Hurricane Milton is on track to hit Florida Wednesday. Credit: National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service/NOAA
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida is still coping with the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which hit land Sept. 26, and getting ready for the arrival of Hurricane Milton, a powerful, Category 5 storm that could hit around Tampa Thursday morning.
The Jacksonville, Florida-based health insurer has posted a link at the top of its homepage stating, "When there's a storm, we're here for you."
Recommended For You
The link leads to a disaster response page listing the counties affected by the Helene and Milton disaster area declarations and a disaster declaration for Hurricane Debbie, a lower-powered storm.
Florida Blue is making extra prescription refills available to members affected by the disaster and ask members to call it if they need help finding in-network providers who are up and running.
"As always, out-of-network providers are covered in case of emergency," the insurer notes.
The company also encouraging members to consider using Teladoc telehealth services, the bilingual Lucet tele-mental health support service, and two other virtual care programs.
Florida Blue notes that Teladoc services are free for people in the counties affected by the hurricane declarations, even if they aren't Florida Blue members.
The insurer is offering a toll-free number and in-person community center access for people who need help finding food and water.
"We're ready to help members and everyone in the community," the company says.
Cigna: Another insurer, Cigna Healthcare, has opened access to free telehealth service support for anxiety, stress and other issues to non-members as well as members.
The company is asking members in affected areas to call it for information about medical and pharmacy benefit emergency-period rules.
"Our hearts go out to all those affected," the company says.
© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
