Calif. regulator fines insurers for underpayment Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of California each have agreed to pay $900,000 fines. United/Pacificare is being fined $800,000; HealthNet and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan are being fined $750,000 each. Cigna is being fined $450,000; and Aetna is being fined $300,000. Accordingly to Bloomberg Reports “California’s seven largest […]

Why is it so important to raise awareness about long-term care? Because it is an issue that touches so many aspects of our lives. Women, especially, bear the burden of long-term care costs for three reasons: women live longer than men; they require care longer, and because women more often assume the responsibility for their […]

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in both men and women. Smoking causes 80 to 90 percent of cases of lung cancer. Don’t smoke, and avoid secondhand smoke. Each year, nearly 200,000 people in the United States are told they have lung cancer and more than 90,000 people die from this disease. […]

Anthem rate increase has not only hurt their reputation and made millions of clients, non-clients including the CA Insurance Commissioner very angry. Finally the rate increases have been approved for October 1st. (a 6 month delay). To be compliant to the healthcare reform Anthem decided to switch all new enrollments after 9/23/2010 to the new […]

The AEP ( Annual Enrollment Period ) will start November 15th and Ends December 31st. In this time period Seniors are able to to review and switch from their current medicare plan , into a new Medicare Advantage or Supplemental Plan, or Drug Prescription Plan. Understanding all the choices can be very confusing. Let me […]