It happens every year. The ‘big’ open enrollment insurance benefit envelope arrives and you can’t help but feel you should be thinking a little harder about which plan to choose, but aren’t exactly sure what to ‘think’ about. You aren’t alone. Every year the family premium has gone up (usually around 9%), and this year,
I’m sure you’ve already heard. In response to the ‘debt deal’ passed in August a ‘super committee’ has been formed whose mission is to cut costs and thus reduce the deficit. In the cross hairs are Medicare and Medicaid. No doubt about it, the nation’s debt is sky high, and cuts need to be made.
Healthcare is a business, a BIG business. You need to know all the players are in this healthcare business – your doctor, your insurance company, your employer and the drug manufacturer. What is the goal of a business? To make a profit. That, my friends, is the cold reality of healthcare. An important thought to
“Do it right the first time.” Isn’t that what our mothers’ told us time and time again? Well, evidently the insurance industry wasn’t listening. Health Insurance Problems On June 20, the American Medical Association (AMA) released its Health Insurance Report Card. Not a report card a mother would be proud of, I might add; in
REBECCA S BUSCH