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Blue Cross, UnitedHealthcare return to Illinois Obamacare exchange
Crain’s Chicago Business Reports: “Aetna is returning to sell plans on the Illinois health insurance exchange after taking a year off. Also returning are giants Blue Cross & Blue Shield of...
View ArticleWith Michigan Closure, More Than Half of Obamacare CO-OPs Have Now Failed
Energy & Commerce Reports: “WASHINGTON, DC – The number of failed Obamacare CO-OPs grew to one dozen today as Michigan became the latest to announce it was closing. To date, 12 of the original 23...
View ArticleCMS Proposes Health Insurance Exchange Changes for 2017
California Healthline Reports: “On Friday, CMS released a proposed rule that would require minimum network standards for health plans sold through the federal exchange in 2017, Modern Healthcare...
View ArticleFeds 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 ArticleWhere Obamacare Has Become Unaffordable, Short Term Health Insurance Can Help
Forbes reports: “Next time you run into someone who minimizes the problems with Obamacare, I want you to introduce them to Fay. She’s a reasonably healthy 60 year old grandmother living in Fayette...
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IRS Helps Small Employers Claim New Health Care Tax Credit
Targeted News Service reports: “WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 — The U.S. Department of the Treasury‘sInternal Revenue Service issued the following news release: The Internal Revenue Service today released final...
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 ArticleWhy Are People Shocked?
The Huffington Post reports: “There has been a strange lull in the healthcare discussion in this country. Certainly the events in the Middle East and the recent good jobs report have taken the news...
View ArticleDid health reform drive up insurance premiums? Depends on the plan.
When a survey earlier this week found that health insurance premiums had risen 9 percent this year, the usual suspects made their usual arguments. “As this survey shows, the president’s promise that...
View ArticleHealth-care law benefits must be limited to ensure affordability, panel says
The Washington Post reports: “An advisory panel of experts on Thursday recommended that the Obama administration emphasize affordability over breadth of coverage when it comes to implementing a key...
View ArticleCommonwealth Fund Commission national health care scorecard: US scores 64 out...
Eurek Alert reports: “Measuring period prior to Affordable Care Act, report finds improvement on some quality measures; steep decline in access and little overall progress since first scorecard in 2006...
View ArticleClaims for Small Business Health Care Tax Credit Much Lower than Expected
Accounting Today reports: “The number of claims for the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit, which was included in the health care reform law as a way to help small businesses provide health...
View ArticleEmployees paying more for worse health care
Report shows health care costs outpaces income growth Premiums for employer-sponsored family health insurance increased by 50 percent from 2003 to 2010, and the annual amount that employees pay toward...
View ArticleNAIFA Survey Shows Federal Health Care Rule Harming Agents and Consumers
Small Business Trends reports: “Falls Church, VA (Press Release – November 23, 2011) – A new survey by the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) shows the federal health...
View ArticleObama Doubles Down on Health Care Reform
Portfolio.com reports: “Only 360,000 small businesses benefited last year from a tax credit designed to make health insurance more affordable. That’s partly because Congress limited the availability of...
View ArticleEnsuring Employee Health Insurance
Insurance News Net reports: “Employers recognize that health insurance is a benefit that helps attract and retain quality employees. But the skyrocketing cost of healthcare premiums is forcing them to...
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