How Cars Get Classified as Group 1 For Insurance

Within the Uk, each and every vehicle manufactured for that marketplace is put into an insurance group. There's, however one slight ex...

Wednesday is the deadline to get a health plan for Jan. 1

Consumers have until Dec. 23 to sign up for a health plan through Washington Health Benefit Exchange for coverage that begins on Jan. 1. The...

Join telephone town hall to get answers to your questions about Social Security, Medicare

Join the King County Library System (KCLS) for a live telephone town hall meeting with specialists from the Social Security Administration a...

Need help with Medicare? Events being held around the state through summer

Consumers get help at a SHIBA event in Washington state The Office of the Insurance Commissioner has a program that helps Washingtonians sig...

Gov. Inslee honors Cowlitz County SHIBA volunteer

From right: SHIBA Volunteer Coordinator Terri Osbourne, volunteer Elouise Maahs and volunteer coordinator Sarah Clark Congratulations to SHI...

If I switch health plans halfway through the year, can my deductible be transferred or prorated?

Insurance companies are not required to credit money consumers already paid in  cost sharing from prior plans but sometimes they do for emp...

Most colonoscopies should be covered 100% by your insurance

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that insurance companies cover 100 percent of the cost of preventive colonoscopies for adults older t...

Protect yourself from Medicare fraud

The Insurance Commissioner�s Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisors (SHIBA) program is Washington state�s Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP)...