Welcome to my Observations on Health Insurance Blog

With this blog I want to share with you my thoughts and perceptions of the ever changing world of Individual Health Insurance in the state of Colorado. I hope to be able to bring you new information, as well as possible different perspectives on an industry I am involved with every day.

Charley Mallon
Boulder, Colorado
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Age Related Wellness Benefits

Your non-grandfathered health insurance is required to cover wellness benefits at 100%. However, many of these benefits are “age related.” Please find below some of the more commonly used wellness services and the ages, if appropriate, when they begin being covered.

Women

Well-woman visits 18-64 Pap testing 18 Mammograms 40 HPV Immunization 11-26 HPV DNA [...]

9News Health Fair

Every year the good folks at one of our local television stations, 9News, offer low cost basic health screenings in the Greater Denver area at what they call the 9Health Fair. They provide blood chemistry, PSA, blood count, blood pressure and colon cancer screenings as well as a host of other tests at prices ranging [...]

U.S. Panel Advises Against Routine Use of Prostate Test

This represents a significant shift in opinions on the effectiveness of PSA testing. It will be interesting to see how the rest of the medical community reacts. More to the point, will my own doctor recommend I continue with the annual blood test?

By GARDINER HARRIS

Healthy men should no longer receive a P.S.A. [...]