Ohio DOI

The Ohio DOI continues to offer valuable support to Ohio residents with questions on insurance. They provide information on auto insurance, health insurance, life insurance, homeowners insurance and even more. They even have an online toolkit that is worth checking out.

Ohio senior citizens can turn to the DOI for assistance at any time. The Ohio Senior Health Insurance Information Program is a completely free benefit for Ohio citizens which provides accurate information on insurance programs and Medicare. There are free seminars to attend and representatives to talk to.

With all the misinformation out there on insurance in general it's very beneficial to have a team of professionals looking out for the consumer. As health care reform approaches there will be even more confusion with insurance so knowing you have someone to turn to with accurate information is very reassuring.

Humana Suspends Sales of Medicare Advantage Plans

Humana Inc. and other health insurance providers are temporarily suspending marketing of non-group Medicare Advantage plans after finding out that sales agents forged signatures and signed up dead people.

The move comes after complaints were made regarding insurance salesmen being overly agressive when trying to sell the health insurance plans to the elderly, even going as far as to sign up dead people and forge signatures.

The health insurance companies who suspended marketing the government funded plans are working with the U.S. Medicare health insurance program for the elderly and disabled.

Medicare has approximately 43 million beneficiaries, of which about 7.5 million are in Medicare Advantage plans. Enrollment of seniors in Private fee-for-service plans is rising sharply and now accounts for about 20% of the $60 billion Medicare Advantage program.