JD Power and Associates is in their 5th year of ranking health insurers through the US Member Health Insurance Plan Study and according to their recent annual report Pennsylvania health insurance ranked well for overall customer satisfaction. They exceed the national average for customer satisfaction significantly. The article “UPMC, Geisinger, Highmark lead PA Customer Satisfaction Ratings” [...]
Archive for March, 2011
Louisiana Health Insurance: Opting Out of Exchanges
Louisiana is opting out of creating health insurance exchanges at the state level which is part of the new federal healthcare bill according to Bruce Greenstein of Health and Hospitals. The article “Louisiana to Opt Out of Health Insurance Exchanges in Federal Law” by Jan Moller found on Nola.com details the factors behind their decision. [...]
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Awarded
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina earned a very high customer satisfaction score and with all of the concerns over health insurer quality, this bodes well for BCBS. According to the article “North Carolina Health Insurer Earns High Customer Satisfaction Score” by Bob Graham on IFAWebNews.com, BCBS of North Carolina ranked second best in [...]
Anniversary of Healthcare Reform
Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of Obama’s historic healthcare reform bill which had everyone talking. Despite the bill having some positive effects throughout the nation already, Congress is still disputing the benefits of the bill and many states are downright opposing parts of it. Acceptance of the bill still has a long way to [...]
Aflac Offers Vision Insurance
Most people know Aflac as the company which covers daily costs in case of disability but they also offer other types of insurance. You may be surprised to learn that Aflac offers vision insurance. This can be a huge benefit to those who do not have the time or the information to shop around for [...]
NFL Players Looking for Better Health Care
The long awaited NFL lock-out is upon up and players are toughing it out without health insurance. Many players chose to get coverage through COBRA while negotiations are under way, but there are players taking a risk with no insurance at this time. This is unfortunately considering one of the main factors the players are [...]
Rhode Island Approves Health Insurance Rate Increase
Rhode Island health insurance is about to see a 1.9% increase in health insurance rates for those who purchase policies from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island. The article “State Approves Reduced Health Insurance Rate Hike” by Richard Salit on ProJo.com summarizes the details behind the hike. The 1.9% is actually a reduced figure [...]
Geisinger Gold Health Navigator
Geisinger Gold has been known to offer top of the line Medicare Advantage programs and have a wide array products to choose from. They have a large service area with 90 hospitals participating in Geisinger Gold and over 34,000 participating physicians. They offer many different health management programs such as adult asthma care, chronic kidney [...]
Affordable Care Act Health Insurance Announcement
The US Department of Health and Human Services will be making an announcement today to support state flexibility in the Affordable Care Act. They also plan on solidifying the goal of making sure all Americans have access to affordable health insurance options according to the article “HHS Officials to Make Affordable Care Act Announcement” found [...]
Lower Health Insurance Rates With Coffee
Health insurance rates are skyrocketing for many and people are scrambling to find something they can afford. Something people don’t always consider is the preventative measures they can take to not only improve their health but lower their health insurance costs over time. Health care reform is making it possible for everyone to be approved [...]
