The government option for health insurance has its pros and cons, but businesses are noticing that private health insurance could be the better choice. The article by Jamie L. Brockway, “Business Owners See Value of Private Health Plans Over Government Option” on ifawebnews.com talks about what challenges business owners face as they make this decision. [...]
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Prism EPO by Empire Being Withdrawn
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield is withdrawing their most popular plan for small groups (Prism EPO) as well as other plans effective April 1 2012. The decision came following intense negotiations between Empire Blue Cross and state regulators which resulted in EMpire not being able to set their rates based on their own actuarial analysis [...]
Florida Health Choices Program
The Florida Health Choices Program was first conceived in 2008, and Florida legislators are finally hoping that the health plan for small businesses in Florida launches in July of next year (2012). The program essentially sets up an “exchange like” marketplace where employers and consumers would have a single point of access to compare health [...]
Blue KC Exchange
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, [...]
Blue Solutions by Independence Blue Cross
Independence Blue Cross announced Thursday the introduction of a new suite of small business health plans called Blue Solutions. Blue Solutions health plans offer HMO, PPO, and direct POS options. According to Blue Cross representatives, The Blue Solutions HMO is the first HMO for small businesses in the Philadelphia health insurance marketplace to be medically [...]
Health Care Reform Helps Small Businesses
According to the article “How Health Reform Benefits Small Employers” by John Arensmeyer on Businessweek.com, the new health care reform bill is looking to lower health insurance costs for America’s 28 million small businesses. Many health insurance companies in 2010 saw dramatic increases in in small group plan enrollment. UnitedHealth Group specifically enrolled 75,000 new [...]
Employer Sponsored Health Insurance Down
The amount of employees using health insurance plans from their employees is down, especially in New York. According to a new report by the New York State Health Foundation, New York workers are using their employer’s health insurance coverage at a lower rate than across the nation and much lower than they were ten years [...]
Finding Health Insurance for Small Businesses
Finding health insurance for small business can be a daunting task, and there is a lot of information out there for business owners to sift through. Good news though for Blue Cross members. Independence Blue Cross has unveiled some new health care options for small businesses. The launch includes 25 new plans and is being [...]
Michigan PPO Insurance Quote
According to the article “Blue Cross Launches New Insurance Plans For Small Businesses” by Melissa Burden on Detnews.com, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has launched a more affordable plan for their small business customers. This is great news for small business owners who may be shopping for a PPO insurance quote. This nonprofit insurance [...]
PPO Insurance Quotes Rise
According to the article “Workers Absorb More of the Rising Cost of Health Care, Survey Shows” by Joanne Kenen on health.newamerica.net, a new survey released by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that overall health insurance costs went up by about 3% in 2010 and nearly all of the extra costs were passed on to the [...]
