America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) is holding roundtable discusssions across the country as part of their Campaign for an American Solution. More information about this nationwide campaign can be found at www.americanhealthsolution.org Providence Rhode Island was their seventh and most recent stop on the tour. Previous tour stops included Columbus, Detroit, Denver, Salt Lake City, [...]
Archive for September, 2008
High-Deductible Health Plans For Wisconsin Residents
Members of Wisconsin’s Health Insurance Risk Sharing Plan (HIRSP) will experience either no rate increase or a single-digit increase to their health insurance rates in 2009 as a result of changes made to the plan, such as offering high-deductible health plan options. Founded almost 30 years ago (1979), HIRSP has been Wisconsin’s health insurer of [...]
Tennessee Health Insurance For Unemployed
Tennessee residents who are between jobs can now purchase health insurance coverage through CoverTN. A new category within CoverTN called Tennesseans Between Jobs, provides Tennessee health insurance coverage to individuals who have worked at least one 20 hour week in the last six months while earning less than $43,000annually. Tennesseans Between Jobs is also open [...]
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota – SureBlue
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota (BCBSMN) announce the launch of SureBlue a new health insurance offering for small businesses in Minnesota that removes uncertainty from health care expenses while offering a comprehensive health care solution. SureBlue designed for employer-groups with between 51 and 249 employees builds a three year health insurance rate guarantee into [...]
Aetna and Rescinded Health Insurance Policies
Members of health plans across the country have loudly voiced their complaints when their health insurance company has rescinded their health insurance coverage after a serious illness. Typically, a policy is rescinded when an insurer determines that the member lied or omitted key information when submitting their enrollment application In response to this consumer backlash, [...]
eHealth Launches New Website
eHealthinsurance has launched an educational website (www.cobralearning.com) designed to help consumers learn more about COBRA, as well as COBRA alternatives. eHealthinsurance recently undertook a national survey which opened up their eyes as to how uninformed the Amercian public is about both COBRA and individual health insurance options. The findings of the survey were so profound [...]
Ohio Health Insurance Rates Rising Fast
In article written by Joan Mazzolini of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Ohio health insurance rates have increased 9 times faster than the rate at which wages have risen. From 2000 through 2007 the average cost to insure a family in Ohio through employer sponsored health coverage increased over 80% while wages rose less than 9% [...]
