The federal health law set up new plans that are cheaper and more comprehensive than the older ones run by states but consumers need to go without insurance for six months to qualify.
The Administration has cut the premiums of high-risk plans that the federal government is running in 17 states and the District of Columbia by up to 40 percent.
The Administration is slashing premiums for new high-risk insurance plans for people with pre-existing conditions Viand no longer requiring applicants to submit a rejection letter from private insurers.
Michelle Andrews answers a question from a mother whose daughter lost her insurance and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. What are her options to get coverage?
Michelle Andrews speaks with Kaiser Family Foundation’s Jackie Judd about changes in lifetime insurance limits, keeping children insured, the new high-risk pools, rising health costs and consumers’ misperceptions about the overhaul
Most individual polices don’t cover maternity care,
The federal government is slashing rates for a new health insurance program for people with pre-existing conditions.
New preexisting-condition insurance plans, or “high-risk pools,” offer a lifeline to some, but strict eligibility rules and high cost shut others out.
The new health law that bars insurers from denying coverage of children with preexisting conditions but coverage may be still hard to find–and expensive.
Provisions prohibit coverage exclusions for children with pre-existing conditions and ban imposition of limits to lifetime benefits, and restrict annual dollar coverage limits.
Washington state’s insurance plan for residents with pre-existing conditions will start accepting applications in August with coverage beginning on the 1st of September.
In 90 days, the government must create a program to cover people turned down by insurers because they have a pre-existing condition.
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