As a non profit, mission driven health plan, we have given a lot of thought to the ethics of our role as a health insurer. The framework we use embraces two core values – fidelity to the needs of individual patients and responsible stewardship of the resources that members and their employers or public sponsors […]

I try not to toot the Harvard Pilgrim horn too much in these postings, but I can’t let the fact go by that we have been recognized for the fifth year in a row by U.S. News & World Report and the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) as the highest rated commercial health plan in the country. […]

The current House and Senate versions of federal health reform legislation have at least one thing in common: they will increase health insurance premiums. Consider this list of House and Senate proposals:

o     $6.7 billion annual tax on health insurance premiums – Harvard Pilgrim has calculated the impact of this Senate proposal and concluded that it […]