PacificSource Health Plans has acquired Clear One Health Plans for $46 Million. Under the merger agreement, Clear One will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Eugene Oregon based PacificSource. The merger will allow PacificSource to increase its presence in Central Oregon and expand into the Medicare and Medicaid markets through Clear One Health Plans operation [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Houston Health Insurance Has A New Advocate
Houston, Texas elected a new mayor earlier this month named Annise Parker. According to the article “Houston Is The Largest City to Elect Openly Gay Mayor” by James C. McKinley on NYTimes.com, voters gave a solid victory to this openly gay woman. There are some smaller cities that have elected openly gay mayors, but this [...]
BCBS Medicare Supplements Satisfying Policyholders
Nine out of ten seniors are satisfied with their medicare supplement insurance according to Blue Cross Blue Shield’s (BCBS) website. Most Medigap policyholders feel they are getting good value for their money based upon a survey recently released by BCBS and America’s Health Insurance Plans. The survey, which was conducted by American ViewPoint, INC, shows [...]
Blue Cross Blue Shield Fighting Childhood Obesity
According to the BCBSA website, BCBSA has started a new Pediatric Obesity and Diabetes Prevention Pilot Program in Texas, New Mexico, Mississippi, North Carolina and Kansas. Through this program Blue Cross Blue Shield plans on reducing the epidemic of childhood obesity and stop further cases of young people getting Type 2 Diabetes. The plan consists [...]
No Las Vegas Health Insurance? New Hospital May Treat You
Clark County Nevada commissioners are discussing making the only public hospital in Las Vegas private according to the article “County Talks of Privatizing Vegas Public Hospital” by The Associated Press on Mercury News’s website. Commissioners say that the University Medical Center (UMC) is southern Nevada’s safety net hospital and treats many with no Las Vegas [...]
Individual Health Insurance In Texas May Change
Texas insurance consumer advocate is looking to get rid of the blanket authority of health insurance companies to decide what their policies will cover according to the article “Texas Consumer Advocate Wants Ban on Health Insurers’ Blanket Clauses” by Terrence Stutz on DallasNews.com. This would cause a big impact on individual health insurance in Texas. [...]
Medicare Supplement in Case Medicare Advantage is Cancelled
According to the article “Advantage Plan Cancellation: What To Do” found on TucsonCitizen.com, you have two options in the case that your Medicare Advantage Plan is cancelled. It’s important to understand those options to the best of your ability so you aren’t left without coverage for any period of time. The first option is to [...]
AARP Medicare Supplements Calculator
On AARP’s website they have what is called a “Doughnut Hole Calculator” which has been designed for the 2010 Plan to avoid falling into a gap for Medicare Part D coverage. It’s a four step tool that is very useful for saving you money on your health insurance quotes. The Doughnut Hole Calculator is easy [...]
Humana One Special Discounts
Humana One has valuable information on their website about special discounts that they currently offer and in today’s economy we’ll take all the discounts we can get. Some examples of useful Humana One discount programs that will save you money are eye care and vision services, which can save you up to 35% off retail [...]
Wellpoint Individual Health Plans
According to a recent research report written by Debra A. Donahue of Mark Farrah and Associates, the individual health insurance marketplace is growing. As of the end of Q2 2009, national individual health insurance enrollment totaled about 9.7 Million, up from about 9.6 Million from the previous year. This enrollment does not include those individuals [...]
