Posts Categorized: Health Insurance

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Key Results

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The Kaiser health tracking poll was recently released, and it provides a good overview of what Americans are thinking about as far as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is concerned. With the future of the ACA currently in question, many people are rightfully concerned. The following are some of the key findings of April’s Kaiser…

Advanced Liver Cancer Treatment: Selective Internal Radiation Therapy Versus Sorafenib

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When it comes to treating liver cancer, sorafenib has traditionally been considered the most effective treatment. However, a trial was recently conducted comparing sorafenib treatment to selective internal radiation therapy. Patients who were treated using selective internal radiation therapy displayed similar overall survival to those that were treated with sorafenib, not to mention that selective…

Can California Afford to Keep Obamacare?

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Nobody knows what is going to happen to Obamacare under the Trump administration. The GOP has promised to repeal and replace, but have stalled due to the fact that they have so far been unable to decide on how to replace Obamacare. One proposal generated by the GOP would allow states that want to keep…

Post-Election California: The State of Health Care

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Whenever a new president is elected, one can expect major changes to domestic policy – especially where healthcare is concerned. However, in this election, the state of health care is extremely uncertain. President-elect Donald Trump promised to repeal the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare), which could have a big impact on California’s healthcare…

Covered California’s 2017 Rate Hikes Hit Home

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Anyone that has signed up for the Covered California state health insurance exchange can expect large rate hikes next year. In fact, Covered California recently began to mail notices out to its 1.3 million customers notifying them about this rate hike as well as informing them about how much their premiums would increase by, thereby giving them a…