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Pharmacy Program Quarterly Update: Changes Effective July 1, 2019

by Eriksen Insurance | May 1, 2019 | Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Applies to: Group Markets Learn about the revisions to the drug list for members with prescription drug benefits administered by Prime Therapeutics®. Drug List Changes Based on the availability of new prescription medications and Prime’s National Pharmacy and...

Health Insurance Brokers Help Employers Lower Healthcare Costs

by Eriksen Insurance | Aug 18, 2017 | Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Heath Care Costs

ACA Times reports: “When it comes to providing healthcare as an employer, cost is a major concern. Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), applicable large employers – organizations with 50 or more full-time employees and full-time equivalent employees — are...

BCBSIL to Stop Offering SHOP Plans (Small Group 1-50) Starting Jan. 1, 2018

by Eriksen Insurance | Aug 4, 2017 | Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Blue Cross and Blue Shield reports: “We want to let you know that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) will not be participating in the Federally Facilitated Small Business Health Options Program (FF-SHOP) marketplace with BCBSIL health insurance...

Obamacare rates in Illinois could climb next year

by Eriksen Insurance | Aug 4, 2017 | Affordable Care Act, Blue Cross and Blue Shield

The Chicago Tribune reports: “Health insurers want to raise premiums next year for Illinois consumers who buy coverage through the Obamacare exchange — in many cases citing uncertainty surrounding the health care law as a reason for the proposed jumps. Average...

Blue Cross premium hikes in Texas, Oklahoma could mean Illinois sticker shock

by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 14, 2016 | Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Heath Care Costs

The Chicago Tribune reports: “Illinois residents who buy Blue Cross and Blue Shield health care coverage through the state insurance exchange may be in for Obamacare sticker shock, if proposed rate hikes by the largest insurers in Texas and Oklahoma are any...

Largest Texas Health Insurer Requests to Raise Premiums on Individual Policies

by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 14, 2016 | Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Newswire reports: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBS), which insures approximately 603,000 individual Texas policyholders, announced a proposal to raise premiums on three popular Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) plans by almost 60 percent. The rate hike...
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