SUNRISE – City commissioners and 128 managers at City Hall don’t pay a dime for health insurance. That may soon change, if Commissioner Sheila Alu has her way. “I think everyone should pony up,” Alu said Tuesday night as the commission debated a money-saving plan that would force civilian employees to pay more if they [...]
In an era in which employers increasingly are having to shift more health-care costs onto employees, IBM is taking the unprecedented tack of opting to pick up all expenses related to primary care for U.S.-based employees, beginning next year. In doing so, IBM is is among the first U.S. companies to cover primary care at [...]
Numerous Eastman Kodak Co. employees and retirees are seeing their potential costs double or triple for 2010 medical coverage. Letters that went out to retirees this week indicated monthly costs for preferred-provider (PPO) coverage administered by MVP Health Care are going up from about $400 to more than $1,000. PPO rates for current Kodak employees [...]
BM Corp. is changing its health benefit plans to provide 100 percent coverage for primary care, the company announced today. “Employees and their families enrolled in IBM plans will receive full coverage throughout the year — no coinsurance or deductible — for in-network primary care office visits with their internist, family practitioner, pediatrician or general practitioner,” [...]
An Illinois circuit court has certified a class action case against Mid-Century Insurance Company, Farmers Insurance Exchange, and Farmers Group, Incorporated by Illinois medical providers who accuse the company of questionable practices to reduce medical bills from 2001 into 2004. The case is pending in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit, St. Clair County, Illinois. Lebanon Chiropractic [...]
American General Life Companies’ (American General) Employee Benefit Solutions division announced that it will be converting to the SmileMaxSM network effective January 1, 2010, for in-force business, while new business was converted to the network on September 1, 2009. Changing its PPO provider to the SmileMax network increases provider locations, gives greater flexibility, and results [...]
Michigan’s small business owners know that offering employee health coverage can help them attract and keep good employees; yet escalating health care costs are making this increasingly difficult. They need help, and they need it now. Relief may be in sight for small companies in 23 Michigan counties. Health Alliance Plan’s new “Small Business Solutions” [...]
There is definitely a lot to think about and learn when it comes to getting Texas health insurance. One of the most important aspects that you’ll need to think about is the different benefits that you get in the details of your policy. There is a part of your coverage that you need to think [...]
CDPHP announced the launch of its individual Medicare Choices preferred provider organization (PPO) plans in Albany, Essex, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, and Washington counties, effective January 1, 2010. With the addition of the new Capital Region counties, CDPHP Medicare Choices individual PPO plans now serve Medicare-eligibles in 23 counties, while its group PPO plans [...]
University students are returning to Fall classes at a time when many are less likely to find jobs that offer health insurance benefits after graduation, and others are at a relatively high-risk for acquiring the H1N1 virus. At the same time, a series of independent reports from bloggers and journalists have been written to address [...]