In Colorado, the snow is melting and the flowers are blooming. The health wonks around the blog world have given us an excellent collection of articles this week, many with suggestions of ways the ACA could be improved. Our favorite part of hosting the HWR is reading all of the different perspectives that the writers… Read more about Ways the ACA Could Be Improved Edition of the Health Wonk Review
Archives for April 2014
Short term health insurance is your best option if you missed open enrollment
Short term health insurance plans don’t have an open enrollment period Short term health insurance plans may be the best option if you missed open enrollment and you don’t have a qualifying event. Get short term health insurance quotes Qualifying events include marriage, divorce, birth, adoption, moving to a new area where different plans are… Read more about Short term health insurance is your best option if you missed open enrollment
ACA here to stay, workplace safety, and a decrease in inpatient care
Billy Wynne hosted the most recent edition of the Health Wonk Review, and it’s excellent. Billy’s website, Healthcare Lighthouse, is an excellent resource that I found thanks to this HWR – check it out if you haven’t already. Some of my favorite articles in this edition come from Wendell Potter, Julie Ferguson and Brad Flansbaum…. Read more about ACA here to stay, workplace safety, and a decrease in inpatient care
Colorado making great progress covering the uninsured and underinsured
Last November, the 2013 Colorado Health Access Survey was released with a variety of updated data, including the number of Colorado residents who were uninsured in 2013: about 741,000. That was down from 829,000 two years earlier, but is still 14% of our state population. And it doesn’t include the people who are considered underinsured… Read more about Colorado making great progress covering the uninsured and underinsured