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The latest information relating to the health insurance industry.
The individual mandate cheatsheet
Benifits Pro reports: "From the time President Obama signed the Patient Protection and AffordableCare Act, one of the most controversial components of the law was the individual mandate. This provision requires every American who can afford insurance coverage to...
Overhaul may push employee benefits shift
Benifits Pro reports: "Obama administration expects to see rise in employer-sponsored health insurance, not a decline" "Nearly one of every 10 midsized or big employers expects to stop offering health coverage to workers after insurance exchanges begin operating in...
Majority of Large Employers Revamping Health Benefit Programs for 2012, National Business Group on Health Survey Finds
National Business Group on Health reports: "Employers Projecting Costs to Increase 7.2% Next Year; Nearly Two-Thirds Expect to Increase Employee Share of Premiums WASHINGTON, DC, August 18, 2011 -- With the cost of employee health care benefits expected to increase...
HHS approves 106 three-year mini-med health plan waivers
Business Insurance reports: "WASHINGTON—The Department of Health and Human Services said it has approved 106 three-year waivers from so-called mini-med and other limited health care plans from meeting a health reform law requirement that restricts annual dollar limits...
5 ways to get cheaper medical care
CNN Heath reports: "It was the worst possible news at the worst possible time. In summer 2009, photographer Joel Maus learned he might go blind if he didn't get a procedure to treat a cornea condition. But there was no way he could afford the $15,000 doctor's fee --...
Will Health Care Reform Survive the Courts?
The New York Times reports: "The legal battle over the constitutionality of the health care reform law will determine how far government can go in helping to improve people’s lives. Ultimately, the Supreme Court will have to decide this question. Until then, the...
New Illinois Health Laws
Recently, Illinois has had a Legislate Session. The resulting laws that have been signed are outlined here. These laws are particularly important if you are: In or starting Clinical Cancer Trials or using an Oral Cancer Drugs Recently diagnosed with Diabetes At a high...
COBRA Subsidies to End This Month
Insurance News Network reports: "Subsidies to help unemployed workers continue their employer-provided health insurance coverage will expire at the end of August. The subsidy for COBRA coverage paid for 65% of premiums for the involuntarily unemployed. Part of the...
Walgreens to sell health insurance
The Chicago Sun Times reports: "Walgreen Co. is planning to sell health insurance through a private exchange set up to help consumers find insurance coverage under the health-reform law, according to a report on CNNMoney.com. A spokesman for the Deerfield-based...
Debt Deal May Hit Medicare
The Wall Street Journal reports: "Medicare beneficiaries escaped direct cuts in Washington's debt deal, but the agreement could eventually hit seniors and disabled Americans who rely on the program for medical coverage. Health-industry lobbyists and policy experts say...