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California Health Insurance Rate Increases Are Coming!
At SPF Insurance we’ve seen this through your eyes by listening to you tell us how much your increase was when you called us. We’re here to help you, and we have solutions to this problem. Watch this new video to see what you can do.
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San Diego Health Insurance Quotes Made Easy
SPF Insurance Services is an independent insurance resource designed to help you quickly find a good solution for your San Diego Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Life Insurance, and Long-Term Care Insurance needs. We provide insurance quotes and an easy set of tools to enable you find the plan that best fits your situation. This site will provide you with immediate results for Health Insurance Quotes, Dental Insurance Quotes, Life Insurance Quotes, and Medicare Insurance Quotes. You won’t receive calls from multiple agents trying to sell you “their plan”. Some insurance types require more hand holding so contact us to request Group Health Insurance Quotes, Long-Term Care Insurance Quotes, and Disability Insurance Quotes.
5 Steps to Get The San Diego Health Insurance Plan For You!
- Go to the Health Insurance Quote Information page, and read the entry “4 Keys to Understanding Health Insurance Plans”.
- Look at the Recommendation Table on the Health Insurance page to determine which category describes your situation, and then review the specific plans that best fit people in that category.
- Run a Health Insurance Quote and click the “Check to Compare” boxes (in orange) beside the plans that were identified in the Recommendation Table and then click the “Compare” button to get a side by side view of the plan benefits.
- Choose the plan that best fits your needs and budget.
- Then read the Application Tips before you click on the “Apply Now” button.
If you have any problems or questions, please call us and one of our Advisors would love to help you.

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For California Health Savings Account health insurance we start with an overview of what HSA’s are, how they work, who they’re a good fit for, and what plans we recommend. Then we cover what the Savings Account is, how it works, and where you can set one up, along with additional information on what qualified medical expenses are.
Our most recent topic is on Baby Health Insurance in California. Here we start with the birth of the baby and help parents decide which plan to put their new baby on. Then we cover what baby and child health insurance costs look like, what well baby care is, and make specific plan recommendations for different types of children.
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San Diego Health Insurance, California
The Southern California and San Diego Health Insurance marketplace is served by all the major health insurance companies. The San Diego area is home to numerous research hospitals that provide state of the art treatment technologies and modalities. The region also contains a variety of large medical groups, Scripps, Sharp, and Arch, that contain specialists in every field of medicine. By selecting your physician from a large medical group you can be assured of getting comprehensive care for all your needs.
With a strong biotech industry, 3 large university systems, and 29 hospitals, the residents of San Diego have a wealth of medical options when it comes to using their health insurance. San Diego is truly “America’s Finest City” both in lifestyle and health infrastructure.
San Diego Individual Health Insurance, California
The San Diego lifestyle keeps people active and healthy. Surfing at the beaches, hiking the Cuyamaca mountains, biking on scenic trails scattered throughout the county, and eating the local healthy food gives people in San Diego a unique advantage over those that live almost anywhere else. The result of this is that San Diego individual health insurance rates tend to be lower than most of the rest of California, and much lower than anywhere else in the US.
The best way to get individual health insurance is to follow the 5 step plan outlined above. That way you get the full benefit of the knowledge and recommendations that are here in the website. If you have any questions, please call us at 858-613-3628, and one of our advisors will be glad to help you.
San Diego Family Health Insurance, California
San Diego is a great location to raise a family. The school system is above average (some districts are top ranked within the state of California), the economy is diverse and offers jobs of all types, in many industries, and with a wide range of skill and education levels, and the region is a hotbed of small entrepreneurial start-ups and family businesses.
Because of these small family businesses, the need to provide affordable family health insurance is vital. At SPF Insurance we pride ourselves on being able to help families find plans that fit their specific needs.
Whether it be a new couple just beginning a family and looking for maternity health insurance, or a family with 2 children in high school that needs to get good benefits but keep the premium costs down, we can help you get the family health insurance plan you need and can afford.
Affordable San Diego Health Insurance, California
Shopping for affordable health insurance in San Diego is fairly easy, as there is a wealth of resources you can find here on this website. What’s affordable to one person, may be considered expensive to another, so you first have to decide what affordable means to you. The most common definition of affordable health insurance is it costs less than _________ (fill in your limit), the amount you can afford to pay.
Using this as the starting point, you can compare the affordable San Diego health insurance plans in San Diego that are less than your upper limit. This can be done by running a health insurance quote and then scanning down the list of plans and checking the “compare” box on the plans you are interested in.
There is always a tradeoff between affordable San Diego health insurance and cheap San Diego health insurance. So you’ll want to make sure that the benefits offered in the plans you select will meet your needs. Be forewarned, cheaper is not always better. If you need some help or just want to bounce your ideas off a knowledgeable advisor, please give us a call.
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San Diego Health Insurance Plans: Health Insurance San Diego
There are two primary types of San Diego health insurance plans available, Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO) and Preferred Provider Organizations (PPO).
HMO Insurance Plans
Health Maintenance Plans were initially started in the 70’s as a way for the health insurance industry and government to provide better care for individuals by having a primary care physician (PCP) ask as a central contact for all care delivered to a patient. Any special medical needs were coordinated through the PCP to ensure that the patient received the proper care.
This service delivery model still exists in today’s HMO insurance plans, in that each patient is required to select a PCP, and the PCP will refer the patient to a specialist if needed. HMO plans are well suited to the large medical group organizations in San Diego County, because many of these groups have several hundred doctors within them, and at least one physician in each specialization.
For many people, HMO insurance plans have a negative stigma that they are set up to prevent patients from getting the care they need. The PCP is seen as a gatekeeper, driven to minimize the service costs for each patient. This is not really the case, and HMO plans using San Diego medical groups can actually seem more like a PPO in that the medical group can “internally refer” you to see a specialist within the medical group by speaking to a nurse.
PPO Insurance Plans
Preferred Provider Plans allow the patient to select which physician they see whenever they wish. If the patient decides to see an Orthopedic Surgeon because of an injury, they simply choose an Orthopedic Surgeon from the health insurance company’s network of doctors. This freedom of choice has made PPO plans very popular in the San Diego Health Insurance marketplace.
The major health insurance companies in Southern California have extensive networks of PPO physicians, and many times it’s hard to find a doctor that does not take an insurance plan from the major carriers, but it is still a good idea to make sure that your physician is in the network before you select an insurance plan.
List of San Diego Health Insurance Carriers & San Diego Health Insurance Plans
| Company Name | Plan Family Name Deductibles | |
|---|---|---|
| Aetna | ||
| Open Access Managed Choice | 1750,2750,3500,5000 | |
| Open Access Managed Choice Value | 2500,5000,8000 | |
| Open Access Managed Choice High Deductible HSA | 3500,5500 | |
| Preventive and Hospital Care(HSA) | 2750 | |
| Anthem Blue Cross | ||
| ClearProtection | 3300 | |
| CoreGuard | 750,1500,2500,3500,5000 | |
| SmartSense | 1000,2000,3500,6000 | |
| Tonic – Thrill Seeker | 5000 | |
| Premier | 1000,1500,2500,3500,5000,6000 | |
| PPO Share | 3500,5000,7500 | |
| Lumenos | 5950 | |
| HMOs | Select, Saver, HMO | |
| Blue Shield of California | ||
| Shield Wise | 2500,3500,4500 | |
| Shield Secure | 2000,4000,6000 | |
| Shield Secure Plus | 2000,4000,6000 | |
| Shield Spectrum | 5000, 5500 | |
| Shield Saver HSA | 4000, 6000 | |
| HMO | Access+, Access+Value | |
| Celtic | ||
| Celtic Basic | 80/20 5000 | |
| CelticSaver HSA PPO | 2600,5000 | |
| Cigna | ||
| Open Access Value | 1000,1500,2000,3000,5000 | |
| Open Access | 1000,1500,2000,3000,5000 | |
| Health Savings(HSA) | 1900,3400,4900 | |
| Health Net | ||
| PPO Advantage | 3500, 6500 | |
| PPO Value | 4500, 7500 | |
| HMO | HMO 40, HMO Value 50 | |
| Health Net California Farm Bureau | ||
| PPO Standard | 4000, 6000,7500 | |
| HSA | 4500, 6000 | |
| Kaiser Permanente | ||
| Deductible | 500,1000,1500,2000,3000 | |
| HSA Deductible | 1500,2700,4000,5000 | |
| Copayment(HMO Copay) | 25,40,50 | |
| PCIP (Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan) | ||
| PCIP | 1500 | |
San Diego County Hospital List
| Alvarado Hospital Medical Center 6655 Alvarado Road San Diego, CA 92120 619-287-3270 | Bayview Hospital 330 Moss Street Chula Vista, CA 91911 619-426-6311 |
| Fallbrook Hospital 624 East Elder Street Fallbrook, CA 92028 760-728-1191 | Kaiser Permanente Medical Center 4647 Zion Ave., San Diego, CA 92120 619-528-5000 |
| Kindred Hospital 1940 El Cajon Boulevard San Diego, CA 92104 619.543.4500 | U.S. Naval Hospital Box 555191 Camp Pendleton Oceanside, CA 92055 760-725-1288 |
| Naval Medical Center San Diego 34800 Bob Wilson Drive San Diego, CA 92134 619-532-6400 | Palomar Medical Center 555 East Valley Parkway Escondido, CA 92025 760-739-3000 |
| Paradise Valley Hospital Medical Center National City, CA 91950 619-470-4321 | Pomerado Hospital 15615 Pomerado Rd. Poway, CA 92064 858-613-4000 |
| Rady Children’s Hospital 3020 Children’s Way San Diego, CA 92123 858-576-1700 | San Diego County Psychiatric Hospital 3853 Rosecrans Street San Diego, CA 92110 |
| San Luis Rey Hospital 335 Saxony Road Encinitas, CA 92024 760-753-1245 | Scripps Mercy Hospital 435 H Street Chula Vista, CA 91910 619-691-7000 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital 354 Santa Fe Drive Encinitas, CA 92024 760-633-6501 | Scripps Memorial Hospital 9888 Genesee Avenue La Jolla, CA 92037 858-626-4123 |
| Scripps Green Hospital 10666 N. Torrey Pines Rd. La Jolla, CA 92037 858-554-9100 | Scripps Mercy Hospital 4077 Fifth Avenue San Diego, CA 92103 619-294-8111 |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center 751 Medical Center Court Chula Vista, CA 91911 619-502-5800 | Sharp Coronado Hospital 250 Prospect Place Coronado, CA 92118 619-522-3600 |
| Sharp Grossmont Hospital 5555 Grossmont Center Drive La Mesa, CA 91942 619-740-6000 | Sharp Mary Birch Hospital For Women And Newborns 3003 Health Center Drive San Diego, CA 92123 858-939-3400 |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital 7901 Frost St. San Diego, CA 92123 858-939-3400 | Sharp Mesa Vista 7850 Vista Hill Ave San Diego, CA 92123 858-278-4110 |
| Sharp McDonald Center 7989 Linda Vista Road San Diego, CA 92111 858-637-6920 | Tri-City Medical Center 4002 Vista Way Oceanside, CA 92056 760-724-8411 |
| UCSD Medical Center 200 West Arbor Drive San Diego, CA 92103 619-543-6222 | UCSD Medical Center – Thornton Hospital 9300 Campus Point Drive, #7756 La Jolla, CA 92037 858-657-7000 |
| Vencor Hospital 1940 El Cajon Blvd San Diego, CA 92104 619-543-4500 |
NEW UPDATE ON ALL THE NEW JULY 1ST 2012 CALIFORNIA HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN CHANGES PLANS
This update video is the first in a potential line of videos I’ll create when changes happen in the California health insurance marketplace. If you like this video write a comment to let me know, and “LIKE” this page just below here. If this is useful to people, then I’ll make this a regular occurrence.






You ought to be a part of a contest for one of the most useful blogs on the net.
I am going to highly recommend this web site!
Dan,
Thanks for the encouragement!
Tim
Thanks for the update on rate increases. We got a letter and using your website I found a better plan and applied.
Cheers!
Hi Vince,
Glad you found what you needed. We’ll let you know how your application is progressing.
Tim
This website is actually nice and helpful. I’m
glad that you shared this useful info with us.
I was looking to find your rss feed. Do you have one?
Hi Lawerence,
We do have an RSS feed. It’s http://spfinsurance.com/rss.
Maybe we’ll put an icon on the website so others can find it as well.
Thanks for the query.
Hi Tim,
Thanks for answering our questions about maternity plans. Now we know what plan to use. Your site has some great info on the best maternity insurance and I’m glad we found it.
Thanks again
Patty & David
Thanks Patty,
We try hard to be the best in what we do.
Let us know if you have any questions when filling out the application.
Tim
Hi SPF. How can I get more details about the Health Net plans?
Thanks
Bennie,
You can get more info about the Health Net plans by clicking on the Health Net link in the table above that lists all the carrier’s plans and deductibles. For even more details, you can run a quote and then select a few of the Health Net plans (check box on the left side), then hit the “Compare” button, to get a side by side breakout showing the benefits of each plan side by side.
Let us know if you need more help.
Tim
Hmm is anyone else encountering problems with the pictures on this blog loading?
I loved the update on the new health plans. This saved me a ton of time trying to
compare them all. Now I’m focused on Health Net and Anthem. Thanks
Nelle,
We had some server glitches on 12/6 so that might have caused the problem with the pictures. It should be fixed now.
We’re glad you liked the video.
Tim
Thanks for the update! I’ll make sure I’ve bookmarked your blog and come back sometime. Have a nice day!
Glad you like it Ruff (I couldn’t resist that reply :>)
Tim
I was real happy about this, cause I found exactly what I was looking for. You’ve ended my 4 day long hunt! God Bless you man. Have a great day.
Glad we could help you Ella. Hope to see you again.
Tim