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For Many Women, Divorce Means Losing Health Insurance Protection

Posted on 11/15/2012 by | Health | Comments

Bulletin TodayBy Shefali S. Kulkarni, Kaiser Health News Divorce is usually a painful exercise in splitting up assets. But for many women, it also means losing health insurance protection. A study released this week from the University of Michigan reveals that roughly 115,000 American women lose their private health insurance annually after a divorce and about half of them do not get replacement coverage. The researchers also said this is not a “temporary disruption.” They found that “women’s overall rates of health …

Big Gaps in Romney Plan on Preexisting Conditions

Posted on 10/9/2012 by | Politics | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsBy Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar of  The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he has a plan to help people with preexisting medical conditions get health insurance. But there’s a huge catch: You basically have to be covered in the first place. If you had a significant break in health insurance coverage, an insurer still could delve into your medical history, looking for anything — from a bad back to high blood pressure — that could foreshadow …