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Friday, 22 April 2011

State tries again to draw uninsured into health plans


Michigan today announced a new effort to sign the uninsured chronic health plans after the first attempt the State did not attract enough customers.Revealed the state of Michigan, bringing new insurance high-risk two plans new health today that will be available May 1.The cost barrier for consumers and why I decided to plan to provide new options.And reduced plans two installments - compared with the current plan - but with high deductibles.The new policies provide the same coverage.The current plan has a $ 1,000 deductible. The new plans will be $ 2,500 and $ 3,500 deductibles.Anyone with a chronic medical condition who has been denied health insurance can be applied. There is enough money to record 3500 people, but there are 1400000 Michiganders are uninsured.New plans and a bridge to cover a wider drive by President Barack Obama and passed by Congress, to be presented in 2014 through federal health reforms.Said Craig Leslie, vice president of sales and marketing plan for Lansing-based health physicians in the mid-Michigan, which operates the only plan implemented in 1000, with 245 Michiganders accepted so far. Which is an affiliate of Sparrow Health System.Said Leslie In addition to the barriers of cost, some uninsured people do not have proof that they have been denied coverage. Until this plan is to encourage them to apply for coverage with another insurance company, and use all the rejection letters as proof, he said.Pool offers coverage similar to plans that people can buy their own.Copays, for example, $ 20 to visit a primary care physician, and $ 30 for a specialist $ 0.100 to face any emergency department visit $ 0.10 for the characteristics of public and $ 30 - $ 50 brand name drugs.Young people aged 19-24 have the options cheaper coverage - $ 103.85 per month with a deduction of $ 3,500 annually. There are 60 people or more pay $ 415.40 per month with $ 3,500 discount.Gave the State Department of Health and Human Services of Michigan $ 141 million to help reduce the selling prices of the policies that combine high-risk.He said Olza Dazzo, Director of the Department of Community Health of Michigan, at a news conference today in Detroit that the new offerings that help Michiganders 1400000 uninsured to obtain coverage with benefits

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