United HealthGroup Leaves California

  The second domino in a linked chain has tipped over. Two weeks ago Aetna announced its departure from California’s individual and family health insurance market, and yesterday UnitedHealth Group, Inc (parent of UnitedHealthcare) announced that UnitedHealthcare (UHC) is leaving California. With UnitedHealthcare leaving California, about 8,000 members will need to get new health insurance before December 31st, when their UHC coverage ends. In this article, we’ll show you the best replacement health insurance plans from the remaining California insurance companies. In California, UHC provided individual health insurance through their Golden Rule subsidiary using the brand name UnitedHealthOne. Golden Rule was created by UHC overRead More →

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Aetna Health Insurance Leaving California

  Aetna Health Insurance announced they are leaving the California marketplace for individual and family plans. The end date of all their plans is December 31, 2013. All 49,000 Aetna clients still have six months to figure out what health plan they should move to. In this article we’ll give you a simple mapping that recommends which plans you should move to based upon the Aetna health plan you currently have, a “gotcha” to watch out for, and a couple of silver linings to feel good about. The simplest way to replace your Aetna Health Insurance is to simply look for an alternative plan withRead More →

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This information is outdated now. SEE THE NEW Obamacare MATERNITY INFORMATION HERE. 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 able to see the doctor they are comfortable with. So most mothers-to-be will select a PPO plan before they get pregnant. At SPF Insurance, we specialize in maternity coverage, so we spend a great deal of time analyzing allRead More →

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Health Net has introduced a new family of plans to replace their existing health insurance plans starting July 1st. The plans are divided into two portfolios, one for Health Net’s Individual and Family Plans (IFP) and the other for their California Farm Bureau Plans. Health Net Individual and Family Plans This family offers 2 sets of benefits, from the mid-range benefit level of the “Value” plans, to the budget benefits of the “Advantage” level. Providing these benefit options and prices should simplify finding a plan that fits anyone’s needs. Value Plans These plans offer a good set of benefits including 2 office visits to seeRead More →

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After a lot of work, We’ve compiled all the California Maternity Health Insurance information into one page on the website. This way it will be easier to find the information you’re looking for and simplify applying for maternity coverage. While we were compiling the information and adding new content, we realized that there was more information that’s needed to really provide a complete picture for maternity medical insurance, so we’ve put in little notices about the upcoming content to check back for. If you need something that was missed, please post a comment and we’ll respond (and thank you!). The new California Maternity Health InsuranceRead More →

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Ask someone in San Diego if they should have Medical Insurance, and they’ll likely agree that it’s a good idea.  But ask that same person if they’re confident about shopping for insurance and picking out the best San Diego Medical insurance plan and they always say “no”.  They say they “don’t understand” health insurance or they “don’t have the time” to find the information, and there’s always something else that needs to be done first. It could be much easier if they knew 3 simple keys to make shopping for San Diego Medical Insurance a snap.  Use an informative website with the tools you need,Read More →

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For everyone that’s looking for the perfect resource to help make San Diego Medical Insurance easy to understand and apply for, the wait is over. The San Diego Medical Insurance page is now live and ready. This page starts by having you answer 5 questions to determine what benefits you need in your medical insurance plan, then guides you through the medical insurance quote and helps you easily find and compare the insurance plans that match what you outlined in the first step, so you can make the best decision. Then it walks you through the process of applying online, and gives you tips onRead More →

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There are usually many questions people ask me when they are filling out their health insurance applications. So I’ve created a new article that gives you tips on what to do and what not to do, so that your application is truthful and complete, and presents your health history to the insurance company in a fashion that is most favorable to you. This should be recommended reading for everyone before they start an online medical insurance application. To see this article go to the Health Insurance Quote Information page and scroll down to the bottom. If you’d like, a shortcut the article can be foundRead More →

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Health Insurance Recommendation Table Updated! See the updated recommendation table with new information as of July 2012. This table will be updated whenever there are changes to pricing or benefit levels. The recommendations are based upon the characteristics of the 6 Consumer Classifications described below. These 6 classifications are further broken into 3 age groups: 30, 45, and 60. The ages were chosen to show the pricing differences in plans due to age. In many cases, plans that are recommended for younger ages, might not show up for other ages because the price has gone up too much. Use the recommendations from the table asRead More →

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This information is outdated now. SEE THE NEW Obamacare MATERNITY INFORMATION HERE. Congratulations on your decision to start a family! There are a few planning steps you’ll want to make sure you complete before you become pregnant. The first step is making sure that your finances can support the addition of a new baby. The second step is to make sure you are ready for the hardship and joy of bringing a new baby into the world. The last step is to make sure that you have maternity coverage in your health insurance plan that will help manage or reduce the financial costs of pregnancyRead More →

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