Every week, the Insurance Podcast Roundup brings you brand new episodes of podcasts that discuss a variety of topics relating to insurance. This is a great way to keep up with the news, and with the changes that could affect the insurance policies that cover you and your family.
PBS NewsHour has an episode that was released on April 20, 2012. This episode is called “VA Adds 1,600 Workers to Fix Backlog, but ‘Always More We Can Do’”. Host Jeffrey Brown speaks with Sonja Batten, a senior mental health official at the VA. They discuss the reasons behind the problems at the VA and what is being done to help Veterans that need mental health service.
Insurance Information Institute has a video for parents of teenagers. The video is called “Prom Season: Protecting Teens from Drunk Driving”.
Teenage auto accidents peak during prom season. The video gives parents information about drunk driving and prom. It gives parents advice about how to talk to their teens about drunk driving. It also gives advice about hiring a limo, (so teens won’t drive after drinking), or encouraging teens to attend school hosted after prom parties (where no alcohol will be served).
Pet Insurance Guide Podcast released episode 3 on April 17, 2012. In this episode, host Dr. Doug Kenney interviews Dr. Carol McConnell at VPI (Veterinary Pet Insurance). They discuss Dr. McConnell’s background and what she does at VPI. They also cover: who should buy pet insurance, VPI’s coverage of exotic pets, difference between pet health insurance and other types of insurance, and much more!
America’s Healthcare Advocate Show has an episode that was released on March 23, 2012. This episode is called “Annuties with Cary Hall”. In this episode, Cary Hall talks about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), healthcare access, and health insurance for individuals, businesses, and groups. His purpose is to separate the fact from the fiction about those subjects.
The Heartland Institute has an episode that was released on April 11, 2012. This episode is called “Dan Siemann: How to Protect Threatened Salmon and Orcas in Puget Sound”.
In this episode, C-FIRE Deputy Director R.J. Lehmann talks with Dan Siemann, who is the senior environmental policy analyst with the National Wildlife Federation. They discuss a legal battle seeking to get FEMA to stop issuing flood insurance policies to new development in certain areas of the Puget Sound.
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