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Idaho Department Of Insurance Cannot Predict Ongoing Cost Of Health Exchange
Nov 2011 – The Idaho Reporter (11/18, Hurst) reports that at yesterday's "meeting of the Idaho Health Care Task Force...Idaho Department of Insurance Director Bill Deal told lawmakers that he doesn't know how much it will cost to run a state-based insurance exchange.
Healthcare Reform – Individual Mandate Health Insurance
July 2010 – Effective January 1st, 2014, "applicable individuals" will be required to maintain "minimum essential coverage" for themselves and their dependents. "Applicable individuals" who fail to maintain "minimum essential coverage" will be required to pay a "penalty" on their tax return.
NIHN Prescription Assistance Program
October 2009 – Working to optimize health and promoting solutions designed to achieve high quality, cost-effective health care, North Idaho Health Network is partnering with MEDPro ( a corporate affiliate of Design Benefits) to add a Prescription Assistance Program to the services they offer their 270 member physicians and five member hospitals in the five Northern Counties of Idaho.
Prescription Assistance Program Offered
Contact: Tina Jeffrey, (208) 765-7755
Web: www.designbenefitsonline.com
Jan 2008 – Design Benefits has added to their portfolio of health care related services by offering a prescription assistance program. This program is available nationwide to individuals and their families who need maintenance medications but are unable to afford them.
Prescription Assistance Programs (PAPs) provide free or low cost prescription medicine to people who are uninsured or under-insured and meet income guidelines. These programs are sponsored by the pharmaceutical companies who manufacture the medicine and are not to be confused with prescription discount services such as Together Rx Access.
Unlike other programs, the Design Benefits MedPro program actually assists the individual with the application process and provides the necessary patient advocacy that are a requirement of some PAPs.
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