One of the more expensive pharmaceutical medications, Avastin, was under consideration for being discontinued. Under The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, this particular medication was considered above the cost line. This is a special medication for all patients who are in the last stages of breast cancer. The health insurance carriers were to remove […]

The end-of-life discussions were on the front burner well over a year ago when The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was close to being signed into law. Many of the citizens have decided that this is something that should not be included because it is not a decision for the government to be making. […]

The enactment of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is going to place many hardships upon the individual states. While every individual is mandated to subscribe to a low-cost health insurance policy, all the states are also being told what they will and will not do under the health reform bill. This is going […]

Univera Healthcare is a non-profit organization providing NY health insurance coverage in Western New York.  Their mission is to improve the health of their members and the communities they serve by providing access to affordable, healthcare services, including long-term care services, and seeking ways to continually improve the health and health care of the communities […]

New rules and changes are coming within the cancer research industry since the health reform bill came to fruition. Whether this will enhance the cancer studies or inhibit cancer studies will be something to determine at a later date. One of the initial changes to cancer research will be for the medical healthcare physicians to […]

Oxford Health Plans Inc. was founded in 1984 and originally offered New York health insurance plans. It became a United Health Care Company through a merger in 2004. Being part of the country’s largest single health insurer empowered Oxford to give better health care services to its members. Today, they are providing health insurance coverage […]

MVP Health Care, Inc., works as a family of companies providing a wide range of health care plans and programs in New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire. Today, over 750,000 members trust MVP for their health insurance coverage needs.  They also have 330,000 members in Greater Rochester.  MVP boasts of promoting a personalized approach to […]

Health Insurance Plan of New York, better known as HIP, began in 1940 as a group organization offering prepaid health insurance plans to residents of New York.  After fifty-five years, they have grown to be among the top health insurance providers in New York and the largest Health Maintenance Organization. Today, more than 1.4 million […]

Group Health Incorporated (GHI) was founded in 1937 as a non-profit healthcare provider in New York. They started as the Group Health Association of New York which was a small cooperative. As time passed and more subscribers joined them, they became the Cooperative Health Association of New York then Group Health Insurance. It was in […]

Empire was founded in 1934 as a New York-based health insurance carrier. They are a subsidiary of WellPoint, Inc., the largest publicly traded health benefits company in the country based on membership.  Empire has been providing health care benefits for 75 years.  They are covering more than 35 million members across 14 states together with […]