Archive for the ‘Kaiser Permanente’ Category
Posted on: January 3rd, 2011 by JPAL
Medicarenewswatch.com ranked the top value in Medicare Health Plans in each of the major metropolitan cities in the United States. Over the last few weeks we have posted about a handful of these city rankings including; Cleveland Medicare health plans, Raleigh Medicare health plans, an Denver Medicare health plans. the best value in Medicare health [...]
Posted on: December 31st, 2010 by JPAL
According to MedicareNewsWatch.com, the following are the top Medicare Health Plans (based solely on value) in Denver Colorado, depending on the applicants health status: For applicants in good health, the Denver Medicare plans were ranked as follows: Anthem Sure Value Basic (Annual estimated out of pocket costs $431) Kaiser Permanente Senior Advantage Core ($460) Secure [...]
Posted on: May 17th, 2010 by ymedina
In a time of high health insurance costs, many are shopping around for a cheaper HMO Insurance quote, and it is helpful to understand where various companies rank. OPA.CA.GOV has released a “HMO Ratings At-a-glance” to help Californians determine the best value. Ranking the best was Kaiser Permanente – Southern California with an Excellent rating [...]
Posted on: October 20th, 2009 by JPAL
Effective January 1, Blue Shield of California will be removed from the Major Risk Medical Insurance Program (MRMIP) because their premiums were substantially higher than the rates offered by the other two insurers that make up the Program. The MRMIP currently covers almost 7,000 California residents who are unable to purchase private health insurance due [...]
Posted on: August 3rd, 2009 by BlogAdmin
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). Preferred Care Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Southern California Geisinger Health [...]
Posted on: June 16th, 2009 by BlogAdmin
UPDATE 5/24/2012 – If you are looking for current health plan rankings for 2012, please keep an eye out for our recent blog entries which update health plan rankings state by state on a periodic basis. Visit our blog home page at www.healthinsurancesort.com/blog. JD Power and Associates recently released their 2009 Health Plan Ratings. The [...]
Posted on: January 21st, 2009 by JPAL
In US News & World Reports Ranking of the nations top health insurance plans, they ranked the Georgia health plans in the following order. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia (HMO) – Kaiser’s HMO ranked very well, receiving 5 stars in both treatment and Prevention measures. The plan only received 2 stars on the customer [...]
Posted on: January 7th, 2009 by JPAL
The LA Times reports that Blue Shield of California has agreed to reinstate the health insurance policies of roughly 700 California residents whose health plans were canceled after they got sick. Blue Shield also agreed to the way they handle their individual health insurance plans. In exchange for the agreement, the state of California dropped [...]
Posted on: November 18th, 2008 by JPAL
Kaiser Permanente now offers a subsidized individual health insurance plan that costs as low as $20 per month. The plan is called Bridge Community Health Plan. The Bridge plan targets individuals and families who are experiencing tough times but make too much money to qualify for government sponsored programs like Medicare of Medicaid. Kaiser Permanente [...]
Posted on: November 11th, 2008 by JPAL
As promised we will be breaking the US News and World Report health plan rankings down into the state level, to account for differences in health plan regulations, and mandated benefits in each state which can skew results. According to the report: The top 10 Ohio Health Plans are: Summacare Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield [...]