The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that insurance companies cover 100 percent of the cost of preventive colonoscopies for adults older t...
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The Insurance Commissioner’s Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisors (SHIBA) program is Washington state’s Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP)...
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This week is National Consumer Protection Week and the OIC is one of the many government agencies that helps protect consumers from financia...
How to get health insurance if you missed open enrollment
If you missed open enrollment and didn't sign up for health insurance by Jan. 31, 2016, you may have to wait until next year's open ...
Who determines how much my totaled car is worth?
We hear from many consumers who are trying to resolve their auto total loss claims with their own insurer or another insurer. A total loss i...
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Recently, a Washington consumer posted a story on Facebook about her brother, who was on the waiting list for a heart transplant but was bei...