Insurers unveil Medicare Advantage offerings for 2017
Highmark, with 182,877
"We have a lot of members go down there for the winter," said
The most notable change for Highmark is the roll out of a preferred pharmacy network for two plans, Community Blue Medicare HMO Signature and Security Blue HMO ValueRx. Those members will see lower or no cost for prescriptions filled at one of the network pharmacies.
For example, a member in those plans might pay nothing for some generic medications at a network pharmacy but, if they want to stay with a pharmacy not in that network, they might face a
"We are always looking at ways we can help the members from a choice and price perspective," said
Major pharmacies in the preferred network include
The Signature Community Blue plan will again carry no premium and no co-payment for primary care physician visits. There is a
Similarly, the three Freedom Blue PPO plans show minimal or no increases, with premiums for Value Rx going from
All Highmark plans have a yearly maximum out-of-pocket cost of
For its PPO products,
Most plans include preventive dental coverage, with a
Yearly out-of-pocket maximum costs for the UPMC HMO plans range from
Two other insurers offer plans for those enrolling in
According to its website,
Plan 1 has a
Details for plans offered by Aetna and subsidiary Coventry/HealthAmerica, with a combined 83,500
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