Monthly Archives: February 2012

Health plans get mixed reviews in annual California report card…Major carriers involved here…

California’s annual report card on many of the state’s HMOs and other health insurance plans gave most of those rated high marks for customer satisfaction but said they need to improve treatment for lung disease, attention-deficit disorder and throat infections … Continue reading

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California… .Health Reform Shifting From Planning to Action – a pretty good read….

Anthony Wright summed it up pretty well. “I just have to say, I love that we’re here,” Wright said. “That the exchange and health reform are actually happening.” Wright, executive director of Health Access California, was a panelist at the … Continue reading

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Plain-language regulations issued for health plans…An important factor for all of us.

Final rules issued by the Obama administration established the first nationally standardized descriptions for the coverage provided by health insurance plans. The regulations require plans issued after Sept. 22, 2011 to provide consumers with a summary of their benefits and … Continue reading

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Demonstrating Value– Brokers add value to the products they sell…a very good article about us agents!!!

Demonstrating Value– Brokers add value to the products they sell. Granted, telling readers that professional health insurance agents matter fails to achieve the heroic stature of, say, telling a group of tri-corner hat-wearing Tea Party members that Fox News is … Continue reading

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