Group Medical Insurance Providers

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2026 Jun 08

How to Select the Best California Small Group Health Insurance Broker

By Bruce Jugan|June 8th, 2026 |Categories: Group Medical Insurance Providers|Tags: Health Insurance Advice, Health Insurance Broker, Medical Insurance Advocate|

Business owners often ask how to select the best broker for their company's group medical insurance plan. If you search online, you'll find hundreds of articles that recommend looking for a broker who can analyze claims, negotiate rates with insurance companies, develop a multi-year cost-management strategy, or reduce premiums through [...]

2025 Oct 30

Sutter Health Gives California Many Small Group Employers a Huge Rate Increase in the 4th Quarter of 2025

By Bruce Jugan|October 30th, 2025 |Categories: Changes in Medical Care, Group Medical Insurance Providers|Tags: Sutter Health Plan (CA)|

Some small California employers (1-100 employees) that offer medical insurance coverage through Sutter Health Plan have received 4th Quarter 2025 rate increases of 50%. I have been a health insurance agent/broker since 1993, and I have never seen a rate increase like the one that Sutter has delivered. Sutter [...]

2025 Jan 23

Kaiser Insurance Makes it Easier to Get Medical Treatment Outside of California

By Bruce Jugan|January 23rd, 2025 |Categories: Group Medical Insurance Providers, Regional Medical Insurance and Hospitals|Tags: Kaiser, Out of state medical coverage, Travel|

Kaiser Permanente group medical insurance covers more people in California than any other insurance company. One challenge, however, is when members move out of California, such as when young adults go off to college, it is difficult to access care. Thankfully, Kaiser health insurance now offers their “care away [...]

2022 Aug 25

Confusing California Health Insurance Provider Network Names Harm Consumers

By Bruce Jugan|August 25th, 2022 |Categories: Group Medical Insurance Providers, Health Insurance California, Small Business Medical Insurance|

“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?” Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll [...]

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