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Managing Your Health Insurance Lifetime Limits

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Using a calculator to add up medical expenses

Managing Medical Costs in a Down Economy

This article addresses issues that primarily affect individuals with commercial (private) health insurance. We are facing tough economic times. Job...

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Patient Assistance Programs

Katherine Spacek has never had to use the patient assistance program offered by the manufacturer of the clotting factor used...

Taking Charge, Insurance

Disability Income Insurance and Long-Term Care Insurance

Information in this article comes from America’s Health Insurance Plans and the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance booklet...

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Medicare: Insurance as You Age

Note: Medicare is the nation’s largest health insurance program, covering nearly 40 million people. Medicare provides coverage for people 65...

Adults & Aging, Insurance

New Drug Category Could Increase Factor Product Costs

On April 14, 2008, The New York Times reported that there is a new tier of drug coverage in the...

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Economic Forces and Your Insurance

Longtime rallying cries in the bleeding disorders community have been for insurance plans to cover all factor products and for...

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Health Insurance for Young Adults with Bleeding Disorders

For young adults with bleeding disorders, the subject of health insurance may not seem exciting, but it is important that...

Generation Next, Insurance

Disability Eligibility

Holding down a job can be difficult for people with bleeding disorders, particularly if target joints from severe hemophilia are...

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