Small business owners need to fully understand how the health care tax credit will affect them this coming year. For small employers who have less than 25 employees, pay an average wage of less than $50,000 and pay at least half of employee health insurance premiums, a tax credit may be waiting. A new version [...]
Some states are getting way more federal funds than others to put towards customer assistance which could ultimately affect how many people get properly enrolled in health insurance under the new exchanges. Florida plans on spending about $6 million to reach about 4 million uninsured residents as they help them enroll for coverage in the [...]
Earlier this month, the Obama administration scrapped plans to cut by 2.2% the rates paid to health insurance companies that are taking part in the Medicare Advantage program. There were many people who opposed the cuts including over 100 members of Congress and the health insurance companies themselves. Insurers put together a convincing campaign to [...]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services has released a useful video to help consumers navigate through The Health Insurance Marketplace that the government is setting up in response to health care reform. It walks you through the application process and gives a detailed example for a family of three using the online single streamlined [...]
Health care reform is requiring that individual and small group health insurance plans sold on the state-based health insurance exchanges and on the private market offer dental coverage to children. This is in response to the fact that tooth decay currently ranks as the number 1 chronic disease among children. While this effort is commendable, [...]
Many Americans, of all ages, are preparing for higher health insurance premiums as the Affordable Care Act is implemented in full and as health care costs consider to soar. One age group may be in for a drastic premium increase according to a new study. According to Stephen Feller’s article on NewsMax.com, a recent study [...]
The New Year’s Day “fiscal cliff” deal came with a lot of mixed emotions across the nation, but for some small, rural hospitals there was a sigh of relief. As an example, Jones Memorial Hospital in rural upstate New York will be receiving an extra $450,000 this year thanks to the deal according to Phil [...]
Human resource experts have been analyzing the effects that health care reform will have on the hiring process and many believe there will actually be less jobs available and less full-time positions being offered to employees. A controversial part of the Affordable Care Act requires companies with over 50 employees to offer a health insurance [...]
There are many aspects of the Affordable Care Act up for debate, but one of the hottest topics out there is the fact that health law requires insurers to offer contraception coverage in their policies or they risk being fined. The founder of Domino’s Pizza is suing the federal government over this specific mandate and [...]
A recent Commonwealth Fund report from this week compares health insurance costs from 2003 to 2011 and the results are concerning since it recognizes a trend that could cause costs to soar out of control if something isn’t done sooner than later. The Affordable Care Act has been put in place to help slow down [...]
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