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Posts Tagged ‘Holiday Hills’
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, 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
Friday, August 4th, 2017
The Chicago Tribune reports:
“Health insurers want to raise premiums next year for Illinois consumers who buy coverage through the Obamacare exchange — in many cases citing uncertainty surrounding the health care law as a reason for the proposed jumps.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Donald Trump, Downers Grove, Dundee, DuPage, Health Alliance, Holiday Hills, Huntley, premiums, rate increases
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Comments Off on Obamacare rates in Illinois could climb next year
Wednesday, July 20th, 2016
AHIP reports:
“States are facing a shortage of physicians in primary care, psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology, and general surgery, according to a new AHIP data brief. This analysis looked at the ratio of these physicians to the population and found several U.S. states currently have physician supply rates that fall well below the national average.
According to the data brief, these provider shortfalls may be even more severe in rural areas. While close to a quarter of Americans live in rural areas, only 10 percent of physicians practice in those geographies. For example, most surgeons in Idaho are practicing in urban areas (25 per 100,000 urban population) rather than in rural areas (14 per 100,000 rural population).
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Tags: Deer Park, Deerfield, doctors, health, health plan, Highland Park, Hillside, Hinsdale, Hoffman Estates, Holiday Hills, Hospital
Posted in Health Care .gov, Health Insurance News | Comments Off on New Data Brief Finds Physician Shortages Lead to Network Adequacy Challenges
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
Tuesday, February 10th, 2015
Yahoo News reports:
“The Obama administration on Monday unveiled an ambitious plan to control health costs by moving the $2.9 trillion U.S. health systems away from costly fee-for-service medicine, beginning with the Medicare program for the elderly and disabled.
By the end of 2018, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell told reporters that 50 percent of traditional Medicare’s $362 billion in annual payments would go to doctors, hospitals and other providers that participate in alternative payment models which emphasize cost containment and quality of care.
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Tags: doctors, Employers, Government, Health and Human Services, High deductible health plan, Highland Park, Hinsdale, Hoffman Estates, Holiday Hills, Hospital, human resources, Medicaid, medicaid programs, Medicare
Posted in Medicaid | Comments Off on U.S. government unveils goal to move Medicare away from fee-for-service
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
Monday, July 21st, 2014
Digital Journal reports:
“While the Affordable Care Act is designed to reduce cost and increase access to health insurance, many U.S. citizens still are uninsured and underserved due to obstacles not based on cost, such as technical problems and lack of information from health insurance companies and health exchanges, according to the inaugural J.D. Power 2014 Health Insurance Marketplace Shopper StudySM released today.
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Tags: affordable care, Affordable Care Act, Hampshire, Hanover Park, Harvard, Harwood Heights, health insurance marketplace, Hoffman Estates, Holiday Hills, Huntley, insurance industry, Marketplace, Navigator, premiums, the affordable care act
Posted in Insurance Reform | Comments Off on J.D. Power Reports: The Uninsured Remain Underserved by Health Exchanges, As Many Continue to Struggle to Enroll in Healthcare Coverage
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