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Posts Tagged ‘California healthline’
Thursday, April 5th, 2018
The Washington Post reports:
“Air conditioners for people with asthma, healthy groceries, rides to medical appointments and home-delivered meals may be among the new benefits added to Medicare Advantage coverage when new federal rules take effect next year.
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Tags: buying insurance, California healthline, Campton Hills, Carol Stream, doctors, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, open enrollment, UnitedHealthcare
Posted in Medicare | Comments Off on Medicare Advantage Plans Cleared To Go Beyond Medical Coverage — Even Groceries
Friday, August 18th, 2017
The Fool reports:
“There are several popular misconceptions about the financial condition of Medicare, which virtually all American senior citizens rely on to cover healthcare expenses in retirement. Many people believe Medicare is broke, or that there’s virtually no chance that Medicare will still be around by the time they retire. Spoiler alert: Neither of these assumptions are true.
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Tags: California healthline, Campton Hills, Carol Stream, Carpentersville, Chicagoland, Cicero, Cigna, employees, Medicare, premiums, retirement
Posted in Medicare | Comments Off on How Safe Is Your Medicare?
Friday, August 18th, 2017
CNN Money reports:
“In November 2015, Tina Heck was in her garage lifting 40-pound bags of wood pellets to fuel her heating stove, when something went very wrong with her back.
“The next day, I could barely walk,” said the 55-year-old who lives on an acre of land in Nevada City, Calif., 60 miles northeast of Sacramento. The cause: a bulging disc in her lower spine, which shoots pain down her leg and makes her back stiff.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, Albany Park, Alden, Algonquin, Andersonville, Arlington Heights, California healthline, health insurance reform, health savings account, ObamaCare
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Health Care .gov | Comments Off on When high deductibles cause even insured patients to postpone care
Tuesday, January 26th, 2016
According to Bloomberg Business:
“Humana Inc. is the latest insurer to run into trouble in Obamacare’s individual health-insurance markets.
The health insurer said that it probably won’t collect enough money to cover costs for some customers who bought individual plans, and will set aside what’s known as a premium deficiency reserve. The shortfall is for 2016 plans that comply with new rules under the Affordable Care Act, Louisville, Kentucky-based Humana said Friday.
UnitedHealth Group Inc., the biggest U.S. health insurer, said in November that it might stop participating in the Obamacare next year after taking losses. One analyst predicted that Humana would follow suit.
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Posted in Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance News, Individual Health Insurance | Comments Off on Humana to Record 2016 Obamacare Shortfall, Membership Drops
Monday, January 11th, 2016
California Healthline Reports:
“On Friday, CMS released a proposed rule that would require minimum network standards for health plans sold through the federal exchange in 2017, Modern Healthcare reports.
Proposed Rule’s Network Standards
Under the rule, states would be required to implement CMS-approved quantitative measures to ensure that individuals with exchange plans have adequate access to health care providers. States could either:
- Adopt default network adequacy standards set by CMS; or
- Draft their own network adequacy standards and submit them for HHS approval.
Such standards could measure a plan’s network adequacy based on policyholders’ maximum travel distances and times to access providers. According to CMS, minimum adequacy standards for the plans will be determined at a later date. HHS would then notify insurers of the standards in each state (Herman/Dickson, Modern Healthcare, 11/20). (more…)
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Posted in Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance News, Open Enrollment | Comments Off on CMS Proposes Health Insurance Exchange Changes for 2017
Thursday, July 17th, 2014
USA Today reports:
“The Affordable Care Act (ACA), aka Obamacare, provides subsidies to Americans making up to 400% of the poverty level, about $94,200 for a family of four. Can you juggle finances to best cash in on subsidies?
Rather than limiting subsidies to only those with a small net worth, the ACA provides aid to all persons with low incomes, including those early or partial retirees.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Boulder Hill, buffalo grove, Bull Valley, Burlington, California healthline, Campton Hills, cancer, Government, health insurance, individual health insurance, the affordable care act
Posted in Insurance Reform, Subsidy | Comments Off on Getting Affordable Care Act subsidies
Friday, May 16th, 2014
Yahoo Finance reports:
“President Obama this week cheered the milestone 7 millionth person to sign up for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but a growing opinion is spreading among Democrats that the law’s employer mandate should go.
Former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said in a speech on Wednesday that the mandate requiring employers with 50 or more full-time employees to offer medical coverage will be one of the first parts of the law to go.
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Tags: affordable care, Affordable Care Act, buffalo grove, Bull Valley, buying insurance, California healthline, care reform legislation, Chamber of Commerce, health insurance, ObamaCare, small businesses, the affordable care act
Posted in Health Laws | Comments Off on Obamacare’s Employer Mandate Is Toast, And Democrats Are OK With That
Thursday, August 22nd, 2013
Benefits Pro reports:
“Some Obamacare opponents have labeled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as a job-killer. New research indicates there may be a grain of truth to that — although the jobs won’t be “lost” the way the naysayers are predicting.
Rather, workers who are today in the workforce primarily as a means of obtaining affordable health care coverage will likely quit working, either temporarily or permanently.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, Blue Cross, California healthline, Campton Hills, cancer, Carol Stream, Carpend, Carpentersville, Cary, Chicago, Chicagoland, exchange, ObamaCare, Patient Protection, the affordable care act
Posted in Insurance Reform | Comments Off on Estimate: Nearly 1M workers to quit when exchanges open
Monday, May 13th, 2013
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 they aren’t yet eligible for Medicare and worry about affording health-care costs.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, buy health insurance, California healthline, Campton Hills, Cary, Chicago, Chicagoland, Fox Valley, Medicaid, North West Suburbs, Northern Illinois, Northwest Suburbs, Oakbrook Terrace, Oakwood Hills, Obama care, requirements
Posted in Insurance Reform | Comments Off on Health-Care Reform Could Help You Retire Early
Monday, May 21st, 2012
Standard Examiner reports:
“Sometimes, writing about the health reform law means reading Friday afternoon press releases and combing through Health Affairs studies.
But sometimes …
Death panels! Secret slush funds! Open warfare on the Catholic church!
… coverage of ObamaCare reads like a bad Hollywood thriller.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, Bartlett, Bensenville, Berwyn, California healthline, Chicago, Chicagoland, Crystal Lake, Elgin, exchange, Fox River Grove, Fox Valley, Government, health care system, health insurance, health insurance coverage, Health insurance exchange, Massachusetts, North West Suburbs, Northern Illinois, Northwest Suburbs, ObamaCare, Sleepy Hollow, South Barrington, South Elgin, state health insurance, the affordable care act
Posted in Insurance Reform | Comments Off on Four myths about ObamaCare that just won’t die
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