Families need accident insurance because according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), “Children account for 90 percent of hospital emergency room visits for sports-related concussions.” This is a 2008 statistic compiled from the emergency department database. I got the email titled, “Kids and Concussions,” yesterday but almost deleted it. What does this [...]
Fri, August 19 2011 » Accident and Critical Illness Insurance » No Comments
They don’t. A new report released today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shows that few families without health insurance have the financial assets to pay potential hospital bills. On average, uninsured families can only afford to pay in full for approximately 12-percent of hospital stays they may experience – and [...]
Tue, May 10 2011 » Accident and Critical Illness Insurance, Affordable Health Insurance » No Comments
It’s not killing us like it used to! Ira Dreyfuss with HSS HealthBeat had an interesting and hopeful statistic regarding cancer on his blog this morning, “Researchers say survivorship rose from 3 million in 1971 to 11.7 million in 2007.” Dreyfuss goes on to quote Arica White from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “The number and [...]
Mon, April 25 2011 » Accident and Critical Illness Insurance » No Comments
There was a study recently published in the journal, Traffic Injury Prevention, in which Rebecca Naumann of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention says, “In 2005, the total costs of crash-related injuries and deaths exceeded $99 billion. This included the cost of both medical care and productivity losses.’’ That’s 99 billion reasons to consider accident insurance. [...]
Thu, January 13 2011 » Accident and Critical Illness Insurance, Affordable Health Insurance » No Comments
