Employer dropping BCBS - - need another health care provider

Sorry cp418 but this is exactly what people like myself were trying to warn  dumba.s reps in Washington would happen if they went with Obama's Healthcare Reform!  All the GOOD things the reform was to bring about are already backfiring on us and they were warned it was going to cause havoc for employees of small companies who would have to face exactly what your company is facing with BCBS increasing their rates. "If you like your healthcare you can keep it" was one of Obama's dedications to us and that was a total LIE!  How can you keep it if your company can't afford the increase in premiums?  I don't recall anything in the bill stopping companies like BCBS from raising rates!   I, personally, am terrified of what is going to happen now to our employer based healthcare benefits and people with chronic conditions who rely on that insurance to stay insured.  I do hope your company can find another provider they can afford.

If this keeps up Obama will have ALL people with chronic health conditions on MEDICAID.  Oh but that won't work because our bankrupted country can barely cover the ones on it now!  Washington is filled with people who seem to know how to take care of themselves but too stupid to find ways to help the American people!!  They needed to "reform" their greedy selves before trying to take on healthcare reform. 

Has your company tried Cigna, United Healthcare,Aetna, or any of the other big ones to see if they, too, are raising rates?  Bigger companies "might" be able to handle the higher rates but Washington was warned they were causing this type of havoc for small companies and they JUST DID NOT CARE!!   

I cannot believe Washington including Obama could be so stupid as to think they could put new rules on healthcare companies without the companies fighting back with HIGHER RATES!!!   I guess one has to be brain dead to be a rep in Washington because sanity does not play a part in their decisions, in my opinion.  Do hope your company finds a healthcare insurer they can afford.

Watch out:  those links are a mix of apples and oranges. 

The first list includes companies that offer homeowner's insurance, life insurance, car insurance, disability insurance, etc. -- not necessarily health insurance.  (A few on the list do sell health insurance.)

The second list was compiled by a different media source, using different assessment criteria.  Most of the "best" health insurance companies on that list are very small, local ones that would not be available to people outside that geographic area.  It is interesting to note how many of the companies on the "best" list (which actually contains several different lists) are classified as "HMO's".

I can't help with the original question, because my group health plan is administered by our state's version of Blue Cross/Blue Shield.  They (BC/BS) have a near-monopoly on the group plans in this state, but, amazingly, they do a very good job at a reasonable price.  Our costs are going up in October 2010 (premiums, co-pays, deductibles), but the plan is still much better than others I've read about.

otter

cp418, that just sucks. 

I've been hearing that insurance companies are raising their rates.  I can tell you from reading about what one person has been going through...do not get Humana.

The insurance companies are going up because they want to take advantage of this while they can before the "change."  When no one read this HC Bill, what does one expect.  As Nancy Pelosi said, We,ll have to pass the health care bill to know what's in it. 

My husband worked for BellSouth and had BCBS with them.  It was excellent.  Then, about three years ago after AT&T bought out Bell, we were changed to UnitedHealth.  It's not horrible, but different from what we had....had to get used to it.  They are self insured.  However, with the new HC bill we may lose our prescription benefit because of one of the loopholes that will end and cost At&T $1 billion. 

On another thread, I just read where a friend wrote about another friend that her friend is on Medicaid and they denied coverage for a PET scan.  That's government run health care.  I don't want it.  Someone on that thread said, unfortunately Medicaid has been denying a lot lately.  Is that a peek into what is coming?

Well BCBS attempted to raise rates 35% in CA months before the legislation was passed so to suggest a cause-effect relationship is ill advised. 

 Colleen

cp418, My husband's COBRA coverage expires December 1, so I've been trying to do a little research on my own since my employer provides 2 AETNA plans that aren't all that great. I found a website ehealthinsurance.com. You enter your demographics and it gives you a varied list of insurers. I do insurance billing for our local pharmacy and, in my opinion, the Independence Blue Cross coverages seem to have the better plans with reasonble premiums. To answer your question about Amerihealth of Philadelphia, They are under the IBC umbrella and seem mainly provided through employers. They have as many varied plans. Good luck with your search.