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 needs.  They also have 330,000 members in Greater Rochester.  MVP boasts of promoting a personalized approach to care. […]

Health Insurance Plan of New York or 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 the state of New York and the largest Health Maintenance Organization. Today, […]

Group Health Incorporated (GHI) was founded in 1937 as a non-profit health care provider in New York. They started as 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 found in 1934 as a New York-based hospital insurance provider. 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 […]

Easy Choice Health Plan is a subsidiary of Easy Choice Health Systems.  Established in 1995, Easy Choice Health Systems is a holding company controlled by health care professionals in New York.  Easy Choice Health Plan was founded and became their subsidiary. They began through the efforts of 12 founding physicians. Their goal is to “advance […]

Aetna is one of the leading health insurance providers in the United States. Aetna was established in 1853 in Hartford, Connecticut. They provide health care coverage, dental care plans, disability, pharmacy, group life and long-term care. Their network is strong with over 561,000 physicians and specialists and 5,300 hospitals. Aetna’s mission is to help people […]

There are a few areas of our country that are gaining ground with the state run insurance program. Actually, this is not a new and viable insurance program for all citizens of a given state. The majority of states today have a state run Medicaid program for all those individuals who require assistance. Many of […]

Included in The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is an entire section devoted to future Medicare improvements to help our senior citizens. On the surface, it sounds very promising and will cause some to celebrate thinking they will finally have access to the medical health care they have so long needed. One of the […]

When The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is further implemented across the country what will happen with patients diagnosed with coronary artery disease? The logical conclusion is that there will be health care rationing out of necessity and need. Individuals will be mandated to wait longer to receive any form of health care. Those […]

Still today, even with the passage of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, individuals with pre-existing conditions that require long-term medical health care physician services continue to be denied. How can a country that was once rich in assets, technology, and scientific expertise be so inept in providing for their own citizens? Many of […]