More and more Americans are finding the cost of health insurance to be overwhelming, especially when it comes to their prescription drug coverage. When money gets tight, individuals often let health expenses go and find themselves with no coverage at all, which obviously is a bad idea. Some people rely on prescription drugs for their [...]
The New Year’s Day “fiscal cliff” deal came with a lot of mixed emotions across the nation, but for some small, rural hospitals there was a sigh of relief. As an example, Jones Memorial Hospital in rural upstate New York will be receiving an extra $450,000 this year thanks to the deal according to Phil [...]
A small study was recently completed by ConsumerWorld.org to analyze the use of prescription drug cards. Founder Edgar Dworsky obtained five prescription drug cards from various groups and compared the coverages and prices of each discount card. Cards were obtained from AAA, AARP, the National League of Cities, UNA Rx and Simple Savings. National League [...]
Chinese Community Health Plan (CCHP) effective Jan 1 2012 will transition its pharmacy benefits management company Navitus Health Solutions so that its members will not experience any interruption of service resulting from Walgreens ongoing dispute with Express Scripts. Beginning Jan 1, Express Scripts customers will not be able to utilize Walgreen’s to get their prescriptions [...]
There are 17 days remaining in the 2012 open enrollment period for Medicare health plans, and this includes Medicare Part D (Prescription Drug Plans). Community CCRx PDP (Prescription Drug Plan) is a federal qualified plan that is offered by the following organizations that contract directly with the government to offer: Silverscript Insurance Company, and Pennsylvania [...]
Health systems across the nation, including Geisinger Health Plans, are recognizing National Hospital and Health System Pharmacy Week which runs from October 17th through the 23rd. Pharmacy Week is dedicated to hard working pharmacists who play such an important role in patient care. Geisinger Health System specifically is taking an active role in this recognition. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
If you have ever shopped around around for a quality health insurance policy you know how confusing the details can be. It’s hard to know what’s important and what benefits apply directly to you. There are many options out there and it can easily become overwhelming. It’s important to take your time during this process. [...]
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (BCBSKS) has a unique program for the residents of Kansas. It’s called Affordablue and it’s geared towards affordable options for residents who struggle to afford preventative hospital and surgical benefits. This plan can give you the help needed to pay for everyday and unexpected health care costs. Affordablue is [...]
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