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	<title>AccuQuote Life Insurance Blog &#187; Health Insurance</title>
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		<title>Swine flu shots will be available soon, priority groups first</title>
		<link>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/09/17/swine-flu-shots-will-be-available-soon-priority-groups-first/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Mancini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AccuQuote News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The federal government has decided that five priority groups should be first in line to receive the H1N1 vaccination. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the following people take precedence:

Children and young adults through age 24
People caring for infants under six months
Pregnant women
Health care workers
People aged 25-64 with health conditions that  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protect yourself from the flu</title>
		<link>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/09/10/protect-yourself-from-the-flu/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/09/10/protect-yourself-from-the-flu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron Udell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AccuQuote News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Other news and insurance information]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Good news! The swine flu pandemic has hardly made a presence in the term life insurance industry and even chief underwriters at some of the best term life insurance companies have reported that most swine flu cases have been mild, and mortality is actually lower than the normal seasonal flu.
Better News! There are no underwriting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Bills Cause Large Percentage of Bankruptcy</title>
		<link>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/06/11/medical-bills-cause-large-percentage-of-bankruptcy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/06/11/medical-bills-cause-large-percentage-of-bankruptcy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron Udell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Other news and insurance information]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to Reuters, a recent report shows that medical bills are the cause of more than 60 percent of U.S. personal bankruptcies.
More than 75 percent of these bankrupt families had health insurance but still were overwhelmed by their medical debts, the team at Harvard Law School, Harvard Medical School and Ohio University reported in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Insurance: Stay Protected Amid Layoffs, Budget Cuts</title>
		<link>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/05/28/health-insurance-stay-protected-amid-layoffs-budget-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/05/28/health-insurance-stay-protected-amid-layoffs-budget-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 17:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron Udell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AccuQuote News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The national unemployment rate is at 8.5 percent and families are struggling to pay for their health insurance coverage. However, according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), there are still ways for people to remain protected.
They suggest the following options for newly unemployed people:

Consider joining your spouse&#8217;s plan if you&#8217;re    [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t lose your insurance benefits if you lose your job</title>
		<link>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/05/13/don%e2%80%99t-lose-your-insurance-benefits-if-you-lose-your-job/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/05/13/don%e2%80%99t-lose-your-insurance-benefits-if-you-lose-your-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 17:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron Udell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Disability and long term care insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Education]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.accuquote.com/?p=1170441</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you lose your job, you may lose your insurance benefits too.  So what should you do? First, consider switching to a term life insurance policy. If you have a group life policy, you will most likely lose your coverage if you lose your job. A term life insurance policy is usually less expensive and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips when you lose your health insurance</title>
		<link>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/03/19/tips-when-you-lose-your-health-insurance/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/03/19/tips-when-you-lose-your-health-insurance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron Udell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.accuquote.com/?p=1170325</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not a heath insurance expert, but I do recognize that economic times are tough and many are being layoffs. As a result many people are losing their health insurance coverage.
Hopefully, your spouse or partner is still working and you can qualify as a dependent on his or her plan.  However, if this isn&#8217;t an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be wary of “affordable” heath plans</title>
		<link>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/03/02/be-wary-of-%e2%80%9caffordable%e2%80%9d-heath-plans/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/03/02/be-wary-of-%e2%80%9caffordable%e2%80%9d-heath-plans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron Udell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.accuquote.com/?p=1170260</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m an expert when it comes to term life insurance policies, but I saw this article in consumer reports and thought it&#8217;s something you should know about. Someone who can&#8217;t obtain comprehensive individual health insurance &#8211; especially in this economy &#8211; might be tempted to purchase one of the many lower-cost &#8220;affordable&#8221; plans out there.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Tie Health Insurance to a Job?</title>
		<link>http://blog.accuquote.com/2008/12/22/why-tie-health-insurance-to-a-job/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.accuquote.com/2008/12/22/why-tie-health-insurance-to-a-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron Udell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.accuquote.com/?p=1170124</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This article taken from the Wall Street Journal posed an interesting question. What are your thoughts?
Not many people are buying cars built 60 years ago. No one is watching TV on a set manufactured in the 1940s. Patients are not lining up to see a doctor who hasn&#8217;t cracked a book since before the polio [...]]]></description>
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		<title>eHealthInsurance&#8217;s Top 5 Tips for Open-Enrollment</title>
		<link>http://blog.accuquote.com/2008/11/26/ehealthinsurances-top-5-tips-for-open-enrollment/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.accuquote.com/2008/11/26/ehealthinsurances-top-5-tips-for-open-enrollment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron Udell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.accuquote.com/?p=1170089</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

Review Every  Plan: Start reviewing every plan  available from your employer now.  You may be able to choose a plan that would  cost less if you were later required to pay the entire premium through COBRA.  Always make sure that the plan you choose will cover the health care benefits  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you paying too much for health insurance?</title>
		<link>http://blog.accuquote.com/2008/11/18/are-you-paying-too-much-for-health-insurance/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.accuquote.com/2008/11/18/are-you-paying-too-much-for-health-insurance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron Udell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[eHealth, Inc., the parent company of eHealthInsurance, one of our preferred partners, recently announced the release of a new study on the individual health insurance market.
The analysis provides facts on actual premiums paid for individual health insurance and the nature of accompanying plan benefits. The research, based on a nationwide sample of over 227,000 individual [...]]]></description>
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