Had no confusion about
my health policy coverage and all.
Not exact matches
On Monday, two powerful conservative leaders in the House declared the blueprint unacceptable because it relies on giving people refundable tax credits to purchase insurance — a
policy mechanism that, in a very rough sense, resembles Obamacare's subsidies to buy mandated
health coverage (and is therefore being slammed by conservatives as just another entitlement program).
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policy; the effects of changes in pricing,
coverage and reimbursement for our products and services, including without limitation as a result of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10 - Q.
From
policy - comparison engines to tech - enabled
health coverage and insurance tools for on - demand workers, startups are invading the multi-trillion dollar insurance industry — and investors are chasing them.
The six - month waiting period would fill a big
policy gap in the current Better Care Act, which requires
health plans to accept all patients — but doesn't require all Americans to purchase
coverage, as the Affordable Care Act does.
Since guaranteed acceptance
policies offer life insurance
coverage without
health or medical questions, they generally have a two to three year waiting period.
Two
health care
policy experts gave their views on whether ending the penalty would put the ACA on life support, whether consumers would sign up for
coverage and whether
health insurers would continue to sell individual
policies on the exchanges.
Specific
policies include a Doctors and Nurses Fund to increase training capacity for new
health care professionals; working with Aboriginal communities to close the gap in the
health status of Aboriginal peoples; and the introduction of a drug plan to ensure Canadians have access to catastrophic drug
coverage.
At certain points during the term of
coverage, such as your birthdays, you can increase the
policy's death benefit and premiums will be determined using your initial
health rating.
But when it claims that the «free» contraceptive
coverage can be afforded by the insurer because «cost - savings» will result from «improvements in women's
health and fewer childbirths,» the administration is admitting that the contraception is already being paid for by the employer, if its
policy covers childbirth and women's
health in general.
The Obama administration's
policy requiring most employers to provide free birth control
coverage in their
health insurance
policies takes effect on Wednesday (Aug. 1)- a deadline that has sparked apocalyptic warnings from conservative activists and some faith groups.
The burden on plaintiffs» religious exercise is the incidental result of a «neutral law of general applicability,» one requiring
health insurance
policies that include
coverage for prescription drugs to include
coverage for contraception.
The
policy goes into effect on August 1, but U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced in a statement January 20 that religious organizations that do not provide contraceptive
coverage based on religious belief will have until August 1, 2013, to comply.
Actually, pregnancy is an excluded pre-existing condition on free market
policies but a ticket to
health coverage for women in poverty.
In December 2007, when Belmont Abbey College discovered
coverage for abortion, contraception and sterilization tucked away in their employee
health - insurance
policy, they did what any Catholic college would - well, ought to - do, they had that
coverage removed.
«We are actively trying to get language inserted into any bill that would have
health care sharing ministries considered quality
coverage under a mandate,» said Joel Noble, public
policy team leader for both the alliance and Samaritan Ministries.
They kept the employee
coverage because they are «hopeful that legal challenges to the
health care law will prevent much of it from taking effect», so that same reasoning would apply to the students
health policy, but they dropped it anyway.
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Look into your
health insurance providers» breastfeeding
coverage policy on paying for a new breast pump.
What would you do if your
health insurance company made a rule that anyone who attempts a VBAC would automatically void their
health insurance
policy and lose all
coverage forever.
Now we are expecting baby # 5, however we are having trouble getting
coverage from our
health insurance (which is a pretty good
policy.)
If a second baby is in the cards, look into your company's maternity leave
policy and
health insurance
coverage.
Health professionals and
policy makers should be aware of patterns in media
coverage and the cultural background within which women make decisions about infant feeding.
Medicaid is the tool under Obamacare that is being used to plan for covering 20 - 30 million of the uninsured.The Supremes will strike a major blow against universal
health care
coverage if the mandate and Medicaid expansion of struck down.In addition, a negative decision on Obamacare will affect the closing of the Medicare Part D donut hole; the ability of youth remaining on parents»
policies until age 26; and the funding of hundreds of community
health centers.That is a lot of power being given to 5 unelected, lifetime tenure, white men.
It really started with an image: The all - male, clerical - heavy line - up was speaking before Rep. Darrell Issa's House hearing on the Obama administration's new
policy requiring contraceptive
coverage in new
health insurance
policies, with a small exemption for churches that object.
Other
policies can be highly local, for example,
health coverage could easily be done on a state or even county level without an easy way for the
policies to be circumvented - sure, people can move to a different state / county but what counts as a
policy in this case is the obligation residents have to pay in to the system and what their benefits are from it, so moving from state to state would not subvert the
policies, it just changes the number of people subject to these
policies.
Some 6,100 young adults have already gained
health care
coverage because they've been able to remain on their parents»
policies, according to Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, who represents the city's 14th Congressional District.
Graham - Cassidy will put 2.7 million New Yorkers at risk of losing
health coverage and cost New York $ 18.9 billion annually by 2026 according to the Center on Budget and
Policy Priorities.
Insurance
policies that cover the child but not the parent, must provide
coverage for maternal depression screening, as a critically important preventative care intervention for the
health of the child.
The Governor will direct the Department of Financial Services to require all
health insurance
policies include
coverage for maternal depression screening, and will launch a new Maternal Mortality Review Board.
The Thruway's white collar, or technical, employees have long had a unique status among public employees since they received free
health coverage, a
policy that dates back more than a decade.
Eric Schneiderman, part of a bipartisan coalition of 37 attorneys general, today urged
health insurance companies to examine financial incentives in their payment and
coverage policies that contribute to the opioid epidemic.
A
policy that lifts a 50 - year ban on Medicaid pay for mental
health institutions kicked in yesterday, but it may be months before many enrollees can take advantage of the new
coverage.
The opt - out benefit allows members in the PS&T unit to opt - out of their own
health insurance
policy with the state
health insurance program (NYSHIP) to achieve
coverage as a dependent on a different state NYSHIP
policy through a domestic partner or other family member.
Members then passed the Comprehensive Contraception
Coverage Act, which would require all
health insurers provide cost - free contraceptive
coverage as a part of their insurance
policies, by a similar margin.
WHEREAS, research shows that women are substantially less likely to self - select or be recruited for elective office, this gender gap in political ambition persists across generations and over time and that qualified female candidates who are equally or more qualified than men are often seen as less qualified or less viable than male candidates; and WHEREAS, research confirms that the presence of more women in a governing body leads to greater transparency and a focus on progressive
policies such as closing the funding and achievement gaps in education, closing gaps or loopholes in contraception
coverage and affordable
health care, closing the wage gap, and removing obstacles that contribute to poverty of women & children; and
Instead, the letter urges New York Representatives to work towards
health care
policies that ensure uninterrupted
health care access for the 850,000 New Yorkers who gained
coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), do not harm the New York State budget, and protect the 600,000 New Yorkers benefiting from Essential Benefits, among others.
Hammond said it would present hard choices for
policy makers, including tax increases or spending cuts in other areas, cutting payments to
health care providers, or an end
coverage for some New Yorkers.
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health.
«Most people with mental illness are not violent toward others and most violence is not caused by mental illness, but you would never know that by looking at media
coverage of incidents,» says study leader Emma E. «Beth» McGinty, PhD, MS, an assistant professor in the departments of
Health Policy and Management and Mental
Health at the Bloomberg School.
«Evidence on the
coverage of postnatal care services and other maternal and child
health services is crucial to inform
policies and
health systems decisions addressing unmet needs in low - and middle - income countries,» Langlois explained.
Taylor's research team, which included the Harvard Law School Center for
Health Law and
Policy Innovation, Treatment Action Group, Kirby Institute of Australia, and Brown University, found that most Medicaid
coverage restrictions for sofosbuvir violate federal Medicaid law, which requires states to cover drugs consistent with their U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) labels.
«To give young children a fair chance of life success, we need to strengthen basic safety net
policies, including Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF), expand Medicaid across all states so that parents will not be left in poor
health without
health coverage, and invest in programs that have proven effective in helping families overcome adversities so their children can thrive.»
He urges new
policies and outreach efforts to expand
health insurance
coverage among children living in immigrant families.
«The findings suggest that
policies such as the Affordable Care Act that increase the number of people in America with
health coverage will result in fewer late - stage cancer diagnoses and save lives.»
Researchers played their part by downplaying serious side effects, government officials by expanding
health coverage and developing school
policies to promote ADHD testing.
«First, significant reduction of deprivation can be attained by implementing new
policies related to
health insurance
coverage, such as through the Affordable Care Act; improving high school completion rates, especially among Hispanics; and constraining housing costs.
Shin and his colleagues estimate that the ACA would have helped 5.2 million out of a total of 7.5 million uninsured community
health center patients to gain
health coverage either by buying affordable
policies or qualifying for Medicaid under the expansion programs.
She explored these
policy interests at the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance, where she disseminated
health coverage data to state policymakers and advocated for the development of improved, equitable healthcare systems for women.
At certain points during the period of
coverage, you can convert your term
policy to a permanent life insurance
policy (such as a whole life insurance
policy or universal life insurance
policy) and premiums are determined by your original
health rating.