Walgreen’s Back In the Anthem Network
Walgreen’s rejoins Anthems Network Anthem just announced that Express scripts and Walgreen’s have reached an agreement. Anthem members can use the Walgreen’s pharmacy as they will be considered a in network provider. Walgreen’s is a great provider of pharmacy benefit in the area. It is important to remember to check local pharmacies for the most competitive prices on medications. The large pharmacies can […]
Medical Loss Ratio for 6 Health Insurance Companies.
http://companyprofiles.healthcare.gov/ Healthcare.org has released the medical loss ratio for all health insurance companies operating in Indianapolis. It is interesting to see just how close the carrier are to the 80% or 85% loss ratio. With all of the tools the carriers use to keep cost down it is surprising that the loss ratios are not […]
Health Care Reform and the Impact on Indiana
This is a great video explaining the negative consequences of the Health Care Reform law. The Governor gives an excellent explanation on how negative the impact will be. He also explains our Healthy Indianapolis Plan and how successful it has been. This plan might not qualify under the new federally requirements for health insurance.
Welborn Health Plans Exit Indiana
Welborn Health Plans announced that they are exiting the health insurance market in Indiana. They had more than 30,000 members. It comes to no surprise why small health insurance providers pull of Indianapolis. Most of these small companies rent PPO networks. This means they have additional cost in the form of access […]
What Doctors Think of the Affordable Care Act
What Doctors Think of the Affordable Care Act This document looks at how the Implementation of the affordable Care act will affect doctors. The introduction is a snap shot of the uncertainties with the new law. The law it’s self is 2,700 page and the Department of Health & Human Services has already issued […]
State Insurance Exchange Update
This map gives an idea where each state stands on setting up a health insurance exchange. The majority of states have taken grants to establish a state based exchange. The states have positions themselves to set up the insurance market. Some states have taken grants to research a stat based exchange. They are looking at […]
Health Care Reform In the Supreme Court
Today starts the first day of the debate on health care reform. It will be very interesting to see how the supreme court rules in the next 3 days. Fox News reported on what a fine line the administration’s argument is on. Not having health insurance cause to get a penalty or a tax? The administration’s attorney had […]
CBO Projects Obamacare to Cost $1.76 Trillion
$1.76 Trillion for Obamacare The CBO released the cost of the Health Care Reform for the next 10 years. The congressional Budget office originally projected the cost of the reform at $940 Billion for 10 years. Now the CBO is projecting $1.76 Trillion for the next 10 years. Then in 2022 with another $265 billion for coverage expansions […]
Senator Johnson Questions Secretary Sebelius
Senator Johnson Questions Secretary Sebelius Regarding Obamacare Cost Here is a questing from Senator Johnson to Secretary Sebelius on the cost of the health care reform. The Senator has some of his facts mixed up and the Secretary seems to be unprepared for the questioning. The Senator was using cost estimate and predictions that had different time […]
State Based Exchange Final Rule
The department of Health and Human Services has release a 644 page document on the rules for a state based exchange. This document is going to have a huge impact on health insurance and health care. At this point no one really has an idea of how a state based exchange is going to look […]
