Who is Advertising As Blue Cross & Blue Shield?

While searching for a health insurance quote, I saw one of header tags for a website that read “Blue Cross & Blue Shield”. Thinking this was Blue Cross & Blue Shield and clicked on the link and landed on what looked to be a Blue Cross advertising form. I filled in the requested personal information as required to receive a quote. The website then generated various health insurance quotes for various different health insurance companies, but guess what, there was no Blue Cross & Blue Shield quote. The reality is that I was just looking to review their plans and premiums, but if I was a customer really looking for Blue Cross & Blue Shield I would be very concerned and disappointed.

Nevertheless, I then began to receive telephone call from many different people wanting to help me get health insurance. I did not know who was calling me, the companies they were from, or whether they were even licensed health insurance agents or not. I have not yet stopped receiving telephone calls.

The reason for this is simply that these websites are advertising with some other company’s branded name and then selling yours and my private information to as many buyers as possible. They do not bother to check whether these are legitimate enterprises, in compliance with state federal regulations, ethical, or even licensed.

This is very different from how other websites operate, such as VitalOne Health. The information you provide is secured and only used to provide you and only you with assistance in attaining health insurance. Our agents are licensed and managed for quality assurance and product knowledge, and compliance.