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State retirees sue to stop Medicare Advantage plan

Charles MegginsonGovernment, Headlines

A group of Delaware state government retirees and pensioners has filed suit against two government officials tasked with implementing a change in their health insurance coverage. RISE Delaware, an organization formed after state officials announced a plan to transition retirees to a Medicare Advantage program, filed the lawsuit in the Delaware Superior Court. RISE hopes to stop the transition to …

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State retirees skeptical of new Medicare Advantage plan

Charles MegginsonHeadlines, Government

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield has agreed to delay the prior authorization requirement on state retireesā€™ new Medicare Advantage health insurance plan by four months. The announcement, made before a crowd of state retirees and pensioners, drew laughs and jeers from the crowd gathered at Goldey Beacom College in Pike Creek Valley.Ā  ā€œHow about delay it by 40 years,ā€ one …

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Change to state retireesā€™ health insurance prompts angst

Charles MegginsonGovernment, Headlines

A change to the health insurance held by retirees of Delawareā€™s state government is causing an uproar. The stateā€™s requirement that retirees and pensioners switch from original Medicare to a specially-tailored Medicare Advantage plan has led to charges that retirees will lose their doctors or be denied services that are currently covered. Thatā€™s not true, said Delaware Secretary of Human …

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Christiana Care, Bayhealth, Blue Cross join to offer Medicare product

Betsy PriceBusiness, Headlines

Two Delaware hospital systems and an insurance company plan to offer a Medicare Advantage insurance plan. Photo by Roger Brown/Pexels   Two Delaware healthcare systems and an insurance company plan to form a Medicare Advantage product together to sell in 2022. ChristianaCare, which dominates health care in Delaware and particularly New Castle County, Bayhealth, which offers services primarily in Kent …