By Jan Greene Greetings. There's an interesting chicken-or-egg thing that goes into starting a blog. Do you just start writing even if nobody's out there? Or do you put together a comprehensive package and then start publicizing? I'm guessing this is a little of both. I'm going to keep commenting on what's going on...
By Jan Greene It occurs to me that I’ve asked folks to share the intimate details of their health and financial problems. Not everybody is willing to tell the world about the trouble they had getting their insurance company to pay for their therapy bills or hemorrhoid treatments. After all, as I remind myself...
By Jan Greene This just in…California healthcare consumers are increasingly worried about being able to afford the rising cost of getting medical care. A Field poll indicated that 59 percent of voters are "very concerned" about not being able to afford the costs associated with a major illness or injury, up from 48 percent...
By Jan Greene If it seems like you’re paying more for your healthcare, you probably are. A recent study, reported in the Washington Post, shows that Americans buying family health insurance coverage through their employers saw premiums rise 34 percent between 2001 and 2005. During that same time average family incomes rose only 3...
by Jan Greene OK, let’s get things rolling here. How about some dialog about how insurance is changing these days. Many people have told me about shrinking benefits, higher deductibles and certainly higher premiums over the past few years. I’m self-employed and buy an individual, high-deductible policy. I pay the first $2,500 of most...
By Jan Greene So I’m all excited about providing the blogosphere with a new place to talk about how the health system is affecting consumers. But it’s hard to talk about without getting into how our painfully flawed system should be designed. I’m a journalist, not an advocate, so it’s not my business to...
By Jan Greene Greetings. Have you noticed that your health coverage has gotten more difficult to deal with in the past few years? I’ve been asking around, and here are the kinds of problems people tell me about: –An employer’s health plan changes and suddenly a family is responsible for the first $750 of...