Archive for the ‘health discount plan’ Category

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 [...]

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Florida Offering Discount Card

Posted on: December 1st, 2008 by ymedina No Comments

In yesterday’s Miami Herald, John Dorschner reported that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida is now offering a discount card statewide for those without health insurance. For $20 per month, the new FamilyBlue card administered by Coverdell gives individuals discounts on routine medical expenses such as: prescription drugs and vitamins doctor visits dental, vision, [...]

CVS Launches Health Discount Plan

Posted on: November 4th, 2008 by JPAL No Comments

CVS Caremark, a drugstore operator, has announced the launch of a new health discount program that will enable customers to get 90 say supplies of more than 400 generic maintenance drugs for as low as $9.99. The Program called Health Savings Pass will cost $10.  In addition to receiving a 90 day supply for $9.99, [...]

Health Discount Plans – A Crack Down

Posted on: September 11th, 2008 by JPAL No Comments

Hartfordbusiness.com reports that on October 1 a new law will go into effect in Connecticut that regulates health discount plans.  Since April, the state department of insurance has received dozens of complaints about health discount plans, many times when people buy mistakenly thinking that they are buying health insurance. Health discount plans provide discounts on [...]