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Individual Dental Plan From Humana

Posted on: February 3rd, 2012 by SamTabes No Comments

Not all health insurance companies offer a comprehensive dental program, but consumers find this to be a valuable asset.  Dental health is extremely important and often overlooked in the health care industry.  Human health insurance recognizes the importance of dental health care which encouraged them to launch their HumanaOne Dental Loyalty Plus Plan. The HumanaOne [...]

Blue Cross, Blue Shield of Florida Has New Center

Posted on: February 1st, 2012 by SamTabes No Comments

Blue Cross, Blue Shield of Florida has opened a new Tallahassee center for their customers.  With this opening, BCBSFL will have eight facilities in the state based on the news article from ABC 27 in Florida.  The new facility is located on Apalachee Parkway and the community should benefit from the new jobs to help [...]

Health Care Reform Implementation in 2012

Posted on: January 23rd, 2012 by SamTabes No Comments

It’s been about two years since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act and got America’s health care reform underway.  A lot has taken place, despite a good amount of opposition and resistance.  At this point, 47 states are part of the new premium rate review system where insurance companies need to justify the rationale [...]

Introducing Simple Blue PPO From Highmark

Posted on: January 16th, 2012 by ymedina No Comments

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 [...]

BCBSSC Focuses on Quality for 2012

Posted on: January 11th, 2012 by ymedina No Comments

Quality health insurance for individuals in South Carolina can be challenging to find, but Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina is putting an invigorated effort towards quality and wellness for residents.  According to the news release on the BCBSSC website, many South Carolina residents find that the rising costs of medical care threaten their [...]

Aetna Health Insurance & Best Buy: An Unlikely Pair

Posted on: January 9th, 2012 by ymedina No Comments

Aetna Health Insurance and Best Buy retail may seem like an unlikely team, but they have partnered up to offer a product line which includes online modules focused on fitness, weight control, smoking cessation and stress management techniques according to the press release found on EON.BusinessWire.com. This partnership is unique but could be a great [...]

Humana Promotes Healthy Living to Save Money

Posted on: December 19th, 2011 by ymedina No Comments

A growing trend among health insurance companies is rewarding customers for living healthy.  With better health, insurers are hoping you will be less likely to file a claim and therefore be a more profitable customer overall.  Humana has taken it a step further and is offering a full blown program focused on rewarding customers for [...]

Iowa Health Insurance May Face Big Rate Increase

Posted on: December 14th, 2011 by ymedina No Comments

Wellmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield has proposed a 9.4% health insurance rate increase for residents purchasing Iowa health insurance.  This has some of the 86,000 policyholders up in arms according to Tony Leys article “Wellmark Customers Grill Executive Over Premium Increase” found on DesMoinesRegister.com. It makes sense that these policyholders would be frustrated with another rate [...]

California Uninsured

Posted on: December 6th, 2011 by BlogAdmin No Comments

A recently released report by America’s Health Rankings which measured the % of the adult population in each state that does not maintain health insurance coverage (either private or public) indicated that California has one of the highest uninsured rates in the country with 19.4% lacking health insurance.   Ten years ago in 2001, California’s uninsured% [...]

Blue To You by Horizon BCBS

Posted on: December 5th, 2011 by ymedina No Comments

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 [...]