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Monday, May 20th, 2019
USA Today reports:
“As “Medicare for All” increasingly becomes a battle cry for Democrats on Capitol Hill and those running for president, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office weighed in Wednesday on how difficult it could be to move to a single government health care system.
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Tags: Bernie Sanders, buffalo grove, Glendale Heights, Glenview, Government, health care system, health plan, individual, Medicaid, Medicare, Tax
Posted in Health Insurance News | Comments Off on ‘Medicare for All’ system could be complicated, potentially disruptive, say budget analysts
Monday, April 15th, 2019
Politico reports:
“The Trump administration wants oral arguments in the appeal of a lower court ruling invalidating Obamacare to take place the week of July 8.
The Justice Department filed a motion to expedite oral arguments in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Monday. It indicated that its proposed timeline is unopposed by the other parties in the case.
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Tags: 2019, ACA, Affordable Care Act, Court Ruling, Glencoe, Glendale, Glendale Heights, Glenview, ObamaCare, the affordable care act, Trump
Posted in Obamacare | Comments Off on DOJ asks for speedy hearing in case that could kill Obamacare
Friday, August 18th, 2017
Crain’s Chicago Business reports:
“Around this time of year, many human resources executives and brokers are putting the finishing touches on health insurance plans they’ll offer to employees in the fall. They face tough questions: Will rising costs be swallowed by the company? Or will the bitter pill be passed down to employees?
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, Broker, Chicago, Donald Trump, Geneva, Genoa, Gilberts, Glen Ellyn, Glencoe, Glendale, Glendale Heights, Glenview, Hospital, human resources, individual, medical expenses
Posted in Affordable Care Act | Comments Off on How much more will health care cost your company in 2018?
Monday, October 31st, 2016
The Chicago Tribune reports:
“Though full details won’t be released until later this month, some information is starting to trickle out about what Illinois residents will and won’t find when they shop for health insurance on the state’s Affordable Care Act exchange.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, Blue Cross, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, bronze plan, Chicago, Glendale, Glendale Heights, Government, Hinsdale, Hoffman Estates, Individuals, Medicare, Will, Winfield
Posted in 2017 Open Enrollment | Comments Off on What will you see on Obamacare exchange for 2017? Details start to emerge
Monday, October 31st, 2016
Business Wire reports:
“Cigna (NYSE: CI), already a leading provider of employer-sponsored group health plans in Illinois and across the United States, is introducing new individual and family medical plans in the Chicago area, both on and off the federal public marketplace. The new plans, called Cigna Connect, will take effect on January 1, 2017.
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Tags: Chicago, Cigna, DuPage, employees, enrollment, exchange, Glendale Heights, group health plans, Hinsdale, Hoffman Estates, Hospital, Illinois, Individuals, Will
Posted in 2017 Open Enrollment | Comments Off on Cigna to Offer Individual and Family Plans in Chicago Area
Wednesday, July 20th, 2016
The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
“The state’s shutdown of its three-year-old Land of Lincoln Health was no surprise, observers say, coming amidst a nationwide trail of failures of nonprofit alternative insurers set up under the Affordable Care Act.
Those insurers faced many obstacles, but most important were two financial hits: the federal government’s reneging on hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies promised under ACA, while at the same time demanding the struggling startups pony up hundreds of millions in other contributions required under that law.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, Franklin Park, Genoa, Glendale, Glendale Heights, Illinois Department of Insurance, Insurance Reform, land of linclon, open enrollment, subsidies
Posted in Affordable Care Act | Comments Off on Land of Lincoln just 1 in long line of ACA health co-op failures
Tuesday, January 26th, 2016
According to United Healthcare, Broker Connection Special Edition:
“On Dec. 28, 2015, the IRS announced that it is granting an automatic extension for the 2015 information returns required of insurers, employers and certain other providers of Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) under Section 6055 and 6056 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC).
Coverage providers that need more time now have until March 31 to get Form 1095 to individuals and until June 30 to electronically file with the IRS. For providers not filing electronically, the deadline is May 31, 2016. (more…)
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Posted in Individual Health Insurance, Open Enrollment | Comments Off on IRS Grants Extension for 6055 and 6056 Reporting
Tuesday, January 26th, 2016
According to USA Today:
“Bowing to pressure from insurers, federal officials on Tuesday tightened the conditions under which people can sign up for plans on the HealthCare.govexchange outside open enrollment.
The move by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services comes after complaints by health insurers that it was too easy for people to wait until they were sick to sign up and to drop coverage after they got treatment. Earlier Tuesday, UnitedHealth announced a 19% drop in profit and downgraded its earnings forecast citing concerns about its Obamacare enrollment and the flexibility people had to change insurance plans. (more…)
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Posted in Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance News, Open Enrollment | Comments Off on Feds tighten when people can enroll in Obamacare plans
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
Monday, January 11th, 2016
The Advocate Reports:
“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. (more…)
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Posted in Affordable Care Act, Health Care .gov, Health Insurance News | Comments Off on Healthcare.gov CEO says insurance marketplace’s complexity argues for agents
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