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By Edward HendersonCalifornia Black Media
The open enrollment period for Californians to secure health insurance plans ends this week on Jan. 31,
Depending on your situation, there are multiple options to explore when searching for a plan that is best for you through Covered California.
Covered California is the state’s health exchange marketplace created to get Californians quality health insurance through brand name plans like Kaiser Permanente, BlueCross BlueShield, Cigna and many others.
One option is to buy a plan through Covered California. If you qualify for a tax credit to help offset your premiums, you
More than 50% of Indian families still avoid the question of investing in a health insurance policy. The excuses include—“My family is healthy and fit, and that’s why we don’t need a family cover” or “I have enough emergency funds to take care of medical contingencies.” However rational, these statements are far from reality and can turn into a big mistake when things go south. It is estimated that while facing a chronic condition such as cancer, most families are unable to complete the treatment due to a lack of adequate funds.
If you, too, consider investing in medical insurance
For the estimated 30 million uninsured Americans, navigating insurance enrollment can be confusing, cumbersome, and intimidating. The hassles are so great that some people have avoided enrollment altogether, and that can be costly for everyone. And when the Biden administration lifts the COVID-19 public health emergency, as it plans to in April, another 18 million people could lose Medicaid coverage.
But HKS Associate Professor Mark Shepard says there is good news for the insurance enrollment process. And he has the data to back it up. We spoke with Shepard about his new working paper, “Reducing Ordeals Through Automatic Enrollment: Evidence
Elevance Health — the health insurance giant formerly known as Anthem — has agreed to acquire Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana.
Elevance, an Indianapolis-based company with about $160 billion in annual revenue and 47 million health plan enrollees, would be getting a Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based carrier with $4 billion in annual revenue and 1.9 million health plan enrollees.
Elevance expects to pay for Louisiana
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the province will require new facilities to provide “detailed staffing plans” as part of an application and mandate a number of physicians at various centers to have active privileges at their local hospital.
Ontario’s government announced a three-step plan to reduce and improve surgery waiting times across the province as hospitals grapple with an overwhelmed and overworked healthcare system.
Premier Doug Ford made the announcement in Toronto alongside Health Minister Sylvia Jones.
The Ford government said it’s “leveraging community surgical and diagnostic centers” to eliminate surgical backlogs and reduce wait times.
Ford said the province
NEW DELHI: Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co. Ltd. (ABHICL), the health insurance joint venture of Aditya Birla Capital Ltd. (ABCL), on Friday announced having signed a bancassurance partnership with Punjab & Sind Bank for distribution of health insurance products through the bank’s network of branches across India.
This partnership will enable ABHICL to expand its national footprint and reach Punjab & Sind Bank’s widely distributed network of 1,528 branches and its customers.
Punjab & Sind Bank’s customers and employees will have access to ABHICL’s comprehensive suite of health-first insurance plans, which are aimed at rewarding customers for practicing a healthy