Blue Cross of Georgia May Empty Your Wallet

If you have a Georgia health insurance policy through Blue Cross (BCBSGA), you may be in for an unwelcome surprise. Some of their plans may not cover your brand name drug. I discovered this quite by accident while helping a friend navigate her new BCBSGA health insurance policy purchased through Blue Cross direct (no agent involved). She is a bit [...]

Application Denied by Blue Cross

When you have an application for health insurance denied by Blue Cross of Georgia (or any other health insurance company), what do you do? It depends. Yesterday someone looking for health insurance in Georgia found my site, ran a quote with BCBSGA and applied online in less than 15 minutes. This morning I was notified their application was [...]

About Those BCBSGA Rate Increases . . .

If it seems like Blue Cross is the favorite punching bag of Washington and the media, it is not just your imagination.  Anthem/Wellpoint, parent of several Blue Cross plans (including Blue Cross of Georgia), is catching most of the heat. Frankly, most of the criticism is a cheap, political ploy that is more theatrics than substance. But now it [...]

About Those Blue Cross – WellPoint Profits . . .

The Obamahouse and media have seized on the WellPoint Blue Cross profits and are using the bully pulpit to drum up support for health insurance reform. ABC News provides some insight into the profit structure of WellPoint and for those who are paying attention, takes the hot air out of the Obama-Sebelius tag team attack. Let's take a look at the [...]

BCBSGA SmartSense POS is Live

The new BCBSGA SmartSense POS is now available for review and quotes. A much improved and more affordable health insurance plan with lower rates, the SmartSense POS is available in most Georgia zip codes. New features include: Enhanced Rx benefit Office visit $30 copay for primary or specialist New $500 copay for ER Optional life and dental [...]

First the good news. Blue Cross (BCBSGA) is introducing new Georgia health insurance plans effective 11/14/2009. The plans use a different network which will allow them to offer lower pricing and more benefit options. Now the bad news. You cannot get this information online yet, and no word when it will be available online. If you want details [...]

Blue Cross of Georgia Changes

Blue Cross of Georgia is relaxing their underwriting in some key areas. Some of the changes include: Relaxed rules for treatment of anxiety & depression including suicide attempts or inpatient psych treatment New rules for GERD and related illness New guidelines for gestational diabetes and acne New tobacco guidelines Plavix is no longer [...]

Michael Jackson Drug Search

If you are looking to buy Aetna health insurance in Georgia, you don't have to be Michael Jackson to justify a look into your prescription drug history. Reports are circulating that the King of Pop's death has caused the DEA to take a look into his prescription drug activity. The L.A. County Coroner's Office confiscated a number of controlled [...]

Health Insurance and Coventry

Coventry is a relative newcomer to Georgia. They entered the individual major medical market in Atlanta and a few other metro area's in the second quarter of 2007. To staff their offices they hired quite a few folks away from BCBSGA which, in my opinion, proved to be a bad move. Coventry decided the best way to make a splash was to essentially [...]