation would be harmed. Allowing ill equipped politicians to make medical decisions based on dollars and cents and not quality of care is an extremely dangerous proposition.

Republican plans to replace Affordable Care Act subsidies with tax credits would shortchange millions of working class Americans.

03/03/2017

We're featured in this piece, and share tips on how to save on your medical care. Check it out!

Why is Humana leaving Obamacare? We talk with a health insurance expert to find out what it means for you and how you can deal with the fallout.

21/02/2017

Check out this Reader's Digest story featuring our CEO, Sarah O'Leary about health insurance secrets and tips. Stay smart and be well!

From intentional billing mistakes to the truth about your 'out of pocket' limit, here's what you need to know from a healthcare insider.

17/02/2017

We've had clients that have considered medical divorce in states that didn't extend Medicaid.

In a related case, an executive couldn't find a solution that allowed him to get Medicaid benefits for an adult child aging out of the father's corporate insurance coverage in a state that didn't extend Medicaid (Texas). In that case, the executive is going to leave Texas with his family and return to his company's offices in California so that his son with severe autism can be covered under Medicaid.

Two Lawrence-based The University of Kansas economists claim states that expanded Medicaid under the ACA may have seen a decrease in instances of "medical divorce," the act of separating assets after one partner in a couple is diagnosed with a degenerative disease like dementia, than states that did...

16/02/2017

If this proves to be true, there should be investigates of all Medicare Advantage plans throughout the country to make certain other fraud has not been committed against the government and Medicare enrollees.

A whistle-blower lawsuit in California says the insurer took billions of dollars by claiming for year that people under its care were sicker than they were.

14/02/2017

We were featured in this. It's a pretty good article, but there are so many more ways you can protect yourself. If you have any doubts, call 1 800 381 4741! Exhale health.com will help you!

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13/02/2017

Six years of "dog ate my homework" promises and assurances simply doesn't cut it. Americans deserve care, not childish posturing and endless politics.

Representative Jim Sensenbrenner’s constituents have been asking at recent meetings about what will replace the Affordable Care Act — and so far, he has few answers.

13/02/2017

When it comes to your health, be proactive. Learn important Medicare rules so that you can make savvy decisions, saving money and perhaps living longer, too.

12/02/2017

Our comment become the reader's favorite, simply because we explained in concrete terms where a great deal of the confusion about the ACA lies, and who really is to blame for skyrocketing patient costs.

The New York Times asked readers to talk about how they would be affected if the Affordable Care Act was repealed.

07/02/2017

Across the United States, over 15,000 physicians are from the seven affected countries. Many work in small towns, poor urban neighborhoods and V.A. hospitals.

06/02/2017

If you enrolled in healthcare for 2017, you are safe. If you haven't yet, please do. There's an outside chance you could still qualify for special enrollment. At the very least, you might be able to get a short term plan. It, most likely, won't meet the guidelines necessary to avoid tax penalties and it won't be as good as other long term plans, but something is better than nothing.

President Donald Trump says the roll out of his "wonderful" health care policy proposal could take until next year, but Americans can expect tax cuts in 2017. In an interview with Fox News conservative commentator Bill O'Reilly asked: "Can Americans in 2017 expect a new health care plan rolled out b...

06/02/2017

As we predicted, no "repeal and replace" was going to happen this year.

President Trump, during an interview with Fox News, suggested that enacting a plan to take the place of the Affordable Care Act will take longer than originally promised.

05/02/2017

The law has changed the health care landscape in ways large and small. Let’s take a survey, now that it may go away.