health insurance system

By Iris Kimberg, MS PT, OTR

We continue to transition from a health insurance system funded exclusively by employers to a system where health care insurance expenses are shared between employee and employer.

Phil Ellis may be the most powerful guy you've never heard of in the health-care debate. A senior analyst with the Congressional Budget Office, Ellis is the man who has to decide what it would cost to rebuild the health insurance system.

He has essentially condemned two legislative proposals by...

In a new report, “Coverage Denied: How the Current Health Insurance System Leaves Millions Behind,” the U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services examines the insurance company practice of denying coverage to or discriminating against Americans who have pre-existing medical conditions.