Today is Halloween and the excitement of our kids to get tons of candy in Santa Monica is huge, but we parents have to make sure that our kids stay healthy. With rising childhood obesity, 20 % of our kids are obese, and all the dental problems caused by candies, we need to make sure […]
CMS, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has approved California state budget proposals to reduce Medi-Cal provider reimbursement rates by 10 % , which will have consequences for Medi-Cal patients to find quality health care providers in California. The Budget cut assumes a savings of$ 623 million General Fund from the reimbursement proposals. […]
The enrollment of the subsidized health insurance program for pre exisiting health conditons (PCIP), one measure to offer affordable health insurance in Santa Monica and the rest of California, falls still short of expectations. After its first anniversary, there are approx. 5000 members, where as the target for membership enrollment was planned to be an […]
With exploding health care cost, and consequently higher health insurance premiums in Santa Monica, California and the rest of the U.S., more employers and Insurers give incentives to their employees and policyholders, when they demonstrate healthy behaviors. Employers such as American Express gave their employees $ 200 toward their health care expenses, if they walked […]
CLASS, the Community Living Assistance Services and Support program, was canceled this week from the Obama health care plan. Long Term Care includes not only nursing homes, but such services as home health aides for disabled people. The Class Program was suppose to be launched in 2012, it was a program sponsored by the government, […]
One way to offer affordable health insurance is the additional $ 283 premium refund announcement in December by Blue Shield Customers for its 2 million policy holders in California Blue Shield, the San Francisco non profit insurer, had promised to return money to their policyholders when its net income exceeded 2 % of revenue. After […]
In an effort to offer for small business affordable health insurance this year the Affordable Care Act’s Small Business Health Care Tax Credit is still available;the filing deadline for the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit in Santa Monica is today, October 17, 2011. The filing deadline for many small businesses has already passed, but […]
Accordingly to the newest Kaiser Family Foundation report the health insurance market in the individual and small group insurance is very concentrated, which might influence affordable health insurance in Santa Monica and the rest of the country. In the majority of States one single insurance carrier holds about 45-54% of market share in the state. […]
Governor Jerry Brown signed this week three health care bills, which will protects teenager in Santa Monica and the rest of California. * California will be the first state to make it illegal for teenager under 18 years to use tanning beds. Currently approx 5-10 percent of tanning salon users are under 18 years old. […]
In order to keep the pharmaceutical cost down and to be still able to offer affordable health insurance in Brentwood, Anthem announced that beginning January 2012 prescriptions will be no longer filled at Wallgreens. Accordingly to a report 2010 by the CDC the US National spending for prescription drugs was $234.1 billion in 2008, which […]