Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama has information about a great program on their website. “Baby Yourself” is a unique prenatal wellness program which gives expectant mothers important information about infant care and health care during pregnancy. On the BCBSAL website, it discusses the benefits of the program. “Baby Yourself” offers all expectant mothers support [...]
Archive for October, 2009
BCBSTX To Cover Unicare Members
Effective Dec 31 2009 Unicare will be leaving the Texas health insurance marketplace. The 180,000 current customers will be offered health insurance coverage by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) which similar the what members have with Unicare in both price and benefits. Although details haven’t been made available, replacement coverage may also be [...]
Dallas Health Insurance For Children
Dallas County will lead the state of Texas in the percent of kids without insurance according to the article “Dallas County Leads State In Uninsured Children” by Jason Roberson on dallasnews.com. The rate of uninsured children in Dallas County is about triple the national average based on the report released by The Children’s Medical Center Dallas. This [...]
San Antonio Health Insurance Has Prediction
A prediction has been made by the president of the American Hospital Association in San Antonio last Wednesday according to the article “Hospital Leader Sees Health Care Bill Passing” by Don Finley on mysanantonio.com. The president, Richard Umbdenstock, believes some sort of health reform bill will pass before Congress leaves for the December holiday. This [...]
Humana Health Insurance Providing H1N1 Vaccine for Members
According to Humana’s website, Humana health insurance is providing the highly anticipated H1N1 flu vaccine for its members. They announced that they will be covering the administration costs for all fully insured members, including those who have plans which exclude immunizations. All co-pays and deductibles will be waived when the vaccine is received regardless of [...]
Finding Health Insurance for the Newly Unemployed
Many Americans between the ages of 50-64 are losing their health insurance according to the article “Health Insurance Hard to Find for the Newly Unemployed” by Richard Martin TampaBay.com. The reason these people are losing their insurance so rapidly is because of rising unemployment and an increasing number of businesses unable to afford health insurance [...]
BlueMedicare Regional PPO
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSF) has introduced a new Medicare Advantage plan to its portfolio of health plans for seniors. BlueMedicare Regional PPO joins a senior health insurance portfolio which already included HMO, PPO, Fee-for-service, Medicare Part D, and traditional Medicare Supplement Plans. BlueMedicare Regional PPO is available across Florida for a $45 [...]
Texas Health Insurance and Small Businesses
A recent study conducted by the Texas Public Interest Research Group examines how the current health insurance system affects small businesses across the nation. This is according to the article “Study finds that small businesses are disadvantaged by higher health care costs” by Priscilla Pelli on dailytexanonline.com. Austin’s small businesses are at risk under the [...]
Foundation Hospital Care PPO
One of the regular items we blog about here at healthinsurancesort.com is finding affordable health plans across the country to assist our uninsured readers in finding health plans that fit within their budgets. These plans might not be for everybody, but it can’t hurt to be aware that they exist. Blue Cross Blue Shield of [...]
