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That’s the number of rate increases that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas filed for their individual insurance policies to go into effect between January 2007 and May 2010. To be fair, they spread these increases out amongst as many as twenty-five different individual insurance forms. It doesn’t take a mathematician though to quickly figure out that BCBS of Texas is raising rates multiple times per year on many of their individual policies. It did however take an open records request filed to the Texas Department of Insurance to dig up this information. Read more »

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After spending decades struggling under a health care system that favors large employers, health reform will finally level the playing ground for small business owners and the self-employed so they can better attract quality workers and afford coverage for themselves and their employees. Read more »

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I wish I could say that health care reform passed and we can just pick up and move on to the next issue, but it’s just not that simple. Although you’re not hearing about health reform on the evening news and the front page of your local paper much anymore, things haven’t slowed down a bit. So keep those sleeves rolled up and read on to learn how you can still be involved. Read more »

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The White House announced today that it’s moving up the start date to June 1st for the new retiree reinsurance program in the health reform bill. The program is designed specifically for Americans in early retirement – those between the ages of 55 and 64 who are eligible to maintain health insurance through their former employer but are not quite old enough for Medicare, which kicks in at age 65. Read more »

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