The state of California has launched a website that will help California residents select the best PPO health plan for their needs. The site contains both summary ratings as well as more detailed underlying metrics of each plan measured. California has provided similar information to HMO customers since 2002. Their are currently 5 California PPOs [...]
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Top Rated Medicare Plan In California
Open enrollment for Medicare Advantage plans is rapidly approaching (November 15 – December 31). We thought we’d blog about some of the top rated plans in each state according to US News and World Reports annual rankings. In California, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan boasts the 2 top ranked plans in the state. Kaiser Foundation Health [...]
California High Risk Health Insurance
Effective January 1, Blue Shield of California will be removed from the Major Risk Medical Insurance Program (MRMIP) because their premiums were substantially higher than the rates offered by the other two insurers that make up the Program. The MRMIP currently covers almost 7,000 California residents who are unable to purchase private health insurance due [...]
Healthy Families Program Rescued
A rare bi-partisan bill in the California legislature, allowed more than 700,000 children in low-income California families to maintain their health insurance coverage through the Healthy families Program. The deal restored about $200 Million that was slashed from the budget this summer. For this to happen, health insurance companies agreed to impose a tax on [...]
California Health Insurance Assistance Program Receives Grant
According to the PRWeb article through medicaresupplementplans.com entitled “California Health Insurance Assistance Program Awarded 2009 Grant Funding”, California health insurance assistance programs are expected to receive about $3 million in grants to help Medicare beneficiaries in need of information on health insurance topics. This is an ongoing effort to better assist these citizens who are often [...]
Anthem Blue Cross Forced to Reinstate Health Insurance Policies
Bobby Caina Calvan from the Sacramento Bee reports that the state of California has settled with Anthem Blue Cross regarding its cancellation of individual health insurance policies. The settlement requires that the insurer reinstate coverage for those whose policies were unfairly rescinded between 2004 and 2008, regardless of any medical conditions they may have. Qualified [...]
Blue Shield Reinstates Health Coverage
The LA Times reports that Blue Shield of California has agreed to reinstate the health insurance policies of roughly 700 California residents whose health plans were canceled after they got sick. Blue Shield also agreed to the way they handle their individual health insurance plans. In exchange for the agreement, the state of California dropped [...]
