Statistically, the uninsured and the new phenomenon of underinsured are coming under great scrutiny because of the average status of their overall health. These are the groups of individuals who rarely make an appointment with the medical health care physician when they become ill. This in itself increases the risk of declining health even at […]

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, […]

Empire was founded 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 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 […]

Many of the large insurance providers across the country are coming to terms with the new rules, laws, and regulations of the health care reform bill. Most have already come out and announced they will no longer be enforcing a long-standing policy of cancelling subscribers of insurance because of a catastrophic illness. You have to […]

One of the major downsides to The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the thousands of medical physicians who are very disappointed with the outcome. Many medical physicians are currently considering aborting their private healthcare practice because of the new rules, laws, and regulations that are about to open up for them. Many of […]

Where do the homeless turn to for comprehensive medical healthcare access? This has been a very difficult problem to overcome in the past for millions of individuals. Medicare health insurance is available to all individuals who reach the age of sixty-five. Medicaid health insurance is available to all low-income individuals who have a dependent or […]