It was announced today that the Horizon BlueCross Blue Shield of New Jersey membership with The Center for Health Value Innovation, has resulted in the availability of value-based benefit plan designs. This illustrates Horizon’s attempts to invest in the health of its employees by centering on education, wellness, and prevention. The program focuses on prevention, [...]

McCain’s plan for tackling the health insurance crisis involves taxing health insurance policies. This would affect all Americans who are covered under their employer’s policy. The amount of money that the employer pays toward an employee’s policy has never been considered part of that employee’s taxable income. This would change if McCain’s tax went into [...]

The Quincy City Employee Union has voted for a proposal which promises to save the city roughly 5 million dollars. By agreeing to join the Group Insurance Commission’s program, Mayor Tom Koch expects to use the money they will save in insurance premiums to soften the blow of lower revenues and slowed economic activity. The [...]

When a federal appeals panel upheld San Francisco’s pioneering citywide healthcare program, it provided a boost to Governor Schwarzenegger’s efforts to provide universal healthcare for California. The panel ruled that fees being charged to employers were not violating any federal laws regulating employee health care programs. The ordinance, which went into effect at the beginning [...]

Over nine million children lack health insurance, and these numbers are not expected to go down. This lack of coverage has resulted in more than one tragedy. Many feel that children should not be suffering as a result of their parents’ inability to aqcuire coverage. In 1997 Sen. Ted Kennedy (D), Sen. Orrin Hatch (R), and [...]

The house passed a very big bill today.  With a bipartisan vote of 376 to 47, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a great piece of legislation today.  This will help people that are in  need of more robust mental health benefit.  Employee Benefit plans will have to cover a wider array of treatments on the mental health [...]