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New Year Brings Tax Hikes To Pay For Health Care Law
Five new tax increases take effect today to help pay for the nation's health care overhaul. The new measures are slated to raise $24.2 billion next year and more than $258 billion through 2019, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation. Here's a look at the...
Where have all the doctors gone?
Benefits Pro reports: "America has a real problem with its health care system. And in a time of true health reform, one big problem isn’t being addressed. We don’t have enough doctors. “This is a very real problem,” says Mitchell Best, COO and vice president of...
Partial List Of Taxes And Fees In Health Overhaul
The Associated Press reports: "Starting in 2014, President Barack Obama'shealth care law will expand coverage to some 30 million uninsured people. At the same time, insurers no longer will be allowed to turn away those in poor health, and virtually every American will...
2013 HCR Employer Requirements
2013 HCR Employer Requirements 1) Medicare Part A Tax This tax affecting high income tax payers was created to help fund the Medicare program. An additional 0.9% tax will be applied to wages, other compensation, and self-employment income when it exceeds the...
5 Major Health Care Reform Changes Coming In 2013
Business Insider reports: "Health care reform in the coming year will go on a kind of shakedown cruise to test the seaworthiness of America's evolving health care system as it becomes more cost-conscious and quality-focused under the Affordable Care Act. In 2012, the...
Understanding how the Health Insurer
Health care reform update for insured and self-funded health plans. Please follow the link.
Taxes and fees — and how they may impact you
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Health care reform exclusions raise concerns over funding for uninsured
The Las Vegas Sun reports: "Armando Hernandez first felt a searing headache, then his legs began to swell. He lived with the pain for two days but finally relented and went to a hospital on day three. The Reno resident was 19 years old at the time. His kidneys were...
Aetna CEO Sees Obama Health Law Doubling Some Premiums
Employee Benefit Advisor reports: "Health insurance premiums may as much as double for some small businesses and individual buyers in the U.S. when the Affordable Care Act’s major provisions start in 2014, Aetna’s chief executive officer said. While subsidies in the...
Reform’s insurance tax will hit consumers hard
There goes the affordable part of health reform. The insurance industry is warning that a new tax in in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will cost consumers thousands of dollars because of rising premiums. According to a study conducted by Oliver Wyman...