As the smart phone becomes more and more popular, consumers are turning to their banks, insurance companies and favorite stores to offer applications which make their user experience smoother. Health insurers are starting to keep up with the times and offer easy access applications. Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) offers a mobile application which has [...]
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Advance Blue by Highmark
Highmark has launched a new innovative health insurance plan for individuals called Advance Blue. Advance Blue provides 100% coverage for preventative care and only requires small co-pays for doctor visits, prescription drugs and basic diagnostic testing. Maternity benefits and vision exams are also covered Advance Blue is available in three areas covered by various Highmark [...]
Pennsylvania Health Insurance Ranking Well
JD Power and Associates is in their 5th year of ranking health insurers through the US Member Health Insurance Plan Study and according to their recent annual report Pennsylvania health insurance ranked well for overall customer satisfaction. They exceed the national average for customer satisfaction significantly. The article “UPMC, Geisinger, Highmark lead PA Customer Satisfaction Ratings” [...]
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Awarded
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina earned a very high customer satisfaction score and with all of the concerns over health insurer quality, this bodes well for BCBS. According to the article “North Carolina Health Insurer Earns High Customer Satisfaction Score” by Bob Graham on IFAWebNews.com, BCBS of North Carolina ranked second best in [...]
Rhode Island Approves Health Insurance Rate Increase
Rhode Island health insurance is about to see a 1.9% increase in health insurance rates for those who purchase policies from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island. The article “State Approves Reduced Health Insurance Rate Hike” by Richard Salit on ProJo.com summarizes the details behind the hike. The 1.9% is actually a reduced figure [...]
Medicare Health Plans in Raleigh NC
Continuing a series of posts that will recognize the best value in Medicare health plans in major metropolitan areas across the country, Medicarenewswatch.com rated the following plans as tops in Raleigh North Carolina. Yesterday’s post gives some background on the methodology used. For Healthy Seniors, the Medicare Plans judged to be the best value were: [...]
Blue Cross Blue Shield
According to the Blue Cross Blue Shield website, BCBS of Delaware has announced an affiliation agreement with Highmark Inc. This partnership plans to bring new products and services to the state of Delaware and enhance the cost-effectiveness of Blue Cross and Highmark. This is positive news for Delaware health insurance as it creates better products [...]
Children with Preexisting Conditions
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama (BCBSA) has come out with a statement about annual enrollment periods for children with preexisting conditions on their website. This is in response to the Obama administration’s clarification that it will include annual enrollment periods for the children’s preexisting conditions. Scott P. Serota, president and CEO of the Blue [...]
Go Blue Florida
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida offers a unique program for the individual under 65 years of age. Go Blue Florida health insurance offers a health services card which targets the working uninsured in the state of Florida. Many are finding this inexpensive health coverage extremely valuable as it covers individuals and their families. According [...]
