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Tweet This is the first in a series of interviews with health professionals regarding natural birth options. We previously outlined a number of childbirth choices that included midwives, birthing centers, water births, home births, and hospital midwife births. San Diego women have many choices when it comes to alternative birth options. A simple Google local [...]

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Tweet In the last few months we’ve seen a lot of Health Care Reform rules and regulations being introduced by the Health and Human Services Department. Every time that happens, the media gets hold of it and all kinds of articles are written in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the TV [...]

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Tweet Recently we’ve been speaking to a number of you that have old health insurance plans that you’ve stayed with for ten or more years.  These older plans are known as “GrandFathered Health Plans” by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and have special exemptions with respect to ObamaCare.   The dilemma you are currently facing [...]

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Tweet The First Wave Of Increases Rolls In Were you stunned when you opened the letter from your health insurance company and saw what your plan is going to cost in 2013. You probably thought to yourself, “Wasn’t Healthcare Reform supposed to prevent health insurance rate increases like this?” The truth, unfortunately for you and [...]

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Tweet It’s the beginning of the New Year, 2013, and many changes are going to happen this year. The first of the changes involves the maternity plans in California. When getting maternity insurance, California mothers want to be able to minimize the costs of the pregnancy and the delivery. But mothers also want to be [...]

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Tweet Finding Affordable or No Cost Insurance For Your Child Every child needs dependable health insurance.  However, not all parents can afford the full cost of private medical insurance.  As a result, there are a variety of programs offered by the state of California and private organizations that can provide health care to financially strapped [...]

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Tweet What Do We Do About Health Insurance After Having A Baby? Bringing a new baby into the world is an honor and a joy, so first off we want to congratulate you on that. Within those first 30 days there are big decisions to be made and what we’re going to do is give [...]

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Tweet 7 Keys To Caring For Your Newborn If you are a parent, or a soon-to-be parent, you understand the all-consuming desire to have a healthy baby and child.  By adding new baby health insurance in California immediately after the birth of your child, you are taking one of the most valuable steps towards promoting [...]

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Tweet New Series Of Six Articles Discussing California Baby Health Insurance Today SPF Insurance is introducing the first of six new pages and posts dealing with baby health insurance, and child health insurance. The first is a new page titled “How To Get Health Insurance For My New Baby?“. This page provides new mothers and [...]

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Tweet Many Kaiser health insurance plans have always offered maternity coverage.  With the July beginning of the California mandate that all health insurance plans provide maternity and autism coverage, Kaiser added these benefits to the plans in their portfolio that did not already have them. For most of its history, Kaiser has been an HMO [...]

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Tweet Aetna was one of the major insurance companies that did not offer maternity coverage in California until July of 2012.  On July 1st, a new California mandate began and required all plans offer maternity and autism care.  As a result of this, Aetna added these benefits to their existing plans and increased the rates [...]

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Tweet Prior to July 1st 2012, Cigna did not offer any maternity insurance plans in California, and their plans were not competitive.  On July 1st they added maternity and autism care to all existing plans and made slight pricing adjustments to position their plans to gain market share in the California marketplace. The Cigna portfolio [...]

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Tweet Most Californians will probably see higher prices for their health insurance.  Whether it be through their company insurance plan, or their own individual and family health insurance plans.  The price increases come in the form of a letter received just before a birthday, and potentially every quarter.  California health insurance premiums go up each [...]

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Tweet We’ve just published a new page on the website that covers all the information you want to know about Health Savings Account (HSA) health insurance plans. We cover what they are, how they work, who they’re good for, what their pros and cons are, and we analyze all the California HSA plans to determine [...]

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Tweet I always watch for reports that rate things I'm interested in.  Especially when it's related to my profession as a health insurance broker in California.  The August 7th report from US News regarding the "Best California Health Insurance Plans" caught my eye because they are a large well known organization with a huge audience. [...]

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Tweet     Incontinence and prolapse: You don’t have to live with it! Do you or a loved one suffer from pelvic floor disorders? Join us for light fare and girl talk to find out what options you have and how to prevent incontinence and prolapse from developing.   Come hear the experts speak on common, [...]

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Tweet   The state of California required all health insurance companies to include coverage for maternity and autism beginning July 1st.  Anthem Blue Cross offered these benefits in only a handful of their plans, so they made changes to the rest of their health insurance plans to include these new benefits.  The net effect of [...]

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SPF Insurance provides information to our clients to solve health problems and insurance problems. The classes offered by Palomar Health can help you understand what your options are and help you maintain your health. We encourage you to explore their upcoming classes and sign up for those that appeal to your needs. If this is [...]

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After a lot of analysis and data crunching, we’ve finally gotten all the new California maternity plans analyzed. The state of California mandated that all health insurance plans offered in the state after July 1st, 2012 had to provide coverage for maternity care. As a result, every insurance company adjusted their plans and their pricing [...]

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There’s so much to like about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and there’s so much to dislike it for.  As a type I diabetic I applaud the idea of enabling everyone to buy regular health insurance without the fear of rejection.  I eagerly await the ability to buy the same insurance plan as someone who [...]

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