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 [...]
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Mega Health Insurance on Personal Health Insurance
Choosing personalized health insurance to fit your lifestyle should be a priority. There is no reason to pay for benefits that you will never use. Mega Health Insurance prides itself on personalizing health and supplemental insurance plans that can be tailored to meet the consumer’s specific needs. Many health insurance companies are steering in this [...]
Arizona Health Insurance
Arizona health insurance is about to face big changes like the rest of the country because of Obama’s health care reform. According to the article “Arizona Lawsuit Against Healthcare Reform” found on TucsonCitizen.com, The Goldwater Institute filed a federal lawsuit this week to block national healthcare reform reported by The East Valley Tribune. The lawsuit [...]
PPO Insurance Quote for Small Business
Leaders of small businesses say that the new health care legislation aimed at controlling their health insurance costs brings them much closer to a level playing field in the Massachusetts health insurance system. This is according to the article found on Boston.com by Kay Lazar discussing the new health care measure and its affect on [...]
Massachusetts Health Insurance Blackout
According to the article “The Massachusetts Insurance Blackout” found on online.wsj.com, it’s recently become next to impossible for individuals and small businesses to purchase health care protection after Governor Deval Patrick put a price control on health insurance premiums. There is a possibility that with the new health care bill put through by the Obama [...]
Oxford Health Plans Available Through Health Pass
Oxford Health Insurance Plans are now available to New York area small businesses as a result of a new partnership between UnitedHealthCare and HealthPass. The health plans are available to New York area small businesses with between 2 and 50 employees. The health plan options offered by Oxford provide a variety of plan designs including [...]
Individual Health Insurance Rates Increase In Numerous States
Anthem Blue Cross which is a subsidiary of WellPoint, INC has notified some policyholders in California, Maine, Oregon and other states that individual health insurance rates are going to increase. This is according to the article “Individual Insurance Rates Soar in 4 States” by The Associated Press on msnbc.com. In California the rates are to [...]
Utah Health Insurance Exchange
The state of Utah has launched a “health insurance exchange”. Through a state run website, participating small businesses in Utah will be able to offer employees a health care stipend, which workers can in turn use to shop on the site and select an individual health insurance plan that best fits their needs. Utah has [...]
BCBSAZ – BlueSolutions
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona‘s (BCBSAZ) is the next health insurance company that we will discuss in this continuing series of posts related to efforts by Blue Cross Blue Shield member health plans to undertake programs designed to increase access to affordable health insurance for the uninsured. BCBSAZ launched a program called BlueSolutions which [...]
Small Business Health Insurance Help From CHOICE Act
A representative in the U.S. House of Representatives will reintroduce legislation to help small employers pay for their employees’ small business health insurance, reports Astrid Fiano in DOTMed Business News. The CHOICE Act, according to sponsor and chair of the House Small Business Committee Nydia Velasquez, will do the following: Offer a tax credit equal [...]
