In US News and World Reports recent ranking of the the nations top health insurance plans, CIGNA HealthCare Mid-Atlantic was rated as the top health plan in Virginia. The US News rankings are based on member satisfaction, as well as their effectiveness in both preventing and treating illnesses. According to the report the top 5 [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Some Key Points On Health Care Reform
Both the House and Senate have passed their versions of health care reform according to the article “Understanding Key Provisions in Federal Health Care Reform” found on Business Journal’s website. Congressional negotiators are currently working on an agreement between the two bills. The full House and Senate must approve the package then it’s presented to [...]
State Farm Health Insurance and Medicare
State Farm health insurance has teamed up with Humana in an alliance to offer Medicare Prescription Drug Plans, also known as Medicare Part D. Humana’s Medicare Prescription Drug Plans offers guidance on how to save money on your prescriptions. They make it easy for you to keep track of prescription costs. They offer a SmartSummary [...]
Top Ranked Idaho Health Plans
According to US News and World Reports’ annual rankings of Idaho health insurance plans, Group Health Cooperative is the top plan in the state for 2009-2010. The report included the top 4 health plans in Idaho as seen below. Group Health Cooperative SelectHealth Group Health Options (Options) Group Health Options (Alliant) When compared against the [...]
Health Insurance Quotes and Health Exchanges
Health exchanges are included in Congress’s recent health care reform bill. The article “Health Exchanges: What are They” on healthcentral.com defines a health exchange as a government sponsored market for buying health insurance. It would be available to people not working for large companies and not on Medicaid, Medicare or any other public program. Health [...]
Extension of COBRA Subsidy: More Time to Find Individual Health Insurance
According to the article “An Extended Subsidy for COBRA Health Coverage” by Kimberly Lankford on The Washington Post’s website, Congress has extended the COBRA Subsidy from 9 months to 15 months. This is great news for those whose subsidy was coming to an end, still unemployed and worrying about finding affordable individual health insurance. Last [...]
Humana Insurance Quotes for Medicare Plans
According to the Humana Big Book commercial, signing up for Humana’s medicare program can be as easy as 3 steps. Upon viewing their website it’s really true. Obtaining Humana insurance quotes online has always been relatively simple, but now the company is marketing strong their Medicare programs. With more and more Medicare eligible consumers becoming [...]
Health Care Reform Affecting Employer Sponsored Health Insurance
According to the article “The Missing Link in Health Reform: A Guarantee of Good Coverage At Work” by Richard Kirsch on huffingtonpost.com, the new House bill will require all but very small employers to offer and help pay for good health insurance benefits. They can also choose to pay a percent of their payroll to [...]
Public Health Insurance Option Not Required?
In what has been a roller coaster for all those involved and interested, the Wall Street Journal reports that the health overhaul bill once finalized need not include a Government-run health insurance option as long as other parts of the bill would fulfill the same goals. However, one thing that will be required from the [...]
Medicare Beneficiaries Affected By Health Care Reform
The WhiteHouse.gov website has information on the new health care reform bill. They specifically discuss the changes being made to Medicare. To pay for the health care reform bill there needs to be $313 billion in savings to create a deficit for an overall neutral plan. The article says that America has the most expensive [...]
