Health Insurance

Many health insurance plans will cover maternity or prenatal necessities through existing medical coverage. Discover why it can be difficult to get health coverage after an individual is already pregnant with help from an insurance representative in this free video on health insurance.

Expert: John Pinelli
Bio: John Pinelli is a financial service broker for Northwestern Mutual Insurance.
Filmmaker: Bing Hu

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Economist Byron Schlomach of the Goldwater Institute talks about health care choice and how the state government can reduce health insurance costs without reducing freedom.

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Thanks to Michael Moore for the work he’s doing with SiCKO and getting the word out about the need for health insurance! People who lack health insurance need a solution as quickly as possible! FREE consumer guides are available online at www.healthinsuranceinfo.net . Whether it’s for people who are interested in COBRA, in their HIPAA rights and conversion coverage, or who are worried about medical debt and how to handle it, this site has guidance for anybody in any state in the USA.

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Ron Paul rejects universal health care, believing that the more government interferes in medicine, the higher prices rise and the less efficient care becomes.

He points to how many people today are upset with the HMO system, but few people realize that HMOs came about because of a federal mandate in 1973. He also points to the 1974 ERISA law that grants tax benefits to employers for providing insurance but not individuals; he prefers a system which grants tax credits to individuals. He supports the U.S. converting to a free market health care system, saying in an interview on New Hampshire NPR that the present system is akin to a “corporatist-fascist” system which keeps prices high. He says that in industries with freer markets prices go down due to technological innovation, but because of the corporatist system, this is prevented from happening in health care. He opposes socialized health care promoted by Democrats as being harmful because they lead to bigger and less efficient government.

Paul has said that although he prefers tax credits to socialized medicine, he would be willing to “prop up” the current systems of Medicare and Medicaid with money saved by bringing troops home from foreign bases in places such as those in South Korea.

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Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks makes closing commentary on the bi-partisan health care reform summit hosted by President Obama.

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An insurance company takes a large group of people, has them pay a small amount of premiums and then pays out a few claims with the premiums they receive. Discover how an insurance company makes money by having more premiums than claims with help from an insurance representative in this free video on health insurance.

Expert: John Pinelli
Bio: John Pinelli is a financial service broker for Northwestern Mutual Insurance.
Filmmaker: Bing Hu

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Health insurer Aetna Inc said Wednesday that it will cut 1,000 jobs, or about 3 percent of its workforce, by the end of the year in order to reduce operating costs…

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Health insurance premiums are more expensive the older a person is, and females typically have higher premiums than males. Discover how preexisting medical conditions can affect health insurance premiums with help from an insurance representative in this free video on health insurance.

Expert: John Pinelli
Bio: John Pinelli is a financial service broker for Northwestern Mutual Insurance.
Filmmaker: Bing Hu

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Universal Health Care in the UK Explained – Educational Video. Charley has the workings of the National Health Service explained to him. NHS. National Health Service Act. National Health Service Scheme. This item is part of the collection: British Government Public Information Films. Director: Halas & Batchelor. Production Company: Halas & Batchelor. Keywords: National Health Service; NHS. Introduction to the British National Health Service. This is an excellent visual aid for anyone teaching modules on the early NHS in Britain. It’s an entertaining cartoon that provides a thorough introduction to the orignal aims of the NHS. Universal health care is health care coverage which is extended to all citizens, and sometimes permanent residents, of a governmental region. Universal health care programs vary widely in their structure and funding mechanisms, particularly the degree to which they are publicly funded. Typically, most health care costs are met by the population via compulsory health insurance or taxation, or a combination of both. Universal health care systems require government involvement, typically in the forms of enacting legislation, mandates and regulation. In some cases, government involvement also includes directly managing the health care system, but many countries use mixed public-private systems to deliver universal health care. In the 1880s, most citizens in Germany became covered under the mandatory health care system championed by Otto von Bismarck. The National Health Service (NHS), established in the United Kingdom in 1948, was the world’s first universal health care system provided by government. Universal health care is provided in most developed countries and in many developing countries. According to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, the United States is the only wealthy, industrialized nation that does not provide universal health care. Universal health care is a broad concept that has been implemented in several ways. The common denominator for all such programs is some form of government action aimed at extending access to health care as widely as possible. Most countries implement universal health care through legislation, regulation and taxation. Legislation and regulation direct what care must be provided, to whom, and on what basis. Usually some costs are borne by the patient but are subsidized by taxation and compensated to the patient by the government. Many programs utilize some form of compulsory insurance to accomplish this goal. Other programs are paid for entirely out of tax revenues and provide automatic coverage for every citizen or resident. Virtually all of Europe has publicly sponsored and regulated health care. Countries include Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Universal health care in most countries has been achieved by a mixed model of funding. General taxation revenue is the primary source of funding, but in many countries it is supplemented by specific levies (which may be charged to the individual and/or an employer) or with the option of private payments (either direct or via optional insurance) for services beyond that covered by the public system. Most all European systems are financed through a mix of public and private contributions. The majority of universal health care systems are funded primarily by tax revenue (e.g. Portugal). Some nations, such as Germany, France and Japan employ a multi-payer system in which health care is funded by private and public contributions. A distinction is also made between municipal and national healthcare funding. For example, one model is that the bulk of the healthcare is funded by the municipality, speciality healthcare is provided and possibly funded by a larger entity, such as a municipal co-operation board or the state, and the medications are paid by a state agency. Universal health care systems are modestly redistributive. Progressivity of health care financing has limited implications for overall income inequality.

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(November 17, 2009) Alan Garber, Professor of Medicine, of Economic, and of Health Research and Policy at Stanford, discusses many of the important policy questions relevant to the health care reform debate in the United States.

Stanford Mini Med School is a series arranged and directed by Stanford’s School of Medicine, and presented by the Stanford Continuing Studies program. Featuring more than thirty distinguished, faculty, scientists and physicians from Stanford’s medical school, the series offers students a dynamic introduction to the world of human biology, health and disease, and the groundbreaking changes taking place in medical research and health care.

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