Every year Healthy NY conducts a survey to check how members feel about being part of this New York health insurance program. This information is included in their annual report. The survey was conducted by Burns & Associates, Inc. (B&A) during the summer of 2010. The survey was given to 12% of sole proprietors and […]

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 […]

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 […]

Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield is a nonprofit holding company headquartered in Rochester New York providing health insurance coverage to 1.8 million individual members today with their 6,000 New York employees. Their history goes back to 1932 when the Blue Cross organization was founded. They were previously known as BlueCross BlueShield of Central New York, […]

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 healthcare 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 the […]

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 […]

The truth about The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is simply that under the current health insurance circumstances that it was written it has become an unconstitutional document that a number of states are currently filing legal lawsuits. If this was written with blanket intent for we the people it may have had a […]