Editor’s note: This article was written in June 2013, a few months before the exchanges went live on October 1, 2013. It was updated in August 2015 to reflect the changes that have taken place in the two years since the exchanges were launched. Throughout the final months of 2012 and continuing into 2013, stories… Read More »
1 of 17 Own your orgasm by Camille Noe Pagan When you’re deep in the throws of “Yes… YESSS!” passion, you’re probably not giving all that much thought to watch mysterious and wonderful things orgasms are. But when you’re less, well, preoccupied, you might be interested to know that there’s some pretty amazing stuff going… Read More »
Jed Graham, a meticulous critic of various aspects of the ACA, charges that as the tax penalty assessed to Americans who remain uninsured ratchets up, it will club millions of low-income people into high-deductible Bronze plans that will do them little good. Along with a criticism of ACA design, Graham’s broadside can be read as… Read More »
One of the goals of the Affordable Care Act was to make health insurance available to nearly all Americans, including those with pre-existing conditions. Although group health insurance has long been guaranteed issue for eligible employees, people who purchased their own health insurance prior to 2014 had to go through a medical underwriting process that… Read More »
1 of 15 What’s that sound? by Kate Rockwood From the rumbling in your tummy to the popping of a joint, the human body produces a curious symphony of sounds. Most are perfectly normal (if slightly embarrassing). But in some cases, they can be alarm bells. “It’s the context that helps you figure out if… Read More »
1 of 9 Allergy-friendly pets by Leslie Barrie About 12 percent of Americans are allergic to cats and another 12 percent to dogs, according to the most recent data in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Yet 100 percent of folks in the U.S. are obsessed with cute, fluffy animals (based on our highly… Read More »
1 of 12 Could you have hoarding disorder? by Linda Melone You’re buying things a second time because you lost the first ones you purchased. You can’t fit your car in the garage because it’s jam-packed with junk that you just can’t bear to throw away. If this sounds like you, you probably aren’t a… Read More »
Sometimes, what isn’t said can speak volumes. When healthinsurance.org asked me to write a “rapid response” entry to debunk the inevitable nonsense spewed about the Affordable Care Act from the mouths of several hundred Republican candidates during two debates this evening, I had to think about it for a minute: Did I really want to… Read More »
Although most Americans get their medical insurance from an employer or from the government, individual health insurance is designed for people who are self employed or who do not have access to an employer-sponsored or government health plan. Historically, individual insurance in almost all states has involved medical underwriting, which meant that securing a policy… Read More »
Editor’s note: This article was originally written in 2012, but was updated in November 2014 to reflect the addition of many more CO-OPs and to discuss how they have performed during their first year, again in January 2015 to address the solvency problems with CoOportunity in Iowa and Nebraska, and again in July 2015 to… Read More »