Health care reform has many concerned about potential hikes in health insurance premiums over time. According to the article “States Can Apply For Nearly $200 Million to Help Fight Health Premium Increases” found on MedicalNewsToday.com, The US Department of Health and Human Services is trying to prevent this from happening. The department announced that about [...]
Archive for February, 2011
Health Insurance Rates Vary for Elective Surgery
You may be surprised to hear that elective surgery in the United States varies greatly based on where you live, and which doctors they are seeing according to the article “When it Comes to Elective Surgery, Where You Live Matters” on Kaiser Health News. A recent study from Reuters finds a large regional variation in [...]
Over a Hundred Charged for Medicare Fraud
According to the AARP Medicare Supplements website article “More Than 100 Charged Nationwide With Medicare Fraud” obtained from the Los Angeles Times, 111 people in 9 cities across the US had criminal charges brought against them for Medicare fraud. The charges were brought by the federal government’s Medicare Fraud Task Force, and officials are saying [...]
Consider Health Insurance When Looking for a New Job
UPDATE 3/4/2012 – According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, unemployment is down from 9.9% in March of 2010, to a current unemployment rate of 8.3% as of January 2012. If this trend continues, this is great news for people without health insurance benefits. As unemployment drops, employers may become more competitive with their [...]
Top Health Insurance Companies in Connecticut
The Top 10 Connecticut health insurance companies, based on 2010 market share, according to the NAIC are as follows: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield – (no surprise here) Health Net of CT Connecticare Inc. Unitedhealthcare Ins. Co. Aetna Life Ins. Co. Oxford Health Insurance Company Aetna Health Inc. CT Corp. Aetna Better Health Inc. Connecticut [...]
Compare Health Insurance with Blue Cross
Blue Cross Blue Shield companies are offering a user-friendly way to take the mystery out of going to the physician with a tool proven to help educate consumers on health insurance costs in an attempt to help them make better healthcare choices. Individual health insurance is a complex product and many are unaware of exactly [...]
Top North Carolina Health Insurance Companies
We Below are the top 10 health insurance companies in North Carolina, ranked by 2011 market share according to the National Association for Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina United Healthcare Ins Co. United Healthcare of NC inc. Humana Ins. Co, Partners National Health Plans of NC Coventry Health and Life [...]
New Florida Health Insurance Plan
Florida Senators are constructing a Medicaid reform plan that would move most of the programs 3 million patients into private HMO health insurance plans. The reform plan as it is being discussed, would also dental coverage and vision coverage. The reform plan is necessary because the Medicaid budget is spiraling out of control, currently costing [...]
Medicare Checklist
Medicare.gov offers a convenient checklist of six things you should do once you become eligible for Medicare. This is very useful for newly eligible Medicare recipients who do not know where to start. Here is a brief overview of the recommended steps: Fill out the Initial Enrollment Questionnaire Fill out an Authorization form Make a [...]
