Category Archives: Insurance

Take Control of Your HealthCare: Buying Your Own Insurance

The Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as “ObamaCare,” put into place many provisions to help protect consumers and make health insurance more accessible. However, purchasing your own insurance from the national marketplace or your state marketplace can be intimidating and overwhelming, not … Continue reading

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Take Control of Your HealthCare: Mental Health Parity

Why do you need to know about mental health parity? Because it is a law that was fully implemented in 2014 that directly affects just about everyone who has health insurance, but only 4% of Americans surveyed were aware of it. Read more … Continue reading

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Take Control of Your HealthCare: The Language

I have a confession. I never fully understood how health insurance works until I became a health care provider. As a consumer I often relied on my providers to tell me what was my responsibility to pay, or I just waited to receive … Continue reading

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