According to J.D. Power and Associates, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan was the top rated California health plan based on their 2009 survey. Based on their survey and analysis of more than 130 health plans nationally (broken up into 17 distinct regions), Kasier Foundation Health plan was the tops in the California region and among the [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Health Insurance and Primary-Care Shortage
According to the article “Primary-Care Doctor Shortage May Undermine Reform Efforts” by Ashley Halsey III in the Washington Post, there are not nearly enough primary-care physicians to meet the needs of patients and providing health insurance to the 46 million uninsured may threaten to overwhelm the already stressed system. To fix the problem more doctors [...]
Health Insurance Plan: Doctors Weigh In
According to the Associated Press’s article “Doctors signal they’ll work with Obama” by Lindsey Tanner, America’s largest group of physicians had their annual meeting and many thought they were going to create an obstacle for President Obama’s health insurance reform plan. After Obama himself spoke with the doctors, they signaled that they will not close [...]
Travel Health Insurance Important With Swine Flu
According to the article on PRWeb, “Swine Flu Epidemic Emphasizes Need for Good International Travel and Health Insurance” from Good Neighbor Insurance, the World Health Organization declared the Swine Flu a global flu pandemic. The H1N1 virus has cases confirmed in 74 countries, has affected about 28,000 people, and approximately 141 deaths. Symptoms are generally [...]
COBRA Subsidy Enrollment Period Ending
The special enrollment period for those elgible for the COBRA Subsidy Program is coming to a close tommorrow. The program was available to anyone who lost their jobs between September 1, 2008 and March 17, 2009. With the COBRA Subsidy Program ending, some options for families in need of individual health insurance coverage include: Enroll [...]
Celtic Insurance Adopts eApproval
Ehealthinsurance.com has announced that Celtic Insurance Company has adopted their eApproval process when applying for both individual health insurance and short term health plans. By implementing the eApproval technology, health insurance shoppers will be able to submit health insurance applications online with an online signature and then receive an instant approval or decline from Celtic. [...]
Health Insurance and Medical Identity Theft
According to an article on Emaxhealth.com by Hareyan, medical identity theft is related to health insurance. Medical identity theft is when someone uses your name and information to obtain health insurance or they use your current policy to obtain treatment or prescriptions. If there is false information placed in your medical records you could end [...]
