According to the article “Mexico Unveils New Travel Health Insurance Scheme to Win Back Tourists” by Karen Elowitt for petergreenberg.com, Mexico has made a bold move towards winning back tourists after the stigma of Swine Flu has left the country struggling. Mexico will be setting up a unique health insurance plan which will be available [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Strongest HMO Health Plans
Thestreet.com recently rated the financial strength of HMOs from coast-to-coast. It is important to understand the financial strength of an insurance company that will be providing you benefits as a weak company may provide you with sub-standard care as well as the potential for financial loss. The following companies were rated as having an A+ [...]
Health Insurance Possibly Getting Taxed?
According to the article “Taxing Pricey Insurance: No Health-care Cure” by Kate Pickert on Time.com, Congress is trying to figure out a way to pay for the expensive health insurance reform and taxing health insurance benefits is on the table. The plan may cost up to 1 trillion over the next 10 years and many [...]
Keiki Care Plan – Blue Cross Blue Shield of Hawaii
Blue Cross Blue Shield member plans initiatives to increase access to affordable health insurance by the uninsured. Part V The Keiki Care Plan is a partnership between the state of Hawaii and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Hawaii. Under the partnership, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Hawaii offers health coverage to uninsured children in the [...]
GoBlue – Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
Blue Cross Blue Shield member plans initiatives to increase access to affordable health insurance by the uninsured. Part IV GoBlue is a product offered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida which provides Florida residents access to doctor visits, basic and preventative dental care, prescription coverage, and lab tests all at affordable rates as low [...]
Health Insurance Quotes Decrease When In Shape
According to a press release from July 15 on 1888pressrelease.com entitled “Health Insurance Quotes Go Down When You Shape Up”, as unemployment increases so does the number of uninsured since many people turn to employer-based health insurance plans. Health insurance costs are often unaffordable for the unemployed, but there are ways to keep costs down. [...]
BlueIndividual – BCBSD
Blue Cross Blue Shield member plans initiatives to increase access to affordable health insurance by the uninsured. Part III. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware (BCBSD) launched a suite of health plans called BlueIndividual. The BlueIndividual health plans provide access to affordable, comprehensive health coverage to Delaware residents who are ineligible for employer sponsored health [...]
BCBSAZ – BlueSolutions
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona‘s (BCBSAZ) is the next health insurance company that we will discuss in this continuing series of posts related to efforts by Blue Cross Blue Shield member health plans to undertake programs designed to increase access to affordable health insurance for the uninsured. BCBSAZ launched a program called BlueSolutions which [...]
Health Insurance Reform…Not Health Care Reform
Wednesday evening President Obama used the phrase “health insurance reform” five times in his opening statement according to “It’s Health Insurance, Not Health Care Reform, For Obama” by Mark Knoller on cbsnews.com. The White House may think that the concept of revising health insurance instead of overhauling health care is easier to sell to Congress. [...]
Blue Cross Blue Shield Programs To Expand Coverage
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) member health plans collectively insure more than 100 million Americans, and although they are not supporters of President Obama’s health care reform proposal which would establish a public health plan that would compete with private health insurers, they are firm believers that everyone in our country should have [...]
