Datapoint: Cigna to Launch New Plan for International Seniors
The Cigna Group is launching a new health plan targeted at “globally mobile” seniors. The Cigna Healthcare Global Plan for Seniors includes coverage for hospital stays, inpatient and outpatient mental health treatment, cancer testing, treatment and rehabilitation, lifestyle support tools like weight management coaches, and 20 face-to-face counseling sessions. Members can also opt for medical and pharmacy care for hypertension, Type 2 diabetes, glaucoma, arthritis, joint or back pain, and osteoporosis/osteopenia. Cigna noted that there’s growing consumer demand for international health coverage, citing new research from its health insurance segment forecasts that the market “is expected to reach 450,000 people by 2025.” Cigna is currently the eighth-largest Medicare Advantage insurer in the U.S., with 587,125 members.
Source: AIS’s Directory of Health Plans
