Virginia Health Insurance


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Medicare Supplement
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How healthy is living in Virginia?

Virginia took the #21 spot in the 2009 ranking of the 50 healthiest states by the United Health Foundation.

The state's best and worst category rankings:

  • Prevalence of smoking – 11
  • Prevalence of bing drinking – th
  • Prevalence of obesity – th
  • High school graduation – th
  • Violent crime – 10
  • Occupational fatalities – th
  • Infectious disease – th
  • Children in poverty – th
  • Air pollution – 34
  • Lack of health insurance – th
  • Public health funding – th
  • Immunization coverage – 40
  • Prenatal care – th
  • Primary care physicians – 14
  • Preventable hospitalizations – th
  • Poor mental health days – 9
  • Poor physical health days – 15
  • Geographic disparity – 39
  • Infant mortality – th
  • Cardiovascular deaths – th
  • Cancer deaths – th
  • Premature death – th
  • Primary care physicians – th

See the United Health Foundation's latest findings on Virginia.


Does Virginia have a risk pool for the uninsurable?

Thumbs down on failure to offer a risk pool.;No, Virginia does not offer its own risk pool for its citizens who are medically uninsurable.


IMPORTANT UPDATE: Starting in 2010, Virginia will offer health coverage to residents through the federally established temporary high-risk pool program. To find out more about Virginia's participation, click here.

Risk pools are state-sponsored programs to help people with a history of medical problems in their family to purchase coverage. These pools are for people who can afford to buy health insurance, but are not able to get underwritten in the private market because of a pre-existing health condition. These programs can vary significantly from state to state in price, benefits and number of people served. Often insurance companies doing business in the state are required to contribute to the pool to keep it in the black. In the best cases, they allow people to be able to switch jobs or become self-employed without the fear of losing their health insurance coverage. Read more about risk pools here.


Cover The Uninsured's guide on finding health insurance in Virginia

Cover The Uninsured is a national effort to highlight the fact that too many Americans are living without health insurance and to demand solutions from our nation's leaders. Read more information on its efforts. It is a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.


Georgetown University's Guide to Health Insurance in Virginia

Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute has researched and written state-by-state guides for finding and keeping health insurance. It updates these guides as federal and state policies change. A number of non-profit organizations help fund its research. Learn more about the Health Policy Institute.

Review Georgetown's guide for Virginia.


USNews health insurance rankings for Virginia

USNews logo US News does an annual ranking of what it considers the best health insurance plans in each state. Visit its reports on various health insurance or medical insurance plans being offered in Virginia.


Official State Goverment Sites with Virginia Health Insurance Information

Virginia State Seal.;

Virginia's Bureau of Insurance – consumer information for state citizens dealing with agents or companies.

Virginia Department of Health – a site rich in information for Virginia citizens concerned about their health.

Virginia Health Insurance Guide for Consumers State of Virgina's PDF document with information about traditional health insurance and managed care health insurance plans.

FAMIS (Family Access to Medical Insuracne Security) – is Virginia's low-cost health insurance for children whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but do not have private health insurance.
Bienvenida al sitio Web de FAMIS – is Virginia's low-cost health insurance for children whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but do not have private health insurance.


Health Care Advocacy Groups in Virginia

Virginia Organizing Project – a statewide grassroots social justice group working to mobilize citizens to lobby for more affordable health care.

Virginia Health Insurance News

Republicans Boehner, Cantor renew calls to repeal health reform provisions

Politico – Republican heavyweights John Boehner (Ohio) and Eric Cantor (Virginia) plan to announce that they’ll support a House petition to repeal the entire federal health reform law.

Feds seek dismissal of Va. health care suit

The Virginian-Pilot – Federal attorneys have asked a judge to toss out Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s lawsuit challenging the health care overhaul act Congress passed this year, saying the Virginia complaint relies on “arguments that failed in the legislative arena.”

Read more Virginia health insurance news & opinion

Virginia Health Insurance Companies

Health insurance companies in Virginia.
Get health plan pricing for these companies.

Aetna
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Celtic Ins. Co.
Golden Rule
Kaiser Mid-Atlantic
UNICARE

Call Congress: Support Insurance Reform

Contact your federal officials. All Americans need your help to demand that Congress continue to support health care legislation that will make health insurance affordable and accessible to all Americans.
Senator Mark R. Warner
PHONE: 202-224-2023 (DC office)
FAX: 202-224-6295 (DC office)
Senate Web page
E-MAIL: Not yet listed
Senator Jim Webb
PHONE: 202-224-4024 (DC office)
FAX: 202-228-6363 (DC office)
Local offices
Contact by E-mail

House Members
(follow link, then look for "Contact") u.s. house seal Need Help?
ZIP search

For state-level reform, contact:

Virginia Governor Tim Kaine
Patrick Henry Building, 3rd Floor
1111 East Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
PHONE: (804) 786-2211
FAX: (804) 371-6351
Contact by e-mail

Contact members of the Virginia General Assembly

Read more on Health Care Reform!


Health Insurance 101: learning center

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Private health insurance: background on the "American way" of paying for health care

Self-employed health insurance: how to get – and keep – your health coverage

Additional health care resources

Find licensed physicians near you. Each state is home to organizations that can help you find and research physicians, offering online information about a physician's license, schooling, practice information and more.

Virginia Licensee Search
Virginia Board of Medicine

Other Virginia Public Resources
Medical Society of Virginia