PPO health insurance companies along with many other types of health insurers, are changing their accounting practices to make administration costs medical costs to avoid industry reforms according to the US Sentate’s report released recently. This is found in the article “Health Insurers Shifting Costs Ahead of Law: Report” by Susan Heavy on Yahoo News. [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Massachusetts Health Insurance Blackout
According to the article “The Massachusetts Insurance Blackout” found on online.wsj.com, it’s recently become next to impossible for individuals and small businesses to purchase health care protection after Governor Deval Patrick put a price control on health insurance premiums. There is a possibility that with the new health care bill put through by the Obama [...]
California Health Insurance: JD Power Rankings
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan received the JD Power Award for the best health plan according to the 2010 Health Insurance Plan Study found on JDPower.com’s website. They received an Among the Best rating in the overall experience category and ranked well in all other categories. California health insurance has many companies to choose from such [...]
Blue Cross Blue Shield Ahead of Health Care Reform
With the new health care reform signed into law earlier this year President Obama made coverage available to adult children up to age 26 on their parents plan starting September 23, 2010. Blue Cross Blue Shield realized that many young adults could lose their coverage while they wait for the law to take effect. So [...]
Florida Health Insurance Consumers Get a Vote
Many government officials, especially Republicans, are frustrated with the recent passage of the health care reform bill. Specifically, many are concerned about the health insurance mandates placed on Americans across the nation. Health insurance companies such as BCBSFL and Go Blue Florida are unsure how this is going to affect their business but they are [...]
FloridaBlue – Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
FloridaBlue is the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida initiative to open retail storefronts across the state to help educate and ultimately offer individual health insurance plans to Florida residents. We initially reported about these retail stores opened by BCBSFL. Recently, BCBSFL has announced the opening of a new store in Miami located at: 8895 [...]
Secure Horizons: Yoga Therapy Covered by Health Insurance
According to the article “Finding My Center Through Yoga With Broadview Heights Seniors: Working It Out” by Tara Quinn on cleveland.com, many health insurance companies are covering their seniors to take Yoga classes which can improve overall health. Some of the health insurers offering Yoga as a free benefit include Secure Horizons, Aetna, United Healthcare, [...]
Medicare Offered Through Medica Health Insurance
Medica Health Insurance has a variety of Medicare options for beneficiaries. Their program called Medica Medicare Solutions offers to fill in the gaps in what Medicare may be lacking. They offer benefits such as routine preventative care, prescription drug coverage, affordable costs, fitness classes and much more. One of the most important factors to consumers [...]
Highmark Direct Stores
Highmark Blue Shield, which opened its first retail health insurance stores in Pennsylvania in March 2009, plans to open four four more stores in 2010. The Highmark Direct Retail stores were opened to help consumers make informed decisions about health insurance, and to purchase their plans of course. The stores have exceeded expectations in their [...]
KPS Health Plans: Making Tax Time Easier
Many consumers do not realize that they may need health insurance information for their tax returns. Many companies, such as KPS Health Plans, makes it easy to get access to insurance information including pharmacy and medical claims. Deducting medical costs can save you a lot of money and if you think you may be eligible [...]
