Consumer’s Health Insurance Blog

I am a massage junkie. I used to get a massage once a week for stress and to soothe the pains of overdoing it both at work and while exercising. I eventually pared it down to once every two weeks, then only occasionally, and now it’s probably been a few years. That’s because of the […]

The Cavalcade of Risk blog carnival is up. This is a rotating group of bloggers who have something to say about risk management, which translates into insurance in many cases. It is not specific to health insurance in that it includes a number of other risks and how to manage them and protect yourself. I’ve […]

To complement my last posting about Why Getting Your Health Insurance at Work Could be Dangerous, I thought it wise to also cover the dangers of getting health insurance on your own.
First of all, there are more scams and pitfalls when you are getting your health insurance on your own. You have many more options […]

Can you imagine that the most popular way of getting health insurance, through your employer, could be the most risky if you have a significant medical problem, such as ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)?
Isn’t the whole point of having health insurance to financially protect you from the perils of ill health, just as automobile insurance protects […]

Just in case you are thinking about switching to an HSA qualified High Deductible Health Plan to save money on premiums and put that money into premiums, you should know about the wellness option offered on many plans. We have such a plan and are getting this years results on wellness visits. While the main […]

Listen online to Jonathan Pletzke talk about the 12-Step Process for Buying Health Insurance, in both English and Spanish, on WELH 88.1 FM (Latino Public Radio).
Vanessa Toldeo-Vickers, host of La Empresa de Hoy (Today’s Company), was kind enough to invite me to talk about the 12-Step Process for Buying Health Insurance, in both English […]

We’ve got our first multimedia content hosted at YouTube. The two videos were taken last Thursday at a local chamber of commerce event.
The first video features Nanette Efird, a small business owner of Liberty Tax Service offices in Cary/Raleigh/Durham/RTP/Carrboro North Carolina. Nanette successfully used the book and website to make a choice between health insurance […]

I’ve even put up a page dedicated to social media and how to help spread the word using social media technology.

The book Get a Good Deal on Your Health Insurance Without Getting Ripped-Off is now live on books.google.com for viewing and searching. A limited portion of the book (20%) can be viewed during a fixed period of time, according to the google.com information. This means that the book can be browsed and specific portions reviewed. […]

In a word, no.
As we remember from our school days, the congress must draft the legislation, and the president may sign or veto the legislation, and then the courts will interpret the legislation.
All the talk about which candidate has which national health care package and so on is for naught if the house and senate […]