Archive for the ‘health discount plan’ Category

BCBSAL Offering Baby Program

Posted on: October 29th, 2009 by ymedina No Comments

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama has information about a great program on their website.  “Baby Yourself” is a unique prenatal wellness program which gives expectant mothers important information about infant care and health care during pregnancy. On the BCBSAL website, it discusses the benefits of the program.  “Baby Yourself” offers all expectant mothers support [...]

FamilyBlue – BCBSFL Discount Card

Posted on: September 29th, 2009 by JPAL No Comments

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSFL) offers a Medical Discount Card called FamilyBlue that provides discounts on health care.  FamilyBlue is not health insurance, but it does provide discounts on heath care services which is negotiated with providers. As mentioned above, FamilyBlue is not health insurance, and should be viewed as a last resort [...]

Dallas Health Insurance Perk

Posted on: September 9th, 2009 by ymedina No Comments

Residents living in Dallas County, TX are eligible for a unique Dallas health insurance perk.  Dallas County’s prescription drug card covers pet’s medicines as well, according to the article on examiner.com by Rebecca Poling.  The Dallas County Coast2Coast RX card offers huge savings on prescription drugs, up to 65%.  This includes pet prescriptions also.  There [...]

Health Insurance Quotes: In and Out-of-Network

Posted on: August 12th, 2009 by ymedina No Comments

According to the article “An affordable insurance quote requires careful research” on healthcare.com customers will benefit from doing their research when shopping for health insurance quotes.  You may find an affordable quote quickly, but read the fine print to prevent future issues with your policy.  One potential issue is in and out-of-network stipulations.  PPO and HMO [...]

Health Insurance Being Offered for Free in Mexico for Travelers

Posted on: July 31st, 2009 by ymedina No Comments

According to the article “Mexico Unveils New Travel Health Insurance Scheme to Win Back Tourists” by Karen Elowitt for petergreenberg.com, Mexico has made a bold move towards winning back tourists after the stigma of Swine Flu has left the country struggling.  Mexico will be setting up a unique health insurance plan which will be available [...]

BlueCross BlueShield of Texas on Health Care Reform

Posted on: July 14th, 2009 by ymedina No Comments

BlueCross BlueShield of Texas (BCBSTX) published a memo on their website that covers where they stand on the much talked about health care reform debate going on in Washington.  BCBSTX does believe strongly that health care reform is in fact needed and affordable health insurance should be available to all Americans.  On the table currently [...]

Blue Cross Blue Shield Health Insurance: Healthier Living

Posted on: May 24th, 2009 by ymedina No Comments

Are you a member of Blue Cross Blue Shield or have you gotten a Blue Cross Blue Shield quote to become a member?  If you are a member you may be eligible for their healthier living plan called Blue365.  This is another example of companies trying to make us healthier and hopefully it will pay [...]

Health Discount Plans Need Regulation

Posted on: March 24th, 2009 by BlogAdmin No Comments

Washington state Insurance Commissioner, Mike Kriedler, is advocating regulating the currently unregulated health discount plans, that have become much more common over the past few years.  Specifically, Mr. Kriedler would like to enact legislation that would make these plans financially responsible for paying the health care expenses that they advertise.  Commissioner Kriedler states that he [...]

UnitedHealth Continuity Policy Insures Your Insurance Access

Posted on: December 9th, 2008 by ymedina No Comments

The UnitedHealth Group is now offering UnitedHealth Continuity, a policy for those that already have health insurance but are worried that they may lose it in the future. These people may be considering early retirement, or may fear unemployment and the resulting loss of health care coverage. Reed Abelson says in the New York Times [...]