Every week the Insurance Podcast Roundup brings you brand new episodes of podcasts that discuss topics related to insurance. This is a good way to keep up to date with the changes to insurance that could affect the policies that protect your family.
NPR has an episode of “Morning Edition” that was released on June 29, 2012. This episode is called “Business Owners Mixed On Health Care Ruling”. The episode features a few small business owners, each of whom had a somewhat different reaction to the Supreme Court’s ruling about the Affordable Care Act.
NPR released another episode of “Morning Edition” on June 29, 2012. This episode is called “High Court Health Care Ruling Shifts Actions to States”. This episode discusses the responsibilities that states have in regards to the Affordable Care Act.
In short, they are going to have to build a health insurance exchange, or have the federal government make one for them. The episode also talks about the expansion to Medicaid, and how states who choose not to expand their Medicaid program will leave many of their citizens without health insurance.
NPR released another episode of “Morning Edition” on June 29, 2012. This episode is called “After Years of Uncertainty, A Health-Care Business Gets An Answer”. It features one man’s experience as he learns the results of the Supreme Court decision about the Affordable Care Act. The man is the CEO of a health insurance agency that sells private policies.
NPR released an episode of “Weekend Edition Saturday” on June 30, 2012. This episode is called “GOP Rolls Out Campaign To Repeal Health Care”. Host Scott Simon speaks with guest David Welna, who is NPR’s congressional correspondent. This episode talks about the Republican’s response to the Supreme Court’s decision about the Affordable Care Act.
NPR released an episode of “All Things Considered” on June 29, 2012. This episode is called “The Day After A Health Care Crescendo, Each Side Plays A Familiar Refrain”. The episode goes over, in general, how the Democrats and Republicans responded to the Supreme Court’s ruling about the Affordable Care Act. It also points out that some states could choose to resist expanding their Medicaid programs, (which will cause their citizens to have less health insurance options). It notes that another case is coming up regarding the birth control mandate.
NPR released an episode of “Tell Me More” on June 29, 2012. This episode is called “What Does the Health Care Decision Mean For Patients?” Host Michel Martin talks with reporter Mary Agnes Carey from Kaiser Health News about how the decision will affect patients.
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