MIAMI, March 28,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Zuniga Health LLC, an innovative
health plan for small and medium-sized businesses recently launched
Elevate, a new set of health plans that directly addresses
the needs of Hispanic small businesses. Elevate will be
offered in seven states with strong Hispanic employee
representation: California,
Nevada, Arizona, New
Mexico, Colorado,
Illinois, and Texas.
Latinos start 82% of all new companies in the US, and open
businesses at three times the rate of the national average, per
Latino Community Foundation. Simultaneously, Hispanic employees are
the least likely to seek medical care due to lack of insurance,
cultural and language barriers, and cost of care.
Zuniga Health is the only Hispanic-owned health plan in the US
to address this issue. Zuniga Health seeks to elevate the Hispanic
business community through its mission of increasing the number of
Hispanic employees obtaining affordable and accessible health
benefits. Insurance premiums across the US are rising in
double-digit percentages. These accelerating costs are not just a
threat to the small businesses' economic stability, but also hinder
any growth potential.
Zuniga Health's Elevate, a new set of unique health
plans, are the solution to any small business struggling to offer
health insurance, as they are designed to meet every employee's
budget.
Elevate health plans unique advantages:
- Elevate Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) and Minimum
Value Plan (MVP), which eliminate ACA penalties A and B.
- $0 deductible, free preventative
care, and free preventative drugs.
- Employees choose the amount of doctor and lab visits they would
like for the year and pay accordingly.
- Elevate MVP options include hospitalization.
- Elevate plans include $5
copay for non-preventative drugs, low urgent care copays.
- Elevate uses a premier provider network with thousands
of Spanish speaking providers.
- Dental plan with no waiting period and large network of
bilingual dentists.
- Unlimited telemedicine: while others charge after two free
visits, Elevate offers unlimited telehealth and
telepsychiatry.
- Enrollment in English and Spanish.
A recent study by UCLA showed that
Latinos used telemedicine at a higher rate than white patients
during the pandemic, but also faced more cultural challenges due to
limited availability of Spanish resources. Elevate finally
enables this often overlooked and underserved demographic to use
their health benefits, as Zuniga Health's mobile app, its MedWatch
call center, as well as its telehealth and telepsychiatry services
are offered in English and Spanish.
CONTACT: Sonja Reians,
sreians@zunigahealth.com
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