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Smokers Get Help Quitting But Pay Higher Premiums

J. Patrick — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:04:41 +0000

How does a company help their employees quit smoking? Would you allow them to raise your insurance premium to help them?

It seems the workplace is already answering the question because a large portion of companies do offer this health benefit to their employees. The Washington Post reports, many of these companies have created a two-tier approach in assisting smokers wanting to quit.

Stephen Colbert Reacts to Mandate that Insurers Cover Birth Control [VIDEO]

George McIntyre — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:41:49 +0000

Since the announcement by the US Department of Public Health that birth control will be fully covered by health plans beginning in January of 2013, Stephen Colbert has released his take on the plan.

Agree or disagree, it's a pretty funny clip, right after the jump.

Birth Control May Soon be Covered by Insurance Companies

George McIntyre — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:33:29 +0000

A panel of medical experts made a recommendation to the US Department of Health Tuesday, saying that all insurance plans should legally be required to cover the cost of birth control. One question: Why has this taken so long? Over half of all prescriptions for Viagra written since the drug’s release in 1998 have been [...]