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Posts Tagged ‘Herbron’
Monday, May 20th, 2019
CNBC reports:
“The Affordable Care Act once again faces legal hurdles after President Donald Trump and his administration supported a lawsuit questioning the health-care law’s constitutionality.
If the lawsuit succeeds and the courts decide to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, millions of Americans could lose their health care if a replacement plan is not established. Though Trump wanted to replace the law with a new Republican plan before the 2020 elections, the GOP refused to bring forward its own proposal until it wins a majority in the House of Representatives.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, Donald Trump, Hampshire, Hanover Park, Harvard, Harwood Heights, Hebron, Herbron, Holiday Hills, Individual Mandate, Medicaid, ObamaCare, Penalty, premiums, the affordable care act
Posted in Affordable Care Act | Comments Off on Here’s who will lose their insurance if Obamacare is overturned
Friday, April 26th, 2019
Insurance News Net reports:
“SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Today eHealth, Inc.(NASDAQ: EHTH) (eHealth.com) released a report on 2018 small business health insurance costs and trends among groups with fewer than 30 employees, along with results of a survey of small business owners who purchased group health insurance through eHealth.
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Tags: deductibles, employees, health insurance costs, health plan, Hebron, Herbron, Highland Park, Hillside, Hinsdale, Huntley, Individuals, insurance news, insurance plan
Posted in Health Insurance Cost | Comments Off on Small Business Health Insurance Offers a Better Deal for Many than Individual Coverage, According to eHealth Report
Wednesday, October 11th, 2017
Crains Chicago Business reports:
“John Kiefner, who farms 500 acres of hay in exurban Will County, has had health insurance from five companies in the past four years. One of them wouldn’t allow his wife and him to visit any of their own doctors. Another wouldn’t cover visits to the nearest hospital because it was out of network. All of them kept raising his premiums by 20 percent and more annually.
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Tags: Chicago, Elburn, health insurance, health insurance costs, healthcare.gov, Hebron, Herbron, High deductible health plan, Highland Park, Hillside, Hinsdale, Maple Park, Medicare, small businesses, the affordable care act, workplace
Posted in Health Insurance Cost | Comments Off on You think your health insurance costs too much. Try being a farmer.
Friday, August 18th, 2017
Yahoo Finance reports:
“Health insurer Aetna is already giving its workers free Apple Watches (plus a handful of regular customers), but it now looks ready to expand those bonuses to everyone. CNBCsources understand that Aetna is in talks with Apple to offer a free or discounted Watch as a perk to all eligible customers — no small number when Aetna covers 23 million people. It’s not certain what the deal would look like, but Aetna would like to hand out wristwear early in 2018.
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Tags: health, Hebron, Herbron, Highland Park, Hillside, Hinsdale, Hoffman Estates, Holiday Hills, Hospital, IL, insurance, Will
Posted in Family Health Insurance | Comments Off on Aetna may offer customers a free Apple Watch as a perk
Thursday, June 30th, 2016
The Chicago Tribune reports:
“Dear Help Squad,
I hope you can help us get the documents we need so our health insurance is not canceled.
For 2015, we signed up for medical insurance through the health care marketplace. The agent who assisted us determined our income level qualified my wife and me for coverage under Illinois Medicaid, which we continued throughout 2015.
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Tags: Blue Cross, Chicago, Elmhurst, Government, Herbron, Kendall County, Marketplace, Medicaid, Medicare, notices, Penalty, Tax
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Health Care .gov | Comments Off on Help Squad: Will Medicaid errors result in $4K tax penalty for couple?
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
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014
Forbes reports:
“Reports from consulting firms don’t normally make national news. Then again, most such reports don’t predict the downfall of the American health care system.
Earlier this month, the consulting group McKinsey projected that tens of millions of Americans could find themselves without the health coverage they now get through their employers.
McKinsey is only the latest organization to make a mockery of President Obama’s solemn promise to Americans that “[i]f you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. Period.”
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Tags: exchange, Hampshire, Hanover Park, Harvard, Hebron, Herbron, Highland Park, Hoffman Estates, Holiday Hills, Hospital, Huntley, Individuals, requirements, small businesses
Posted in Group Health Insurance | Comments Off on Will employer-sponsored health insurance survive?
Wednesday, August 6th, 2014
Benefits Pro reports:
“It’s official: if you make a quarter of a million bucks a year and decide not to pay for health insurance, you’re going to have to fork over $2,448 to the feds.
The Internal Revenue Service finally released its maximum fines for those who choose to go without health insurance. Under terms of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, fines were included for those who decided not to have coverage as an incentive to get more folks to purchase coverage.
The maximum family penalty issued by the IRS was $12,240 for a five-member family. That’s five times $2,448, in case you wondered.
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Tags: affordable care, Affordable Care Act, health insurance, Hebron, Herbron, Highland Park, Hillside, Hinsdale, Holiday Hills, Individuals, IRS, Penalty
Posted in Insurance Reform | Comments Off on IRS sets max fines for health coverage refusal
Friday, August 1st, 2014
Chicago Health Care Daily reports:
” A $1,000-per-pill drug that insurers are reluctant to pay for has quickly become the treatment of choice for a liver-wasting viral disease that affects more than 3 million Americans.
In less than six months, prescriptions for Sovaldi have eclipsed all other hepatitis C pills combined, according to new data from IMS Health. The prospect of a real cure, with fewer nasty side effects, is enticing thousands of patients to get treated for the first time.
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Tags: 2015, Chicago, Cook County, Fox Valley, health insurance, Hebron, Herbron, Hoffman Estates, Holiday Hills, Medicaid, medicaid programs
Posted in Health Reform, Heath Care Costs | Comments Off on This $1,000 pill is now the hepatitis C treatment of choice
Thursday, June 12th, 2014
Crain’s Chicago Healthcare Daily reports:
“Some consumers who bought insurance under President Barack Obama’s health care law are experiencing buyer’s remorse after realizing that their longtime doctors aren’t accepting the new plans.
Before the law took effect, experts warned that narrow networks could impact patients’ access to care, especially in cheaper plans. But with insurance cards now in hand, consumers are finding their access limited across all price ranges — sometimes even after they were told their plan would include their current doctor.
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Tags: Chicago, doctors, Geneva, Genoa, Gilberts, Glen Ellyn, Glencoe, Glendale, Glenview, Government, Hebron, Herbron, Highland Park, Hillside, Hinsdale, Hoffman Estates, Holiday Hills, Medicaid, Medicare, Navigator, ObamaCare, premiums
Posted in Insurance Reform | Comments Off on Some with Obamacare find they’re losing their doctors
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