Humana recently announced the introduction of their portfiolio of individual health insurance plans for Nevada residents, called HumanaOne. The HumanaOne portfolio of individual health insurance plans has been made available to 25 other US states since 2007 and has been very well received. The 25 states where HumanaOne has been previously made available include Alabama, [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Medicare Drug Plans Costs Rise
Bloomberg.com reports that premiums for medicare drug coverage will rise more than 20% on average from 2008 to 2009. This expected rate increase is on the heals of another 20%+ rate increase from 2007 to 2008. Among the largest medicare drug plans, AARPs MedicareRx is increasing rates by 8% while Humana’s PDP Enhanced plan is [...]
Health Care Reform Mistatements at Debate
According to Factcheck.org, both presidential candidates made misleading statements and untruths while discussing their health care reform proposals last night. Senator Obama’s Misleading Statements Senator Obama said his health care plan would lower health insurance premiums by up to $2,500 a year. Experts see little evidence that savings of this magnitude if at all would [...]
Medicare Advantage Expansion by CIGNA
CIGNA has announced they will offer their Medicare Advantage products to an additional 15 states in an effort to grow its business by targeting the senior market (age 65+). In addition to growing their state footprint substantially from 13 states to 28 states, the senior health plans will expand their coverage within the states in [...]
Health Care for Canadians in US?
A Calgary Canada based health care company called Acure Health Corp. has been selling a health insurance policy called wait-time insurance to Canadians for several years now, and it has been under the radar until recently when the British Columbia began offering the policy to its 800,000 members. Wait time insurance esentially allows Canadians who [...]
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association – Health Care Recomendations
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) has released a report entitled The Pathway to Covering America: Ensuring Quality, Value, and Access. In this report, the BCBSA expresses some of their concerns regarding the state of the health insurance industry as well as some recommendations about how they can be addressed leading to an [...]
McCain’s Interstate Health Insurance Proposal
Merrill Matthews, executive director of the Council for Affordable Health Insurance (CAHI), recently penned an article supporting legislation sponsored by Arizona’s John Shadegg. Known as the Health Care Choice Act. The legislation is backed by Senator McCain and essentially would allow residents of Massachusetts for example to purchase a Colorado health insurance plan if they [...]
