Health Insurance Blog

In November of 2008, we published a series of posts breaking down the US News and report’s rankings of commercial health plans. Similarly, below are their rankings of the top Medicare health plans for 2008 based on the same criteria (consumer assessment, prevention, treatment).

1. Preferred Care
2. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Southern California
3. Geisinger Health Plan
4. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
5. Security Health Plan of Wisconsin
6. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island
7. Capital Health Plan
8. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado
9. Capital District Physicians Health Plan
10. Tufts Associated HMO

More inforamtion about health plans for seniors, Medicare advantage plans, and traditional Medicare Supplement Plans.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) is the only game in town when it comes to the individual health insurance in Rhode Island.  For the second straight year, BCBSRI has applied to the Department of Insurance to raise their health insurance rates and for the second year in a row that request has been denied.

The rate increase that BCBSRI was seeking averaged 5.9% across all of their individual health insurance products, but half of that increase was meant for increasing the companies surplus fund.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island has no plans to appeal the ruling.