A new individual health insurance plan is available from Highmark called the Simple Blue PPO plan. This plan goes into effect on February 1, and the the article on IFAWEBNEWS.com by Bob Graham says the plan is geared towards being simple, affordable and predictable. The health insurance coverage aims to have lower premiums and lower deductibles with [...]
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Breakdown of How Health Insurance Premiums Are Used
Have you ever wondered why your health insurance premiums are so high and continue to rise? It may feel like the health insurance industry is taking advantage of consumers by rising premium costs across the board, but this isn’t necessarily true. A very interesting article on WashingtonPost.com shows a breakdown of exactly how much goes [...]
Blue To You by Horizon BCBS
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is looking to significantly increase person to person customer service according to the press release found on MarketWatch. The member-focused program is called “Blue to You” and involves the use of a multi-purpose van driving through neighborhoods in New Jersey. The Horizon Blue to You mobile van [...]
Blue Cross Blue Shield Improving Healthcare
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association recently unveiled a new action plan to improve healthcare quality and keep rising healthcare costs down. According to the press release on their website, BCBSA has designed a comprehensive plan that is interconnected to transform healthcare as we know it. It ultimately moves away from a fee-for-service model to a [...]
Michigan Health Insurance Has Fewer Options
A new report by the American Medical Association has some interesting information about what’s available throughout the nation for health insurance. Michigan health insurance has the 4th least competitive market in the country which means consumers have fewer choices for health insurance. The report used numbers from 2009 enrollment in health insurance organizations and preferred [...]
BCBS Mobile Application Helping Consumers
As the smart phone becomes more and more popular, consumers are turning to their banks, insurance companies and favorite stores to offer applications which make their user experience smoother. Health insurers are starting to keep up with the times and offer easy access applications. Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) offers a mobile application which has [...]
AffordaBlue For Kansas Residents
More and more Kansas residents are looking for affordable health insurance as premiums rise and an increasing number of employers drop health insurance from benefits packages. Discount health insurance policies are readily available for many Kansas residents, you just have to know where to look. One popular plan is offered through Blue Cross Blue Shield [...]
HMO Insurance Quote: Should Rate Increases Be Transparent?
There has been an ongoing debate in the Washington state Legislature about whether or not health insurance companies should make the request for rate increases public. The issue involves House Bill 1220, which would make the rate request public as soon as the office of Commissioner Mike Kreidler receives it according to the article “Insurance [...]
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Ranks High
Florida health insurance received some good news earlier this year when JD Power Associates ranked Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida with the highest member satisfaction among commercial health plans in the region. According to the press release on PR News Wire, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSFL), this is the third year they have [...]
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 [...]
