Every week, the Insurance Blog Week in Review gives you a quick and easy way to “ketchup” on everything that hit the blog in the past seven days. There can be anywhere between 12 and 14 blogs that will appear. What did you miss this week?
My Quest to Find Affordable Health Insurance is Finished
Finally! I have found a health insurance policy that I can actually afford! I review the steps from uninsured, (when I lost my job and my health insurance in 2009), to insured in 2012.
The Insurance Podcast Roundup went up on April 16, 2012. This week, I’d like to point out an episode of Policast that is tells a very strange story about a man who got fired for having an affair with his boss. He applied for unemployment insurance, was rejected, and is now suing the Minnesota Senate, (where he used to work).
Can You Separate Myths from Facts About Health Reform?
How much of what you have heard about the Affordable Care Act is true, and how much is nothing more than a myth that has been spread around by uninformed people? The White House has a blog that gives details about what is true, and what is false. Take this quick quiz, to see how much you know about health reform.
When Life Gives You Lemons…
A six year old boy in Texas opened a lemonade stand to try and raise money for his father’s medical bills. His father has cancer. Many cancer patients, even those who have health insurance, end up paying for a lot of their health care out of pocket. The boy’s lemonade stand raised a remarkable amount of money!
Seniors in the Doughnut Hole Likely to Stop Heart Drugs
What happens when seniors who use Medicare get stuck in the “doughnut hole” (where they suddenly lose coverage for their prescription medications)? A study showed that when this happens, seniors stop taking their heart medications. How frightening!
The Claims Adjuster Called About the Puddle on the Floor
This is a continuation of the story of the homeowners claim my husband and I filed after finding a puddle on the floor. The Claims Adjuster called us to set up an appointment to come look at the damaged wall.
Increased Competition Reduces Medicare Fraud
A pilot program shows what happens when companies that sell medical supplies are required to engage in competitive bidding in order to be approved to sell items to people who are using Medicare. It results in less fraud, less expense for Medicare, and no change in the quality of care Medicare recipients receive.
What’s in My New Health Insurance Booklet?
I briefly go over the important types of information that appears on the very first page of the booklet that came from my brand new health insurance policy.
Letters from the Homeowners Insurance Company
We received three letters in the mail in regards to the claim we made about the puddle on the floor. Here is what the first letter was about.
The Second Letter from the Homeowners Insurance Company
This blog gives details about what was in the second letter from the insurance company.
The Third Letter from the Homeowners Insurance Company
This blog gives details about what was in the third letter from the insurance company. This one was definitely the most interesting of the three!
Aviva “Fires” More than 1,000 Workers by Mistake
This is a good example of why it is important to check to see who, exactly, that email is going to, before you click “send”.
The Claims Investigator Arrived
Here is what the claims investigator did when he arrived, what he said, and how things went.
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