The UnitedHealth Group is now offering UnitedHealth Continuity, a policy for those that already have health insurance but are worried that they may lose it in the future. These people may be considering early retirement, or may fear unemployment and the resulting loss of health care coverage. Reed Abelson says in the New York Times [...]
Archive for December, 2008
BCBSNC Offers Free Generic Prescriptions
In an effort to assist North Carolinians through tough financial times brought on by the global recession, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) has waived the co-payments on generic prescription drugs for the first half of 2009 (through June ’09). The waiver supplements a similar program that BCBSNC is running in 2008 called [...]
Top Oklahoma Health Insurance Plans
In the 2008 US News and World Report health plan rankings report, only three Oklahoma health plans were ranked. In addition, none of the three fared particularly well. The top ranked health plan for Oklahoma residents according to the report was Aetna Health, which ranked 174th nationally and only received two stars of a possible [...]
Top Minnesota Health Insurance Plans
The top health insurance plans in Minnesota as reported by US News and World Report in their annual report are listed below. It is interesting to note that only 5 Minnesota health plans had provided enough data to be ranked and none of the 5 plans ranked were graded as being better than 3 stars [...]
Top Missouri Health Plans
Continuing on our coverage of the US News and World Report national health insurance company rankings. We will break down the top Missouri Health Insurance Plans. According to the report, Missouri health plans do not fare well when compared to other health insurance companies across the nation as the top rated health plan, CIGNA Healthcare [...]
State Health Rankings
Americas Health Rankings recently released their annual report of the healthiness of the country as well as the relative healthiness of each state. The annual rankings are completed through collaboration b/w United Health Foundation and the American Public Health Foundation. The healthiest state for the 2nd year in a row was Vermont, and the least [...]
Arkansas Health Insurance for Self-Employed
Insurancejournal.com reports that The Arkansas Department of Health which launched ARHealth Network in 2006, and has recently expanded the enrollment cap to 50,000, although only 5,000 low-income Arkansas residents have enrolled in the plan to date. This isn’t the first time The Arkansas Department of Health has been disappointed with the acceptance of a health [...]
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Florida Offering Discount Card
In yesterday’s Miami Herald, John Dorschner reported that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida is now offering a discount card statewide for those without health insurance. For $20 per month, the new FamilyBlue card administered by Coverdell gives individuals discounts on routine medical expenses such as: prescription drugs and vitamins doctor visits dental, vision, [...]
Blue Cross Blue Shield Individual Health Insurance
Jill Brown, the Managing editor of AIS Health.com, wrote a report about how Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) member health insurance plans have been launching new individual health insurance products that are in line with new state mandates that are designed to make individual health insurance more affordable. The underlying theme is that the weak [...]
