Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City has launched the the areas first private health insurance exchange for small businesses and individuals. The private health insurance exchange is called Blue KC. It is available for employers and employees of small business as well as individuals who currently have Direct Pay health plans. Through Blue KC, [...]
The government is continuing their efforts to help Americans with pre-existing conditions find affordable health insurance coverage. There are about 25 million uninsured Americans currently with pre-existing conditions and often the reason behind this is costs are just too high for them. In the coming weeks, a nationally funded health care program will drop premiums [...]
According to the article found on USNews.com, 1 out of every 4 Americans under the age of 65 do not have dental insurance. Statistics from 2008 show that employment, education, and race all affect access to dental care. About 73% of Americans under 65 had dental coverage in 2008, but approximately 45 million Americans had [...]
When young people get out on their own they often scramble to find a student health insurance quote but often leave dental health insurance out of the equation. Having proper dental coverage and taking care of your mouth is crucial to your overall health, and young people can start early to prevent severe dental problems [...]
According to the article “Maryland Applies Pressure to Health Plans” by Scott Graham on baltimore.bizjournals.com, Maryland’s top officials are looking much closer at the requests of Maryland health insurance companies to increase premiums. The chair of the House Health and Government Operations Committee, Del. Peter A. Hammen, asked leaders of the Maryland Insurance Administration and [...]
Medica Health Insurance has gone mobile according to their website. You can now get Main Street Medica on your mobile iPhone and compare health insurance costs on the go, right at your fingertips. Main Street Medica Mobile gives you easy access to price and quality comparison information simply by logging in on your iPhone. You [...]
According to the article “The Missing Link in Health Reform: A Guarantee of Good Coverage At Work” by Richard Kirsch on huffingtonpost.com, the new House bill will require all but very small employers to offer and help pay for good health insurance benefits. They can also choose to pay a percent of their payroll to [...]
According to the BCBSA website, BCBSA has started a new Pediatric Obesity and Diabetes Prevention Pilot Program in Texas, New Mexico, Mississippi, North Carolina and Kansas. Through this program Blue Cross Blue Shield plans on reducing the epidemic of childhood obesity and stop further cases of young people getting Type 2 Diabetes. The plan consists [...]
A rare bi-partisan bill in the California legislature, allowed more than 700,000 children in low-income California families to maintain their health insurance coverage through the Healthy families Program. The deal restored about $200 Million that was slashed from the budget this summer. For this to happen, health insurance companies agreed to impose a tax on [...]
The article “Leading insurance grievance: delays in claims handling” by Becky Yerak on chicagotribune.com states that Illinois consumers have been filing less complaints about their health, auto and homeowners insurance companies. Illinois health insurance complaints were down 13%, auto insurance complaints were down 10%, and homeowners insurance was down 5%. The complaint ratios, which compare the number [...]
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