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The latest information relating to the health insurance industry.
Most uninsureds don’t plan on getting covered
Benefits Pro reports: "Less than 40 percent of the uninsured population will get health insurance this year, despite the individual mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that says they have to. That estimate comes from a survey released by the...
IRS puts off PPACA discrimination testing
Benefits Pro reports: "Robert Pear, a New York Timesreporter, made waves this week by calling the Internal Revenue Service about what happened to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act nondiscrimination provisions. The IRS told him it will wait at least until...
Obamacare data suggest Blues’ low-price strategy is working
Chicago Health Care Daily reports: "The parent company of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois appears to be reaping the benefits of setting the premiums for its plans lower than other carriers on the federal health insurance exchange. Across the 36 states on the...
Most uninsureds don’t plan on getting covered
Benefits Pro reports: "Less than 40 percent of the uninsured population will get health insurance this year, despite the individual mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that says they have to. That estimate comes from a survey released by the...
Health Law Tricky for Parents of Medicaid Kids
ABC News reports: "Families shopping for health insurance through the new federal marketplace are running into trouble getting everyone covered when children are eligible for Medicaid but their parents are not. Children who qualify for Medicaid, the safety-net program...
New Baby? Health Law Plans Not Set For Updates
Insurance News Net reports: "You were patient with the government's kooky website, and now you have your health insurance card. That's good, since your family is expecting a new baby. But you may have to jump through more hoops to get the child formally added to your...
Affordable Care Act: Employer cannot pay for Exchange plan
Health Unsurance reports: “Can my employer subsidize the cost of insurance purchased through the California Exchange?“ West Coast Raisin Dear West Coast Raisin, The answer is kind of yes, kind of no. Let me explain. Yes . . . Your employer can pay you whatever he...
Dropping Health Plans, to Pick Better Coverage
Yahoo news reports: "For nearly 20 years, Keith Perkins offered health insurance to employees of his small electrical contracting company in Greencastle, Pa., and footed most of the bill. This year, with the arrival of the Affordable Care Act’s insurance marketplace,...
Obama Calls On Bartenders To Help Sell Health Care Reform
Insurance News Net reports: "President Obama wants young bartenders to give their customers a tip -- sign up for health insurance under Obamacare. Speaking at a White House Youth Summit on Wednesday, the president continued to enlist Americans from all walks to life...
Health care expansion to cost Illinois
Quincy Journal reports: "Expanding Illinois’ Medicaid program under the federal health-care reform law will cost the state $1.3 billion a year in 2020 and beyond, according to an analysis. Expanding Illinois’ Medicaid program under the federal health-care reform law...