The struggling economy is causing significant issues for many states which provide health plans to assist low-income families. Many states are being forced to pare back these health insurance programs at the worst possible time…when the number of unemployed Americans continue to rise and people need assistance the most. The methods by which various states [...]
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Highmark Health Insurance Plans
In the recent US News and World Report annual health plan rankings report, two health plans offered by Highmark ranked as being among the best health plans in the nation. SecurityBlue, HighMark’s Medicare Advantage HMO ranked #32 among Medicare Health Plans Among Commercial HMOs, Keystone Blue (offered by Highmark subsidiary Keystone Health Plan West) ranked [...]
Geisinger Health Plan Releases Influenza Update
Geisinger Health Plan recently released an update on the 2009 Influenza flu season. This is found in the article “Influenza Update From Geisinger Health System: 900 Cases” by Dr. Lisa Esolen who is the director for Geisinger Health System Infection Control on Poconorecord.com. They continue to see a steady increase in the number of flu [...]
Special Care – Independence Blue Cross
In Southeastern Pennsylvania, Independence Blue Cross (IBC) in conjunction with Highmark Blue Shield has formed the Caring Foundation which helps to provide free or low-cost health insurance plans to uninsured children and adults in the 5 counties including and surrounding Philadelphia. Plans that are administered through the Caring Program include Pennsylvania CHIP, Adultbasic, and Special [...]
Blue Cross of Northeastern PA Rate Increase
Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania has filed a rate increase request with the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance for a handful of individual health insurance products. If the rate increase request is approved it would impact about 56,000 existing customers of the Blue Cross health insurance company, or about 10% of their subscriber base. The individual [...]
Top Rated Health Plan In Pennsylvania
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 [...]
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, [...]
Over 1 Million Individuals Without Pennsylvania Health Insurance
Today’s edition of the Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report newsletter highlighted a sobering statistic about Pennsylvania health insurance: over one million residents lack it! According to the study, conducted last year: More than 8% of the state’s population is uninsured, compared to 7.5% in 2004. The number of uninsured children in Pennsylvania increased 5%, to [...]
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. [...]
Pennsylvania Health Insurance Regulators Outline Condition for Independence Blue Cross/Highmark Merger
According to Jane M. Von Bergen and Angela Couloumbis of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania’s insurance commissioner has set a condition that must be met for the state to approve a merger of two major Pennsylvania health insurance companies: Highmark and Independence Blue Cross. The deal will require that the combined company give up the right [...]
