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Tuesday, April 9th, 2019
The New York Times reports:
“We don’t know what will emerge as President Trump’s plan to replace Obamacare, which he has promised to unveil immediately after the 2020 elections. But he has recently endorsed several proposals, and they could provide clues.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, Bannockburn, Barrington, Barrington Hills, Bartlett, Batavia, Bensenville, Berwyn, Big Rock, Boulder Hill, Bucktown, buffalo grove, Bull Valley, Costs, deductibles, enroll, Government, health care costs, Medicaid, medicaid programs, ObamaCare
Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Trump Is Being Vague About What He Wants to Replace Obamacare. But There Are Clues.
Thursday, October 25th, 2018
Forbes reports:
“It’s the hottest employee benefit of 2018.
Student loan repayment assistance.
Vacation time, 401k plans and health insurance are great, but what recent graduates really want is help repaying their student loan debt.
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Tags: 2018, 2019, Barrington, Barrington Hills, Bartlett, Batavia, employees, employer benefits, group benefits, health insurance, retirement
Posted in Employer benefits | Comments Off on Student Loan Repayment Is The Hottest Employee Benefit Of 2018
Tuesday, May 8th, 2018
NPR reports:
“There already have been more than a dozen reasons U.S. consumers can use to avoid paying the penalty for not having health insurance. Now the federal government has added four more.
These “hardship exemptions” let people off the hook if they can’t find a marketplace plan that meets not only their coverage needs but also reflects their view if they are opposed to abortion.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, Barrington, Barrington Hills, Bartlett, Batavia, buy health insurance, Dundee, DuPage, DuPage County, East Dundee, enroll, health reform, Tax
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Insurance Reform | Comments Off on 4 New Exemptions To The Tax Penalty For Lacking Health Insurance
Friday, March 24th, 2017
Yahoo Finance reports:
“Dr. Bryan Hill spent his career working as a pediatrician, teaching at a university, and working at a hospital. But in March 2016, he decided he no longer wanted a boss.
He took some time off, then one day he got a call asking if he’d be up for doing a house call for a woman whose son was sick. He agreed, and by the end of that visit, he realized he wanted to treat patients without dealing with any of the insurance requirements.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, Barrington, Barrington Hills, Bartlett, Batavia, Bensenville, Berwyn, Big Rock, Blue Cross, Health and Human Services, health insurance, Hospital, insurance plan, medical expenses, Medicare, requirements, the affordable care act
Posted in Health Insurance News | Comments Off on A new kind of doctor’s office charges a monthly fee and doesn’t take insurance — and it could be the future of medicine
Monday, October 31st, 2016
The Chicago Tribune reports:
“With the annual sign-up period for plans on the health law’s marketplaces starting Nov. 1, many consumers are worried about rising premiums, shrinking provider networks and the departure of major insurers such as UnitedHealthcare, Aetna and Humana from many exchanges.
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Tags: 2017, Barrington, Barrington Hills, Bartlett, Berwyn, Big Rock, Blue Cross, Chicago, deductibles, Government, Health and Human Services, individual, insurance, Insurance Reform
Posted in 2017 Open Enrollment | Comments Off on Ready or not, it’s time to pick your best health plan
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
Benefits Pro reports:
“Large employers continue to believe in the value of sponsored health benefits for employees, despite the options available to them under the Affordable Care Act. But small employers are increasingly choosing to pull out of the health benefits business.
That’s what a survey from the Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI) found when it examined the percentage of employers offering health insurance from 2008 to 2015. Using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey — Insurance Component, EBRI reported that nearly 100 percent of the largest employers (those with 1,000 or more employees) have continued to offer health insurance through the ups and downs and gyrations of the past seven years.
Tags: affordable care, Affordable Care Act, Barrington, Barrington Hills, Cicero, Cigna, Des Plaines, Desplaines, health insurance, small businesses
Posted in Group Health Insurance | Comments Off on Large employers stick with employee health plans, small businesses another story
Thursday, April 28th, 2016
According to The Beacon:
” The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, which represents 36 Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans covering 105 million Americans, has just released a study of its members’ claims data in Obamacare exchanges 2014 and 2015. It confirms that Obamacare exchange enrollees are sicker and more expensive than enrollees in pre-Obamacare individual plans or employer-based plans.
 Here I quote four of the study’s findings:
- Members who newly enrolled in BCBS individual health plans in 2014 and 2015 have higher rates of certain diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, depression, coronary artery disease, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Hepatitis C than individuals who had BCBS individual coverage prior to health-care reform.
- Consumers who newly enrolled in BCBS individual health plans in 2014 and 2015 received significantly more medical care, on average, than those with BCBS individual plans prior to 2014 who maintained BCBS individual health coverage into 2015, as well as those with BCBS employer-based group health insurance.
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Posted in Affordable Care Act, Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Comments Off on Blue Cross Blue Shield Confirms Obamacare Death Spiral
Monday, March 21st, 2016
The New York Times reports:
“The Internal Revenue Service is warning consumers about tax scams involving the Affordable Care Act and penalties imposed under the law on people who go without health insurance.
In some cases, the agency said, unscrupulous tax preparers tell clients to pay the penalties directly to them, and they keep the money.
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Tags: Andersonville, Arlington Heights, Bannockburn, Barrington, Barrington Hills
Posted in Insurance Reform | Comments Off on Tax Scams Are Targeting Uninsured, I.R.S. Warns
Tuesday, January 26th, 2016
According to The Advocate:
“The Affordable Care Act is confusing and complicated, which means that health insurance agents and brokers are needed to help consumers pick the best plans for them, Kevin Counihan, chief executive officer of Healthcare.gov, said Monday.
“It’s got plenty of opportunity to be made a little bit better,” Counihan said. “And I’m very hopeful and confident that as we get more adults in Congress that they’re all going to sit down, the two sides together, and they’re going to address some of these issues.”
Counihan spoke to about 20 brokers and agents at an event hosted in Baton Rouge by the Louisiana Association of Health Underwriters.
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Posted in Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance News | Comments Off on Healthcare.gov CEO says insurance marketplace’s complexity argues for agents
Tuesday, January 26th, 2016
According to The CT Mirror:
“Even if you don’t get your health insurance through Obamacare, you’re likely to get something related to the health law in the mail in the coming weeks: A new tax form.
 The 1095-A form exchange customers will receive. Others will get different versions, depending on the source of their health care coverage. Known as Form 1095, it’s part of the way the federal government verifies whether people are complying with the mandate that requires nearly all U.S. residents to have health care coverage. This year is the first time most people will be getting those forms, and officials are anticipating a fair amount of confusion. In part, that’s because what you need to do with that form depends on the type of coverage you had.
Here’s what you need to know. (more…)
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Posted in Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance News, Heath Care Costs | Comments Off on Coming soon to your mailbox: An Obamacare tax form
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