Consumer Reports Releases Annual Health Insurance Plan Rankings; Including 114 “Best Value” Plans
October 6, 2013
Analysis Found Expensive Care Doesn’t Mean Better Care
Yonkers, NY – For the fourth year in a row, Consumer Reports published rankings of hundreds of health insurance plans across the United States to help consumers determine which ones may be best for them.
This marks the first time the organization took additional steps to identify plans that both provide high-quality care and avoid costly care.
The rankings data and the “Best Value” designation come from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), a respected non-profit health care quality measurement group. [Read more]
New Health Insurance Rankings reveal wide variations in Quality
October 4, 2011
PPOs, enrolling more than one third of Americans, ranked for first time
Yonkers, NY – New rankings of 830 private, Medicare, and Medicaid health insurance plans reveal wide variations in quality and mixed results for some of the nation’s largest health insurers. The rankings are available for free online at www.ConsumerReports.org/health.
They also appear in three regional editions of the November issue of Consumer Reports. Many employers, as well as Medicare, schedule their annual open enrollment periods for the fall, so for consumers who have the option of switching plans, now is the time to do the research. [Read more]
