Has Your Insurance Changed?

April 28, 2008
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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...

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The Ideal System

April 28, 2008
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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...

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We’re on our own

April 26, 2008
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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...

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