Miami Dade Blue Blog

Commissioner Dorrin D. Rolle to host forum for potential applicants for Miami-Dade Blue health insurance (Miami-Dade County, FL) – Miami-Dade County residents and small business owners looking for affordable health insurance can get information about a new product introduced this year by Miami-Dade County. Miami-Dade Blue, co-designed by BlueCross BlueShield of Florida, Inc. (BCBSF) and the [...]

Miami-Dade, Blue Cross Team Up On Health Plan May 27–Offering what its creators believe could be a model for affordable health insurance nationwide, a unique public-private partnership announced Tuesday a plan aimed at helping the estimated 600,000 uninsured in Miami-Dade County. Called Miami-Dade Blue, the county worked with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida to [...]

Tomorrow is the official release day for the new Miami Dade Blue Cross plan which was worked on in conjunction with Miami-Dade County. We will be processing applications all day today and throughout the coming weeks to insure as many people as possible. The average health insurance price for this plan is less than $100 [...]

Since 2000, family health-care premiums in Florida have increased by 88 percent to an average of $12,780 a year — about the same as income from a full-time minimum-wage job. The White House released these and other figures today to help make the case for health-care reform, pointing to high costs for consumers in Florida [...]

Miami-Dade County, Fla.’s Board of County Commissioners has approved a pilot program that aims to offer affordable health insurance to residents and businesses. The Miami-Dade Blue health plan, which is still pending approval by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation in Tallahassee, will focus on the 600,000 county residents under the age of 65 who cannot afford private health insurance and who do not qualify for other public programs, such as Medicaid and KidCare.

    Miami Insurance Experiment Wins Provider Concessions By Ken Terry | May 28th, 2009 @ 3:58 pm Miami Dade Blue Overview and Details Miami Dade Blue Rates For Rate Comparisons Click Here Miami-Dade County, one of the most expensive healthcare markets in the country, has teamed up with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida [...]