The UnitedHealth Group is now offering UnitedHealth Continuity, a policy for those that already have health insurance but are worried that they may lose it in the future. These people may be considering early retirement, or may fear unemployment and the resulting loss of health care coverage. Reed Abelson says in the New York Times [...]
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Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Florida Offering Discount Card
In yesterday’s Miami Herald, John Dorschner reported that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida is now offering a discount card statewide for those without health insurance. For $20 per month, the new FamilyBlue card administered by Coverdell gives individuals discounts on routine medical expenses such as: prescription drugs and vitamins doctor visits dental, vision, [...]
Limited Benefit Plans Can Be Low-Cost
Limited Benefit Plans have not been well received since their inception, many health insurers have resisted offering them, and there hasn’t been a strong customer demand for them either despite their low-cost. Given the economic climate that we are facing across the country, these stripped down health plans have been generating more chatter than in [...]
Individual Health Insurance Enrollment Rankings
A brief prepared by Mark Farrah, ranks health insurance companies across the nation based on their enrollment of individuals & families in non-group health plans, i.e. individual health insurance. In the private health insurance marketplace there are an estimated 17 million individuals enrolled in non-group health insurance coverage purchased directly from insurance companies, although only [...]
