‘Kaiser Permanente’ Archives
New Lower Kaiser Rates
Kaiser Permanente of Georgia announces new plans and NEW LOWER RATES for January, 2012. Some rates are up to 30% lower than for the same plan as offered in 2011. Kaiser Classic Plans offer deductibles of $1500 - $5000. Other features include: Unlimited doctor visits with copay's of $35 or $60 Many preventive services covered at 100% and [...]
Kaiser Expands
Kasier of Georgia offers comprehensive health care, one stop shopping and some of the most affordable health insurance plans in Atlanta. Forget the HMO stigma. My most satisfied clients have been with Kaiser for years. Kaiser Permanente expanding metro presence By Misty [...]
Kaiser Health Plans of Georgia – New Plans – Low Rates
Kaiser health plan of Georgia offers many low cost health plans for individuals, families and business owners. New plans introduced in January have very low rates making coverage affordable for many. The convenience of 27 different Kaiser health facilities in greater Atlanta and "one stop shopping" for all your primary care needs makes [...]
Obamacare – Just Say No!
Seems newly elected South Carolina governor Nikki Haley wants to fight a takeover of our health care system by the Obamacare monster. According to Yahoo News the following exchange took place. South Carolina's governor-elect Nikki Haley said in an interview later that she told Obama that South Carolina could not afford the health care [...]
Is My Colonoscopy Covered By Health Insurance?
Many who have health insurance in Atlanta, Georgia want to know if their health insurance plan covers colonoscopy's. The short answer is "yes". The longer answer is, "it depends". Obamacare gave us a list of 80 or so preventive care benefits that are supposed to be "free" from your health insurance plan. [...]
Georgia Health Reimbursement Arrangement’s
Individual health insurance in Georgia and HRA's (Health Reimbursement Arrangement) just got a big boost. Georgia insurance code, Section 33-51-7 as amended specifically allows individual health insurance plans to be funded through an HRA and will not be subject to Georgia small group health insurance laws. Federal guidelines for HRA's [...]
Eat Twinkie’s, Lose Weight
Lose weight and lower cholesterol by eating from the vending machine. CNN reports that Mark Haub, professor of nutrition at Kansas State University ate Twinkie's, Nutty Bars and powdered donuts for 10 weeks. The result? His body mass index went from 28.8, considered overweight, to 24.9, which is normal. He now weighs 174 [...]
PCIP Rate Reduction
The folks in Washington, the ones who gave us Obamacare, have figured out a way to spur growth in the pre-existing health insurance program (PCIP). When PCIP was created they estimated 4 million citizens would qualify for the plan but expected 200,000 would eventually enroll. To date, only 8,000 have actually signed up with 1,657 coming from [...]
Obamacare Impacts AARP Premiums
Marketing behemoth and politically active AARP is increasing premiums and changing benefits in reaction to Obamacare. Roughly 4500 employees and dependents will be affected by this change. According to Yahoo News: AARP adds that it's changing copayments and deductibles to avoid a 40 percent tax on high-cost health plans that takes effect [...]
Obamacare Reform – Whose Ox is Gored?
Tuesday elections reflected voter anger over many things, including Obamacare. One item that is front and center, along with the impending tax increase on everyone due to expiration of the "Bush" tax cuts, is reforming health care reform. Whether it means changing Obamacrap, or repealing it and starting over remains to be seen. One [...]
