Affordable California Health Insurance Coverage For Women

 

August 21, 2007 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Insurance For Women 

According to research, one out of every five Californian women are without health insurance coverage. That’s twenty percent, a disproportionate amount of the population, where the nationwide number is fourteen percent. The grade given to Cali by the study from The Women’s Foundation is only an average: in the category of access, it received in F; health status a C-; and health policy a C-.

That’s two million women in California who don’t have insurance, and sixty percent of them have full time jobs. There are certain types of women who are less likely to have health insurance in California, and those include younger women, women over 55, women of color, and immigrant women. There are adequate programs in place in California to cover the health care for children under the age of 19, but for their parents and for anybody else that is below the poverty line, there simply isn’t an option much of the time.

All of these women being without health insurance coverage has a big impact on the state’s overall women health statistics. California has one of the worst records for the prevention of cervical cancer through regular tests such as pap smears. It is in the bottom tenth percentile among the states when it comes to access to various forms of contraception, while at the same time having a less than normal access to abortion procedures. One of the areas where California has seen the least success is in the area of mental health care for women, which has gone down by eighty percent over the past ten years.

Cheers,

Fashun Guadarrama.

Georgia health insurance for cancer patients

 

August 1, 2007 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Medical Health Insurance 

Reader question:

If I am diagnosed with cancer, what are my chances of getting medical health insurance in Georgia?

Abraham

Fairly good, I’d say.

Naturally, it would depend a lot on whether or not you were insured when you were diagnosed with the cancer. The main thing that medical health insurance companies have a problem with are pre-existing conditions. If you’re already under their coverage when you’re diagnosed, there’s not very much you can do. This is why it’s extremely important to get health insurance before something major happens concerning your health, because it will make it very difficult to get health insurance later, be it Georgia health insurance or any other kind. It’s possible, sure, but it’s a big hassle.

Like in the rest of the United States, Georgia health insurance plans aren’t all-covering, and there are plenty of uninsured within the state. There are some ways that the state gives to people to help them acquire whatever medical treatment that they may need.

Georgia health insurance, like insurance everywhere else, is costly, and income requirements for receiving medical health insurance from the state are set low. This leaves a lot of people who fall in the middle, both unable to afford private health insurance, and unable to qualify for state provided health insurance. Whatever they can or cannot afford, things like cancer screenings and treatments are far beyond what their pocketbook can reach.

Some of this problem is diminished by the help from the Georgia Cancer Coalition. It is not a form of Georgia health insurance, but it helps women who are not able to afford Georgia health insurance nor qualify for help. They have to be at most 200% of the poverty level, and they are provided with breast exams and cervical cancer screenings. If diagnosed, they are helped to find further treatment and are able to get it for a lower price through the Georgia Cancer Coalition.

Cheers,

Fashun Guadarrama.

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