by guest contributor, Dick Alweis I turned 65 this July. Since I turned 63 I had been uninsured. My health is excellent and decreasing income had made insurance a luxury I could no longer afford. Co-pays, coverage limitations, bait and switch offers from new companies...
By Britt Landis, Health Policy Associate Hospital bills: they can be big, sometimes shockingly big. They can also be hard to understand, keep us from getting the care we need, and even put us into medical debt. There is good news, however! An important law goes into...
By Dana Kennedy, CCHI Policy Intern August is a big month for health care! Yesterday insurers were required to cover certain women’s preventive services without cost-sharing (like co-pays) in new plans, and start covering them when current plans are changed....
By Ashley Mayo, Strategic Engagement Fellow Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, being a woman just got easier. Today, a new provision of the law requiring insurers to provide women’s preventive services without a copay takes effect. For a quick look at what this...
Jaclyn Hampson, Senior Manager of Marketing, Communication, and Advocacy- American Diabetes Association of Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming Starting August 1, all new insurance plans will provide women who are 24 to 28 weeks pregnant, as well as those at high risk for...
Access to Contraception Helps Women Overcome Barriers Brynja Seagren, Law Student When I first heard about the potential for contraception with no co-pays, I immediately thought about the overarching societal benefits this would mean for young women like me. This rule...
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