U.S. News Media Group and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) released the fifth annual edition of America's Best Health Insurance Plans. The full rankings are now online at www.usnews.com/healthplans.

Published at the start of open-enrollment season, the 2009-10 Best Health Insurance Plans guide provides consumers with comprehensive rankings and important detailed information for more than 600 commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid health plans.

The highest-scoring 50 commercial plans, 25 Medicare plans, and 25 Medicaid plans, as well as the "Honor Roll" plans at the top of the rankings, will be featured in the December issue of U.S. News, available on newsstands Dec. 1.

The 2009-10 America's Best Health Insurance Plans rankings are based on analysis of 135 aspects of prevention, treatment, and member satisfaction, including such items as how quickly patients receive needed care and how well a plan controls blood sugar in people with diabetes. The Best Health Insurance Plans guide also identifies 120 plans that chose to report no data.

Here is this year's Honor Roll, defined as the top 10 commercial plans, top 5 Medicare plans, and top 5 Medicaid plans:

Top 10 Commercial Plans

Rank Plan Name Score Type States
1. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care 91.1 HMO/POS Maine, Mass.
2. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care of New England 90.2 HMO/POS N.H.
3. Tufts Associated Health Maintenance Organization 89.9 HMO/POS Mass., N.H., R.I.
4. Grand Valley Health Plan 89.4 HMO Mich.
5. Capital Health Plan 89.0 HMO Fla.
6. Geisinger Health Plan 88.0 HMO/POS Pa.
7. Fallon Community Health Plan 88.0 HMO/POS Mass.
8. Health New England 87.9 HMO/POS Conn., Mass.
9. CIGNA HealthCare of New Hampshire 87.7 HMO/POS N.H.
10. Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin 87.6 HMO Wis.

Top 5 Medicare Plans

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