The Federal and State health insurance marketplaces that will begin enrolling individuals & families in health insurance plans beginning October of this year promise to provide more options than ever before. However, it will likely not be an easy process if you are not prepared. There are a handful of things you should research or [...]
One of the main aspects of the health insurance industry has been the fact that they avoid giving coverage to the riskiest applicants, typically ones with pre-existing conditions. While this makes business sense, it’s created a nation where millions of Americans struggle to find health insurance which can prevent them from falling into financial ruin. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Affordable Care Act has met a lot of opposition, especially as states choose whether or not they are setting up their own state-run exchange. The mandate says that all states and territories should establish their own health insurance exchange before January 1, 2014 or they will default to a federally run exchange program. It’s [...]
Jan Brewer, governor of Arizona, has announced that the state will be rejecting the new federal mandate to start a state-based health insurance exchange under President Obama’s Health Care Reform. The Chicago Tribune reports that Brewer cites unanswered concerns about the exchanges and how it could raise costs for families and small businesses in Arizona. [...]
Many health insurance plans throughout the nation are not openly offering the required tobacco cessation treatments designed to help individuals quit smoking which was recently mandated through the Affordable Care Act. The study completed by Georgetown University was for the Campaign for Tabacoo-Free kids is concerning and the authors are recommending that federal and state [...]
President Obama has officially been re-elected and will be spending the next four years in the White House. This implies, for many, that health care reform will stay intact and Americans can expect full implementation by the end of 2014. The fate of health care reform has been hanging by a thread the past few [...]
UPDATE 12/19/2012 – The deadline date in regards to this previous blog entry was extended to December 14th, and as of that time 18 states have decided to set up their own health insurance exchange for purchasing health insurance policies. The remaining states still have time to determine whether they will be using the federal [...]
The White House is working on their multistate health insurance plans through health care reform and the federal government will soon have the new role as sponsor of at least two different programs. The nationwide health insurance plans will be operated under contract with the federal government and will be available to Americans in each [...]
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