Alaska is looking to spend a surprising $200k per year for each high risk pool member based on Kaiser Health News article by Phil Galewitz. Alaska is one of the most expensive places to live in the United States and these increased costs apply to health care as well. High risk pools are being set [...]
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Aetna Health Insurance & Best Buy: An Unlikely Pair
Aetna Health Insurance and Best Buy retail may seem like an unlikely team, but they have partnered up to offer a product line which includes online modules focused on fitness, weight control, smoking cessation and stress management techniques according to the press release found on EON.BusinessWire.com. This partnership is unique but could be a great [...]
Florida Health Insurance Enrollment Down
Florida health insurance has experienced another drop in enrollment for commercial policies according to the article “Health Insurance Coverage Continues to Drop in Florida” found on OrlandoSentinel.com. Commercial policies include individual health insurance as well as small group policies. This drop is unfortunate, but not too much of a surprise since economic times continue to [...]
US Health Care Scorecard – 64 Out of 100
It’s no secret that the US has some work to do on health care systems and health insurance programs. The article “US Scores 64 out of 100: Commonwealth Fund Commission National Health Care Scorecard” from the Medical News Today website, details the third national scorecard report completed by the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High [...]
Alabama Health Insurance Exchange Update
Health insurance in Alabama could be facing some big changes with health care reform upon us. The article by Dana Beyerle on The Gadsden Times talks the inaugural meeting held last month. Governor Robert Bentley’s Health Insurance Exchange Study Commission met at the Capitol auditorium in September. The commission was created in June to help [...]
Aetna Health Insurance and CVS Team Up
Aetna Health Insurance and CVS Caremark Corp have teamed up to offer a US Medicare prescription drug plan to their customers. The Aetna Plan was recently announced and it offers a no deductible plan for generic drugs and will only cost $26 per month. This is the next joint effort between an insurer and drug [...]
Employer-Based Health Insurance May See Some Relief
Anyone who has employer-based health insurance knows that costs have been rising significantly over the past decade. As health care costs rise, so do health insurance premiums and employers can only take so much of the hit. They experience higher costs, therefore they cannot afford to pay for as much as they used to for [...]
Health Insurance Haggling With Your Doctor
We don’t generally think of ourselves as consumers when we visit our doctor, but that’s exactly what we are. We are paying money for a service, and even if the insurance company is paying most of the bill, we are a consumer to the health insurance company as we pay premiums each month. A report [...]
Health Insurance Rankings for Medical Mutual of Ohio
Based on a recent news release from the Cleveland-based Medical Mutual of Ohio, JD Power and Associates has ranked an Ohio insurer as being the highest in member satisfaction in the state. The JD Power and Associates 2011 Ohio Health Insurance Plan Study has given Medical Mutual of Ohio this honor. The 2011 Member Satisfaction [...]
Health Insurance for Back to School
College students are heading back to school for the 2011-2012 school year. This can be an exciting and stressful time for many students who try to organize their finances and figure out student health insurance coverage. Market Watch has a press release from eHealthInsurance which gives some important tips for college students and their [...]
