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Los Angeles health care reform

Health care reform continues to be complicated--now FSAs and HSAs too

When the Patient Protection and Afforable Care Act (PPACA) was enacted back in 2010, not that most of it has gone into effect, it reached in to...
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Health insurance rates going down? Maybe

It's a busy time in the individual health insurance arena. May 1st and July 1st, between different carriers, I have about 70 clients that are a...
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Mayday in LA: will it change anything for health matters?

  • Occupy LA Mayday 2012
  • May 1, 2012
Today, as most are aware, is the day when Occupy LA has called upon the 99 per cent, as they call the majority of residents, to go on a general...
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Medi-Cal fraud and health care costs, what it means to you

If you think insurance companies are the sole reason for high insurance costs, you would be mistaken. As I often tell my clients, it's not only...
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Medicare Advantage plans and how they might be improved for 2013

If you've ever had to evaluate Medicare related insurance options, either for yourself, parents or other friends and relatives over 65 you know...
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No one understands health insurance, even with health care reform

The other night my boyfriend at the dinner table made that exclamation. And he's right. Probably 98% of the people I deal with are totally...
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Where has health care reform gotten us so far

This is an excellent question--according to the LA Times today, not very far. Consider these points from Noam Levey's article:For example,...
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Health care reform thus far not producing as much as hoped for

Another article from the California HealthLine digest today pointed out once again the flaws with progress so far in getting people insured.The...
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Hospitals are not the most economical venue for care--is this a surprise

In an article in the Los Angeles Times yesterday by Anna Gorman, the case is being made for cost containment in the wake of health care reform from...
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Hospitals are not the most economical venue for care--is this a surprise

In an article in the Los Angeles Times recently by Anna Gorman, the case is being made for cost containment in the wake of health care reform from...
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