OPB : declared in 2 Southwest Washington Counties Will Get Health Insurance Providers . News

Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has spent June talking to insurance providers, asking them not to pull out of rural counties. And now he says Molina Healthcare and Bridge Span Health will offer plans in Klickitat. Insurance commissions in Washington and Oregon are now reviewing rate proposals for next year. I didn't know whether I would get any insurer to come back into the market."Many health insurance companies are no longer offering policies in rural counties because they say it's not profitable and they're nervous about the uncertain future of the Affordable Care Act. Last week he announced Premera Blue Cross would offer two plans in Grays Harbor County.

Fox News Doesn't Care If Millions Lose Health Insurance Since 'We're All Going to Die'

Who really cares about 15 million Americans losing their insurance next year alone if the GOP health care bill is passed by the Republican-held Senate? The chyron displayed on Fox News as Montgomery provided her talking point stated in bold wording: "Dems Continue Outrageous Rhetoric on Health Care Bill." We're all going to die in the end, anyway. At least, that's the rationale employed in an argument on Fox News on Wednesday. Multiple studies over the course of decades have consistently reflected a decrease in deaths from treatable diseases when there is increased access to coverage.


Having health insurance makes it less likely that you'll suffer sudden cardiac arrest, according to a new study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Health Association. Lead author Dr. Eric Stecker, associate professor of Cardiology at Oregon Health & Science University's Knight Cardiovascular Institute, said insurance allows people to get regular medical care, which in turn helps prevent cardiovascular disease. Researchers with Oregon Health & Science University looked at emergency medical services in Multnomah County — before and after Medicaid was expanded under the Affordable Care Act. They found that for middle aged people, the incidence of cardiac arrest decreased 17 percent after they got insurance. "You know many times people will have what could be serious warning symptoms of otherwise undetected cardiac disease," he said.