One thing California health insurance plan owners know only too well: Premium rates for individual California health insurance plans are – unfortunately – on the rise. That’s why we urge you to use a new benefit that is available to all new health plan owners: Free preventive care that is available on all new health plans that covers you 100% for all in-network nationally recommended preventive care services you receive.
A routine physical exam, health screenings and immunizations are important steps in preventing the onset of illness, staying healthy and – let’s face it: There’s also a financial incentive too – When you keep yourself and your family on a regular routine of health living lifestyle choices like proper nutrition, regular exercise and the use of preventive health care services, you are helping to prevent the possibility of more costly medical issues later down the road. Preventive care and early detection keeps you and your family on the path to good health, improves the quality of life, and increases the positive effectiveness of treatment regimens. In short, it’s a winner all the way around!
If you’re a regular reader of our Vitality California health insurance blog, you know one thing for sure: We advocate strongly for the use of your free preventive care services that are part of your plan benefits along with seeking and securing consumer savings wherever possible. We talk regularly here about the great benefits offered consumers by the always free, always caring concerned one-on-one client consultations we provide consumers; our always free California health insurance plan quotes; and our dedication to providing great California health insurance consumer buying guides here at the Vitality website and accompanying blog.
As a California health insurance consumer, you might be doing some regular reading of media reports about Health Reform – there have been many such reports with some negative and some positive reporting on this vital national issue. To our way of thinking, one of the single best features of the PPACA legislation passed in March of last year was the mandate for free preventive care services to those plan members who secured these services through in-network providers. There’s no downside to the ability of plan members to secure the type of important preventive care services that will keep you and your family on the road to good health and away from the possibility of later costly medical procedures that can impact everyone’s premium rates moving forward. Now there’s just one problem here – can you spot it? We have to get you to use these important preventive care services! So, please, if you’re reading this blog and have a health plan that features these free preventive care services – or are about to apply online for a new California health insurance plan or about to download one of the paper applications for California health insurance plans found here at our website: If you have or are about to have these preventive care services as part of your plan’s benefits, please make use of them! They are one of your best weapons in the fight against ill health and serious and costly medical issues and procedures later in life.  Have questions about this or other subjects related to your new or existing California health insurance plan strategy? Contact us here at Vitality online or call us toll free at 800-607-1950. Thanks…and please make that appointment. You owe it to yourself and you owe it to your family and it’s yours as a California health insurance plan member.
Savvy California health insurance consumers want what we have here at the Vitality California health insurance blog: The very latest updates and news you can use from the world of California health insurance. Here at Vitality online we not only feature the best and most affordable California health insurance plans presently available to California residents of all ages, we also feature great California health insurance buying strategies along with the very latest updates from the world of health insurance in California!
Here at the Vitality Blog you know us as a great resource for a plethora of information that includes great information and buying guides to help consumers buy affordable California health insurance plans. We routinely dedicate ourselves to bringing important news about the California health insurance scene to our readers, their friends, family and coworkers. Today we’re going to add yet another value added feature to our blog: A quick roundup of updates from the world of health insurance – let’s get started, shall we?
- Just a reminder that open enrollment season for child-only California health plans ends March 1, 2011. Here’s a PDF courtesy of the CA Department of Insurance that provides parents and guardians with important information about what comes next.
Child Only California Health Plan Open Enrollment Information
- Are you a small business owner and in search of a strategic partner to your business that can bring experience and expertise to the process of helping you find good affordable health coverage for your valued employee team? Vitality is here for you! Section 45R of the Internal Revenue Code offers a tax credit to certain small businesses that provide health coverage to their employees. Section 45R was added to the code by the PPACA – Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Have questions or concerns about how tax credits can help you place vital health coverage in the hands of your employees? We’re here to help with our always free client services to both individual consumers and small group California health insurance shoppers!
- Blue Shield of California has just announced that it is extending its popular special open-enrollment period for California Medigap plans through June 30, 2011! That’s right: If you presently own a Medigap plan you may transfer to any open BSCA Medicare Supplement plan offering benefits equal to or lesser than those provided in your current plan without going through underwriting. Individuals enrolled in another carrier’s plan can just submit a new application – and Replacement of Coverage form – without having to complete a health questionnaire. An affordable California Medicare Supplement plan from Blue Shield of California can be yours with this open enrollment opportunity!
You know we’re always looking for new topics to write on and present to our readers here at the Vitality Blog: If you have a subject that you’d like us to cover here at the Blog, please leave a comment or contact us at Vitality online. You can even call us toll free at 800-607-1950 – we’re here, ready, willing and able to serve you with our always free one on one client consultations, our always free California health plan quotes, and our nonstop dedication to providing outstanding client value and service to residents from around the state. Thanks for reading the Vitality Blog and as always we hope you’ll make us a part of your Web browser’s ‘favorite’s list’!
Hi there California health insurance shoppers! Look who’s back: California Blue Cross company Anthem is greeting 2011 with a great new lineup of affordable California health insurance plans. For several months, there were a limited number of Anthem plans available to the marketplace. Now, after an extended period where only a limited number of Anthem plans were available to the marketplace at large, Anthem is back in a big way!
Now Anthem has an array of plans that are in place to meet just about any California health insurance strategy and feature the strong network of California health care providers to serve your needs, the ease and convenience of the BlueCard for folks who travel throughout the country for work and pleasure; innovative online health and wellness tools; and also can come with important California dental insurance and California term life insurance plan options to give you and your family a more comprehensive suite of insurance strategies to protect your family’s health and financial wellbeing.
Californians on the lookout for their fast, convenient and always free California health insurance plan quote will now see an array of Anthem health plan options amongst their choices here at the Vitality website: As an independent authorized California health insurance agency serving the entirety of our state, our health plan lineup features the affordable California health plans offered by industry leaders such as Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, and Aetna to name just a few. Vitality offers versatility and variety for the health plan shopper: With a wide variety of insurance plans and companies to choose from the buying power rests with you the California health insurance consumer and we’re here to help with our always free, always careful and considerate client consultations dedicated to helping you find the health plan strategy that is uniquely right for you and your family.
Anthem Blue Cross plans back out on the marketplace include an exciting array of plan options ranging from Anthem’s innovative Clear Protection Plans which feature affordability and the important peace of mind that comes with knowing you have the coverage you need should catastrophic injury or illness suddenly strike; another option offering plan simplicity, affordability and important protection against catastrophic medical expenses is Anthem’s CoreGuard Plus Plans. SmartSense Plus Plans feature affordability along with the ability to see your doctor three times during the course of a calendar year at the low cost of a copay and without the need to meet an annual deductible. Want enhanced prescription drug coverage and the ability to have a Smart Sense Plus Plan that features the peace of mind that comes with important brand name prescription drug coverage? You can customize your SmartSense Plus Plan with the Upgrade Drug Coverage option that brings your annual deductible for brand name prescriptions down to $500!
Want a HSA-compatible health plan so you can reap the many great cost and tax savings advantages of the HSA? Anthem has what you’re looking for with its innovative lineup of Lumenos HSA Plus Plans for both single subscribers and family subscribers! And here’s an important point to remember on all new Anthem health plans out on the market in 2011: All these new plans are compliant with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) mandated benefits – that means each plan features important access to preventive care services for nationally recommended services such as well-child care, immunizations, PSA screenings, pap tests, mammograms and more all at 0% coinsurance if these services are secured from an in-network provider!
It’s great to see this impressive lineup of plan options back out on the market. With more plans to choose from consumers have more options and more options mean more buying power and savings for the consumer. Want to chat about these new Anthem plans and create new savings opportunities for you and your family’s health coverage options? Contact us via Vitality online or call us toll free at 800-607-1950 and let’s get started creating a new health plan strategy for you today!
