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- The government site HealthCare.gov?
- This government website is a great resource and explains your rights under the 2010 Healthcare Reform.
- What's new for 2010 Taxes?
- Mileage rate, COBRA continuation coverage, and lactation expenses
- Your rights against Debt Collectors?
- Unfortunately, a good number of healthcare consumers need to deal with debt collectors. Therefore, it is important to know your rights against debt collectors.
- How to search for drug prices?
- Check the prices for the most frequently prescribed medications in Florida, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York and Vermont.
- Your rights in buying and continuing Individual Health Insurance?
- Buying an Individual Health Insurance can be a nightmare and expensive. Furthermore, if you have a precondition, and if you are not coming out of a Group Insurance, you may be denied by Individual Health Plans.
- Health benefits for same-sex couples
- That even if your employer provides health insurance to your same-sex domestic partner, you may end up paying higher taxes compared to heterosexual spouses? You can avoid this, if your partner meets IRS' definition of dependent.
- You can include fees to Christian Science practitioners as medical expense in your tax return?
- (Cannot help to wonder if IRS accepts Cristian Science treatment as medical care, then why not accept the healing methods of other religions!)
- What's new for 2009 Taxes?
- Mileage rate, COBRA continuation coverage and health coverage tax credit.
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In The News
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Medical billing and insurance in the news.
- Dramatic increase in coverage for young Americans that has historically lacked insurance
- The healthcare law signed by President Obama last year has now helped as many as 2.5 million young adults get health insurance. Since the beginning of 2010, when the law was enacted, the percentage of Americans aged 19 to 25 without health insurance dipped from 34 to 29 percentage.
- Insurers must cover birth control with no copays
- The Obama administration requires that health insurance plans must cover birth control as preventive care for women, with no copays. The new requirements will take effect January 1, 2013.
- Health insurance cancellations
- Although Affordable Care Act prohibits insurance companies from rescinding coverage, consumers still need to be careful about termination rules.
- Historic moment!
- House passed the health care reform bill. Big relief for American people, especially for people with preconditions!
- President Obama's new health reform proposal
- Read what President's health insurance reform would mean for you and your family
- Beginning January 1, 2010, changes in the law makes more people on Medicare to qualify for Extra Help with their Medicare prescription drug plan costs
- Life insurance policy does no longer count as a resource; and the help received regularly from someone else to pay household expenses does no longer count as income. Income limits are $16,245 a year for singles and $21,855 for married couples living together. Assets such as stocks, bonds and bank accounts must be limited to $12,510 for singles and $25,010 for married couples. The value of homes and automobiles are excluded.
- Historical moment: The House passes the Affordable Health Care for America Act [H.R. 3962]
- It will end increases in premiums or denials of care based on pre-existing conditions, race, or gender, and strictly limit age rating; guarantee that every child in America will have health care coverage that includes dental, hearing and vision benefits.
- The House Health Care Bill
- A summary of the House Health Care Bill.
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