One of the best things about the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, was the inclusion of provisions for preventive medicine. With coverage for many different types of regular health checkups, testing, and screening, Obamacare increased opportunities for early detection and preventive medical intervention, intended to reduce costs and ensure greater longevity […]
Health Insurance for Men
Health insurance is no longer an option. Men, women and children across the U.S. are mandated to maintain health coverage throughout the year or the head of household will suffer the consequences – the Obamacare (or Affordable Care Act) penalty. Each year, this penalty raises higher and higher, in an effort to get people to […]
Will Health Insurance Cover Vasectomy Reversal?
The ACA was designed to ensure benefits for underserved groups, including women. Thanks to mandatory essential care stipulations, many healthcare services for women are now covered by insurance, including well woman visits and FDA approved contraception. In addition, permanent forms of birth control, such as tubal ligation, are now included under essential coverage requirements. Although […]
Does Health Insurance Cover Marriage Counseling?
Most of us pay a pretty penny for health insurance. Even if you are partially covered through an employer-sponsored benefit plan or you receive some governmental assistance, you may still find yourself paying quite a bit for insurance premiums, deductibles, co-pays, and so on. The long and short of it is that you want your […]
Does Health Insurance Cover Vasectomy?
In the past, many health insurance policies have provided coverage for vasectomy, a medical procedure used as a permanent form of male contraception. By contrast, similar female contraceptive procedures (such as tubal ligation) were not traditionally covered, or were only partially covered by health insurance. The pendulum has swung the other way under Obamacare, or […]
