Health Insurance

Building Healthy Communities: Los Angeles Region Announces Early Success in Health Care Enrollment

March 21st, 2011

Building Healthy Communities: Los Angeles Region announced today the successful enrollment of nearly 100 families into no-cost and low-cost health coverage programs including, Medi-Cal and the state’s children health insurance program Healthy Families.
“We are proud of the resources we were able to provide to so many families in just one day,” said Charles Fields, [...]


Building Healthy Communities Launches Events to Help Uninsured Children and Families Enroll in Health Coverage Throughout Los Angeles County

March 18th, 2011

Enrollment opportunities are available for uninsured families at three Los Angeles regional health care enrollment fairs that will connect children and families into no-cost and low-cost health coverage programs including, Medi-Cal and the state children’s health insurance program Healthy Families.
In addition to enrollment support, the fairs will include food, entertainment, interactive games for children, health [...]


American Diabetes Association and Together Rx Access Inform Uninsured Americans Living with Diabetes How They May Receive Life-Saving Prescription Medicines

February 9th, 2011

he American Diabetes Association®, the nation’s leading voluntary health organization in the fight to Stop Diabetes®, and Together Rx Access, which offers a free prescription savings card, have joined together to help inform eligible uninsured Americans affected by diabetes how they may be able to save money on their prescription medicines.
Diabetes, a chronic condition that [...]


Employers Using HighRoads Procurement Services as Health Care Reform Increases Costs

February 9th, 2011

As health care reform continues to negatively impact businesses’ bottom line, HighRoads, the industry leader in employer health care regulation compliance, is finding an increasing number of companies using HighRoads’ procurement and renewal service to secure more competitively priced plans.
“Businesses want to be able to preserve competitive health care coverage for their employees. At the [...]


irst Love, Then Marriage — Now What About Health Insurance? eHealthInsurance Releases Valentine’s Day Tips for Engaged and Newlywed Couples

February 9th, 2011

Valentine’s Day is one of the most popular days of the year to get engaged. Couples with expensive rings and honeymoons on their minds should also be thinking about their financial path and making health insurance a part of their family’s future. To help new couples kick off their marriage with quality health insurance coverage, [...]


CIGNA Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010 Results Issues 2011 Outlook

February 3rd, 2011

CIGNA Corporation (NYSE:CI – News) today reported shareholders’ net income1 of $461 million, or $1.69 per share, for the fourth quarter of 2010 compared with shareholders’ net income1 of $330 million, or $1.19 per share, for the fourth quarter of 2009. Shareholders’ net income1 included income of $0.31 per share in the fourth quarter of [...]


Grifols Expands its PatientCare Program to Address Insurance Lapses in the Primary Immune Deficiency Community

February 3rd, 2011

Grifols, Inc. today announced that it has expanded the company’s PatientCare Program to offer immune globulins (IVIG) to the Primary Immune Deficiency community (PID). The program will provide Flebogamma® 5% DIF (Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human)) or Flebogamma® 10% DIF (Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human)) at no cost to patients with PID when insurance coverage is not [...]


Report finds lower insurance premiums, more choices in 2014 for families, businesses under Affordable Care Act

January 30th, 2011

Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius today released a new report showing how much families and businesses can save on health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs under the Affordable Care Act in 2014 – each year, a low-income family of four could save up to $14,900 and businesses will benefit from the savings [...]


eHealth, Inc. to Announce Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010 Earnings Results on February 16 at 5 p.m. Eastern Time

January 30th, 2011

eHealth, Inc. (NASDAQ:EHTH – News), the leading online source of health insurance for individuals, families, and small businesses, announced today that the company plans to release fourth quarter and full year 2010 financial results on February 16, 2011.
Chief Executive Officer Gary Lauer and Chief Financial Officer Stuart Huizinga will host the earnings conference call beginning [...]


Digital Insurance Drives Expansion with New Agency Acquisitions

January 30th, 2011

Digital Insurance Inc. the nation’s leading employee benefits agency specializing in insurance for small businesses and mid-sized companies, has further expanded its local market presence by acquiring leading agencies in the Washington, D.C., area and Raleigh, N.C.
CCA in Reston, Va., operated by Cynthia Atwater just outside of Washington, and BCT (formerly Carolina Benefit Plans), led [...]