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The recent U.S. economic recession was the longest and most severe since World War II. During this period, personal spending on health care grew at the slowest rate in over 50 years, suggesting that Americans used less health care. A new study finds that these cut backs were not limited to Americans who lost their health insurance, nor restricted to unnecess […]

Private health insurance is the main source of health coverage for the majority of people in the United States. Approximately 58% of all Americans have private health care coverage. For elderly citizens and eligible children and families from low-income households, public programs are the primary source of health cover. Public programs include Medicare, Medi […]

A new RAND Corporation study concludes that eliminating a key part of health care reform that requires all Americans to have health insurance would sharply lower the number of people gaining coverage, but would not dramatically increase the cost of buying policies through new insurance exchanges. The study comes as the U.S... […]

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that laws permitting children to stay on their parents' health insurance through age 26 result in improved access to health care compared to states without those laws. This analysis indicates the potential positive impact of a key provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 20 […]

The financial burden Americans face paying out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs has declined, although prescription costs remain a significant challenge for people with lower incomes and those with public insurance, according to a new RAND Corporation study... […]

How can insurers justify spending hundreds of thousands of dollars per patient per year on "orphan drugs" - extremely expensive medications for rare conditions that are mostly chronic and life-threatening - when this money could provide greater overall health benefit if spread out among many other patients? Those spending decisions reflect the […]

There are ways in which patients who leave the hospital against medical advice wind up paying for that decision. Being saddled with the full cost of their hospital stay, however, is not one of them. Insurance companies know this. Patients who walk out may know this. But many physicians, according to a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medici […]

One in ten Canadians cannot afford to take their prescription drugs as directed, according to an analysis by researchers from the University of British Columbia and the University of Toronto. The study, published in the CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) is the first to examine the relationship between drug insurance and the use of prescription drug […]

Insurance status doesn't affect the quantity (or value) of imaging services received by patients in a hospital, in-patient setting, according to a study in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Approximately 51 million Americans, or 16.7 percent of the population, were without health insurance for some or all of 2009... […]

When patients with diabetes experience interruptions in health - insurance coverage, they are less likely to receive the screening tests and vaccines they need to protect their health. A new study finds that this is true even when patients receive free or reduced-cost medical care at federally funded safety net clinics... […]

Today eHealthInsurance released tips designed to help parents and guardians enroll their children in individually-purchased health insurance. […]

Today eHealthInsurance released a series of tips for health insurance consumers working on their 2011 federal tax returns. […]

Today PlanPrescriber published advice for Medicare beneficiaries who are considering taking advantage of the 2012 Medicare Advantage Disenrollment Period (MADP). […]

eHealthInsurance announces that it is offering individual and family health insurance plans from Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in Illinois, Texas and Oklahoma through the company’s primary retail website, www.ehealthinsurance.com. […]

Sam Gibbs, president of eHealth Government Systems, joined a distinguished list of state leaders and industry executives at the 2012 Health Insurance Exchange Summit in Las Vegas today. Gibbs and other guests discussed successful strategies for health plans and states as they begin tackling the task of developing state health insurance exchanges. […]

eHealthInsurance releases an updated list of open enrollment periods for child-only individual health insurance plans in states where information was available. […]

eHealthInsurance publishes answers to questions commonly asked by consumers facing increases in their monthly health insurance premiums. […]

eHealth, Inc. releases two new infographics to accompany its recently published report on the impact of smoking and body mass index (BMI) on average monthly premiums paid for individual health insurance. […]

Today eHealthInsurance released five tips designed to help consumers make the most of their health insurance dollars before the end of 2011. […]

The 2012 Medicare Annual Enrollment Period officially ended earlier this year on December 7, 2011, and one-in-five seniors (19%) on Medicare were unaware of the new dates. So, PlanPrescriber published seven tips for people on Medicare who missed the 2012 annual enrollment period and need advice on how to maximize their drug and health coverage benefits in th […]

Today eHealthInsurance released tips designed to help parents and guardians enroll their children in individually-purchased health insurance. […]

Today eHealthInsurance released a series of tips for health insurance consumers working on their 2011 federal tax returns. […]

Today PlanPrescriber published advice for Medicare beneficiaries who are considering taking advantage of the 2012 Medicare Advantage Disenrollment Period (MADP). […]

eHealthInsurance announces that it is offering individual and family health insurance plans from Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in Illinois, Texas and Oklahoma through the company’s primary retail website, www.ehealthinsurance.com. […]

Sam Gibbs, president of eHealth Government Systems, joined a distinguished list of state leaders and industry executives at the 2012 Health Insurance Exchange Summit in Las Vegas today. Gibbs and other guests discussed successful strategies for health plans and states as they begin tackling the task of developing state health insurance exchanges. […]

eHealthInsurance releases an updated list of open enrollment periods for child-only individual health insurance plans in states where information was available. […]

eHealthInsurance publishes answers to questions commonly asked by consumers facing increases in their monthly health insurance premiums. […]

eHealth, Inc. releases two new infographics to accompany its recently published report on the impact of smoking and body mass index (BMI) on average monthly premiums paid for individual health insurance. […]

Today eHealthInsurance released five tips designed to help consumers make the most of their health insurance dollars before the end of 2011. […]

The 2012 Medicare Annual Enrollment Period officially ended earlier this year on December 7, 2011, and one-in-five seniors (19%) on Medicare were unaware of the new dates. So, PlanPrescriber published seven tips for people on Medicare who missed the 2012 annual enrollment period and need advice on how to maximize their drug and health coverage benefits in th […]