Feds tighten when people can enroll in Obamacare plans
According to USA Today: “Bowing to pressure from insurers, federal officials on Tuesday tightened the conditions under which people can sign up for plans on the HealthCare.govexchange outside open...
View ArticleHumana to Record 2016 Obamacare Shortfall, Membership Drops
According to Bloomberg Business: “Humana Inc. is the latest insurer to run into trouble in Obamacare’s individual health-insurance markets. The health insurer said that it probably won’t collect enough...
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Coming soon to your mailbox: An Obamacare tax form
According to The CT Mirror: “Even if you don’t get your health insurance through Obamacare, you’re likely to get something related to the health law in the mail in the coming weeks: A new tax form. The...
View ArticleHealthcare.gov CEO says insurance marketplace’s complexity argues for agents
According to The Advocate: “The Affordable Care Act is confusing and complicated, which means that health insurance agents and brokers are needed to help consumers pick the best plans for them, Kevin...
View ArticleIRS Grants Extension for 6055 and 6056 Reporting
According to United Healthcare, Broker Connection Special Edition: “On Dec. 28, 2015, the IRS announced that it is granting an automatic extension for the 2015 information returns required of insurers,...
View ArticleIllinois Obamacare plan crippled by losses
According to Crain’s Chicago Business ” The operating losses continue to mount at struggling Land of Lincoln Health, totaling $90.8 million for the Obamacare health plan in 2015. That net loss is...
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How Obamacare Makes Tax Filing Trickier
According to Time Inc. “Many Americans will get new tax forms for the first time. Here’s what to do with them. This year, you may be receiving tax forms you’ve never seen before, all thanks to the...
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Obamacare Encounters Another Bump in the Road
According to News Max Finance: ” Well, the hammer has fallen: The largest health insurer in the U.S. has started pulling out of select Obamacare exchanges. Five months ago UnitedHealth, which had been...
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Blue Cross Blue Shield Confirms Obamacare Death Spiral
According to The Beacon: ” The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, which represents 36 Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans covering 105 million Americans, has just released a study of its members’...
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Health insurance plans to be rated based on size of network
Live Insurance News reports: ” The Obama administration will now use the number of included doctors and hospitals in the ratings. In response to complaints from consumers with respect to the way health...
View ArticleSupplemental Insurance
Medicare Supplement Insurance Plans Medicare is a federal program to help older Americans and some disabled Americans pay for the high cost of health care. To help cover the costs Medicare doesn’t, you...
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IRS Releases Draft W-2 Form for 2011; Announces Relief for Employers
Image via Wikipedia The IRS Reports: WASHINGTON — The IRS today issued a draft Form W-2 for 2011, which employers use to report wages and employee tax withholding. The IRS also announced that it will...
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Massachusetts health care insurance reform law
Image via Wikipedia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Background: The Massachusetts health care insurance reform law, enacted in 2006, mandates that nearly every resident of Massachusetts obtain...
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Health Care Reform: How Companies Need To Worry
Forbs reports: “Most people have heard the noisy debate about the extent to which the health care reform legislation passed earlier this year will burden businesses. But on the flip side, the reform...
View ArticleHealth Care Reform Compilation from Aetna
Aetna life and Health Insurance Company reports: “A weekly compilation from Aetna of health care-related developments in Washington, D.C. and state legislatures across the country.Week of December 6,...
View ArticleTick, tick, tick: The cost of Obamacare is a time bomb
The Washington Examiner reports: “In fighting against Obamacare repeal this week, Democrats portray their health care law as a money saver, claiming Republicans would add to the deficit by abolishing...
View ArticleCalifornians Bracing to Pay More For Health Care
Fox News reports: “It’s the perfect storm in California when it comes to rising health care costs, with millions bracing for huge increases in their monthly insurance bill. What’s happening? The Golden...
View ArticleInsurance Reform Is Not Cost Control
Now that House Republicans, along with a few Democrats, have passed a bill to repeal last year’s health reform law, they are planning to offer some alternatives for replacing it. Not unexpectedly,...
View ArticleA compilation from Aetna of health care-related developments in Washington,...
Aetna reports: “Week of March 14, 2011 With a law as complex as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), unintended consequences are always a concern. Last week The Wall Street Journal...
View ArticleVt. Senate gives final nod to universal health care bill in 21-9 vote
VT Digger reports: “In a historic vote on Tuesday, the Vermont Legislature created the enabling legislation for a first-in-the-nation universal health care system. The state Senate approved the...
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