Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City has launched the the areas first private health insurance exchange for small businesses and individuals. The private health insurance exchange is called Blue KC. It is available for employers and employees of small business as well as individuals who currently have Direct Pay health plans. Through Blue KC, [...]
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Blue4U-Blue Cross Blue Shield Kansas City
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City (BCBSKC) has launched a new individual health insurance plan called Blue4U. The plan is designed for a “post health care reform” environment and includes a 100% online application. Health care reform is expected to add “exchanges” where health insurance shoppers can compare and purchase health plans online. The [...]
Blue Cross Blue Shield Fighting Childhood Obesity
According to the BCBSA website, BCBSA has started a new Pediatric Obesity and Diabetes Prevention Pilot Program in Texas, New Mexico, Mississippi, North Carolina and Kansas. Through this program Blue Cross Blue Shield plans on reducing the epidemic of childhood obesity and stop further cases of young people getting Type 2 Diabetes. The plan consists [...]
Top Rated Health Plans in HeartLand
J.D. Powers & Associates rated the top private health plans in the heartland states (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota), and the results were as follows. Similar to many of the other 17 regions in the JD Power Survey, a Blue Cross Blue Shield health plan took top honors. Blue Cross Blue [...]
Top Kansas Health Plans
The top health insurance plans in Kansas for 2008, based on the annual US News and World Report rankings are listed below. Rankings are based on a scale of 1 to 100, and are based on the following categories: 1) Consumer assessment 2) Prevention and 3) Treatment. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, [...]
