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Health insurance and families under the affordable care act
The Washington Post reports: "How does the Affordable Care Act affect children in low-income families and people who want to buy coverage on the new state insurance exchanges? Below find some answers to questions that were posed by readers. I am the breadwinner for a...
ACA Will Test Consumer Loyalty To Doctors
Insurance News Net reports: "A new HealthPocket consumer survey found that 34 percent of respondents are motivated to reduce their health plan costs versus keep their doctor. When survey takers were asked, "If changing from your doctor to another doctor could save you...
What If Obamacare Implodes?
The Motley Fool reports: "Obamacare could implode. I'm not saying that it will implode, and in fact this isn't likely to happen. However, the possibility does exist. Here's how it could happen -- and what the aftermath would be if it did. How it could happen While...
Health-Care Reform Could Help You Retire Early
Fox Business News reports: "Thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) things may be looking up for 50 to 64 year-olds who have lost their jobs or want to retire early. Boomers that fall into this age category are often caught in a financial bind and career limbo because...
President Obama may enroll under health law
Politico reports: "If President Barack Obama wants to make good on a promise to become one of Obamacare’s first customers, he’ll have to take a route most Americans are unlikely to choose. He’ll have to enroll in a health plan that lacks a taxpayer subsidy, even...
Counting to 90: ACA and the waiting period
Employee Benefit Adviser reports: "Under the Affordable Care Act, once we decide who we have to offer coverage to, then we have to decide when they get the coverage. Generally the new rule is that a waiting period for coverage cannot exceed 90 days. More recently, the...
To cut health bills, boomers need 20-somethings
Market Watch reports: "Baby boomers with individual health plans stand to benefit big-time when public insurance exchanges launch on January 1. The centerpiece of the Affordable Care Act, these state-level marketplaces will improve boomers’ access to health coverage...
Aflac 1Q Profit $892M, To Pay 35 Cents Per Share Dividend
Insurance News Net reports: "Steady as she goes. That was the case Wednesday with Aflac Inc. reporting first-quarter net income, or profit, of $892 million, an increase of nearly 14 percent from $785 million in the same period a year ago. That translated to earnings...
Workers Aren’t Ready For Health Reform
Insurance News Net reports: "National health reform and cost-cutting by employers is changing the way many workers get health insurance, but a majority of employees may not understand what's ahead. The Aflac Work Forces Report, the insurer's third annual employee...
Millions eligible for Obamacare subsidies, but most don’t know it
CNN Money reports: "Nearly 26 million Americans could be eligible for health insurance subsidies next year, but most don't know it. That's because relatively few people are familiar with provisions in the Affordable Care Act, aka "Obamacare," that will provide tax...