The Berliners started Amyâs Kitchen, named for their daughter, with a frozen pot pie in 1987. The Petaluma-based company now employs nearly 1,600 people and sells about 140 vegetarian products, as well as Kosher, gluten-free and other special diet products.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) was approved to offer, effective Jan. 1, 2013, a Medicare Advantage preferred provider plan that offers improved health benefits for Medicare beneficiaries.
Medicare-eligible policies include the UPMC For Life HMO Advantage plan that offers a very low premium. Office visit copays are $5 for primary-care physicians, and $45 for specialists. Pa Advantage plans replace original Medicare benefits and should be appropriately reviewed prior to enrollment.