After a brief hiatus, the Insurance Podcast Roundup has returned. Here, you will find interesting, up to date, informational podcasts that are about topics relating to insurance. You can keep up with new changes, and see how those changes might affect your insurance policies.
NPR has an episode of “All Things Considered” that will be available for people to listen to from the website after 7:00 p.m. ET today, November 8, 2011. This episode is called “Conservative Appeals Court Judge Writes Opinion Upholding Health Law”.
The episode discusses the decision written by Judge Laurence Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. He is said to be one of the most conservative judges, and he wrote an opinion affirming the constitutionality of the federal law overhauling health care. This could mean that all Americans will be expected to purchase health insurance, or pay a fine, in 2014.
NPR also has another episode of “All Things Considered” that will be available for people to listen to from the website after 7:00 p.m. ET today, November 8, 2011. This episode is called “Family Doc Says No to Perilous Chickenpox Pops”.
In this episode, Family Physician Douglas Kamerow, who is a former assistant surgeon general, discusses how bad an idea it is to expose your child to chicken pox via an infected lollipop that someone purchases over the internet.
NPR has an episode of “Morning Edition” that was released on November 7, 2011. This episode is called “Increasing Medicare Age Could Lead to Higher Costs”.
This episode discusses the idea of raising the eligibility age for Medicare, (which has been considered). It describes some of the reasoning behind that idea, how it affects costs, and how it could affect people.
NPR has an episode of “All Things Considered” that was released on November 2, 2011. This episode is called “Rising Health Costs Lead Companies to Drop Part-Time Benefits”.
This episode discusses Walmart’s recent decision to cut health insurance benefits for new, part-time, employees. This is a trend that is happening with many other companies, too.
The Covert Rationing Blog has an episode that was released on November 8, 2011, and is called “What’s Really Causing the Drug Shortages”.
This is an opinion piece, backed up by some research. Dr. Rich discusses the reasons why some critical drugs, such as cardiovascular drugs, antibiotics, and some chemotherapy drugs, are facing a shortage. This could affect the cost of those drugs, which could affect how much your health insurance will agree to cover.
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