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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How Long Will It Take For My Health Insurance Application To Be Approved?

I am often asked how long it takes to get an application for health insurance approved. The answer is always the same, “it depends on how long the insurance company takes to review or “underwrite” the information you submit. Underwriting is a term insurance companies use that basically means “background check.” Individual health insurance companies have the [...]

Is it the Health Insurance Company’s Fault that your Premium Just Increased?

 

With all the bad publicity the health insurance industry receives, it is easy to conclude that their unbounded greed is driving average Americans to the poor house with ever increasing premiums. But the truth is health insurance companies are are about as responsible for increased costs as is your neighborhood grocer when they raise the [...]

How Competitve is the Individual Health Insurance Market in Colorado?

Very competitive according a recent publication of The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

One of the goals of the new Affordable Care Act (ACA) is  that the proposed new health insurance exchanges will enhance competition among insurers to help moderate premiums for individuals.

In 17 states a single health insurer dominates the market with more [...]

Are Health Insurance Companies Leeches and Parasites?

I don’t believe so, but that is what I read in a recent comment section of an on-line article about health insurance.

Health insurance premiums have been going up at a much faster rate than inflation in general and many people attribute that to exorbitant heath insurance profits. But the truth of the matter is [...]