The State Health Plan – North Carolina’s health plan for state employees lost $137.6 Million in the fiscal year ending in June 2008. The plan covers roughly 667,000 North Carolinians. The primary driver of the financial implosion was the introduction of a more generous PPO health insurance option that prompted 76,000 existing enrollees to switch [...]
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Health Insurance Coverage for Children in NC
The bill that will provide government sponsored health insurance to millions of low-income children across the country was signed into law by President Obama earlier this week. Currently about 7 million children nationally receive health insurance through state funded programs, but millions still fall through the cracks and remain uninsured. Estimates project that this program [...]
Top North Carolina Health Insurance Plans
The top North Carolina health insurance plans as ranked by US News and World report’s annual health plan ranking report are displayed below. Of particular note is that a number of health insurers including the states oldest and largest health insurance company, BCBSNC, have chosen to not supply internal data that is required to provide [...]
BCBSNC Offers Free Generic Prescriptions
In an effort to assist North Carolinians through tough financial times brought on by the global recession, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) has waived the co-payments on generic prescription drugs for the first half of 2009 (through June ’09). The waiver supplements a similar program that BCBSNC is running in 2008 called [...]
2008 Health Plan Rankings
US News and World Report recently released their health plan rankings for 2008, based on NCQA Data collection and analysis. The 4th annual rankings provided via the collaboration between US News and the NCQA, aims to help health insurance shoppers select quality health plans. Costs will likely always be one of the most if not [...]
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 [...]
Open enrollment for North Carolina High Risk Pool is Here
Open enrollment for the North Carolina Health Insurance Risk Pool , began as of October 20th following the recent acceptance by the North Carolina DOI of their rates and health benefit plans. The North Carolina Health Insurance Risk Pool (NCHIRP) is now doing business as Inclusive Health and can be found online at www.inclusivehealth.org, or [...]
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) turns 75
On August 7, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina celebrated 75 years of providing health insurance to North Carolina residents. BCBSNC was founded as Hospital Care Association (a group health insurance plan) in Durham on Aug. 7, 1933, and merged with Hospital Saving Association based out of Chapel Hill in 1968 to form what [...]
