When JD Power & Associates rated the top health plans in Pennsylvania, they also included Delaware in a region which included both Pennsylvania & Delaware. However, of the eleven private health insurance companies that were included in the study and part of this region, eight of them where Pennsylvania health plans, and the three that [...]
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Children’s Health Insurance in Pennsylvania
Senate Bill 189 recently passed the Pennsylvania House of Representatives which will allow children of parents covered on their group health insurance plan to remain on the health plan until age 30. Seventeen other states have already extended the age limit for dependent health insurance coverage. To be eligible for the Pennsylvania health insurance extention, [...]
Pennsylvania Insurers Highmark and Independence Blue Cross Call Off Merger
Following up on a post from Wednesday, Highmark and Independence Blue Cross have decided to abandon their plans for a merger, says Martha Raffaele of the Associated Press. The Pennsylvania health insurance companies did not want to agree to give up either the Blue Cross or Blue Shield trademark, which the Insurance Department was requiring. [...]
Highmark to open health insurance stores
In an interesting move, Highmark Blue Shield, has announced their plans to open two retail health insurance stores in Pennsylvania offering individual health insurance, as well as small business health plans, and senior health plans. The stores called Highmark Direct will open in Pittsburgh and Mechanicsburg in March of 2009. More information about Pennsylvania health [...]
