First Lady Michelle Obama launched a program called Let’s Move!, which is a national public/private partnership to stop the epidemic of childhood obesity. According to BCBSA News, The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association along with their 39 independent BCBS companies strongly support her initiative. With the launch of this important program the First Lady is [...]
Archive for February, 2010
State Farm Health Insurance Offers Health Savings Accounts
Health savings accounts are a useful tool many consumers can use to save wisely. A health savings account (HSA) is an alternative to a traditional health insurance policy. It can be used along with your health insurance as well. It’s a savings account that allows you to pay for health care items out of this [...]
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida’s Health Programs
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida has an outstanding health program with many different facets. Their research shows that health outcomes drastically improve when people take an active part in their health. This is especially important when it comes to major illnesses. BCBSFL offers a series of programs designed to help members handle their health [...]
Individual Health Insurance Rates Increase In Numerous States
Anthem Blue Cross which is a subsidiary of WellPoint, INC has notified some policyholders in California, Maine, Oregon and other states that individual health insurance rates are going to increase. This is according to the article “Individual Insurance Rates Soar in 4 States” by The Associated Press on msnbc.com. In California the rates are to [...]
Geisinger Health Plan Offering Useful Tools For Members
Geisinger Health Plan has an extremely useful website which offers tools for their members to better their health. Their main goal is that their members have positive and comfortable encounters as they navigate the website and use the various services available. Some of the tools offered on the website include health librarians available to answer [...]
SummaCare House Calls Program
Akron Ohio based Summacare is going old-school by bringing back an old fashioned health care tradition and will be once again making house calls. The Summacare House Call Program will be made available to select members of their traditional Medicare health plans in addition to members of their Medicare managed care products. As part of [...]
Pregnant Woman In the Vancouver Winter Olympics?
Canadian Kristie Moore, age 30, is 5 1/2 months pregnant and is an Winter Olympic alternate in Vancouver according to the article on Yahoo Sports by Chris Chase. She is an alternate for Team Canada’s curling team and has yet to be called upon but it’s a possibility. It’s a shocking story but from all [...]
Humana One Expands Short Term Health Insurance to 5 More States
To fill the need of those looking for short term health insurance in these tough times, Humana One has extended its short term health insurance to five more states. These states include Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Georgia, and Kansas. With these 5 new states Humana One now offers short term health insurance to 20 states total [...]
Mega Health Insurance Names New Personal Producer of the Year
Mega Health Insurance has named Keith Gleason on Maine as their National Personal Producer of the Year for 2009. He was presented with the award at the annual convention for insurance agents held in December in Dallas, Texas. Gleason is the first to win both the National Personal Producer of the Year and the National [...]
Anthem Blue Cross Rate Increase Delay
Anthem Blue Cross is delaying their proposed rate increase to their California individual health insurance customers after much criticism, and a request by the California Department of Insurance. The proposed health insurance rate increase would have raised monthly premiums for some members by as much as 39%. According to Anthem the rate increase represents anticipated [...]
