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Monday, May 20th, 2019
AP reports:
“Scrap “Obamacare”? Well, maybe not all of it.
The Trump administration is arguing in court that the entire Affordable Care Act should be struck down as unconstitutional. But at the same time, Justice Department lawyers recently suggested that federal judges could salvage its anti-fraud provisions, raising questions about keeping other parts as well.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, barack obama, Donald Trump, Government, health care system, healthcare.gov, Individuals, insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, North Barrington, North West Suburbs, Northern Illinois, Northlake, Northwest, Northwest Suburbs, Oak Park, Oakbrook Terrace, Oakwood Hills, ObamaCare
Posted in Affordable Care Act | Comments Off on Scrap ‘Obamacare’? Maybe not all, Trump administration says
Tuesday, June 14th, 2016
The Chicago Tribune reports:
“Illinois residents who buy Blue Cross and Blue Shield health care coverage through the state insurance exchange may be in for Obamacare sticker shock, if proposed rate hikes by the largest insurers in Texas and Oklahoma are any indication.
Texas and Oklahoma are possible harbingers of Blue Cross’ prices on the Illinois exchange because all three health plans are owned by the same company, Chicago-based Health Care Service Corp. Blue Cross is the most popular insurer on the Illinois exchange.
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Posted in Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Heath Care Costs | Comments Off on Blue Cross premium hikes in Texas, Oklahoma could mean Illinois sticker shock
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
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
Crains Chicago Business Reports:
“Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois and Advocate Health Care are teaming up to offer a health plan that will be one of the cheapest options the insurer offers on and off the Obamacare exchange.
 The plan, called BlueCare Direct, is a marriage of two giants. Blue Cross is the largest health insurer in the state, and Downers Grove-based Advocate is the largest health care system, with 12 hospitals and more than 4,000 doctors.
The BlueCare Direct network will include 250 of Advocate’s sites of care in Cook, DuPage, Lake, Kane and Will counties, including nine of its hospitals and a children’s hospital with two campuses. Enrollees can stick with their primary care doctor outside of Advocate’s system, but the plan will not cover it, said Dr. Lee Sacks, chief medical officer for Advocate.
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Posted in Affordable Care Act, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Health Insurance News | Comments Off on Blue Cross, Advocate team up on new health insurance plan
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
Tuesday, January 13th, 2015
International Business Times reports:
“Millions of Americans who forwent buying health insurance in 2014 could face penalties in the coming year, the first such fees since open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, began in October 2013. The fine is part of President Barack Obama’s landmark law that requires all taxpayers to divulge their health insurance status to the Internal Revenue Service when filing their federal income tax returns. People who qualify for an exemption can avoid paying the penalty, but there is a little bit of extra paperwork involved.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, enrollment, exchange, health insurance marketplace, healthcare.gov, IRS, Marketplace, North West Suburbs, Northern Illinois, Northlake, Northwest Suburbs, Oak Park, Oakwood Hills, Oswego, Penalty, Tax
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance News | Comments Off on Health Care Penalties In 2015: How To Avoid Obamacare Fee And Report Insurance Status To IRS
Friday, October 3rd, 2014
Benefits Pro reports:
“Nearly one in four employers say they may move their employees toprivate exchanges within the next few years, but virtually none of them are considering public exchanges under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, new analysis from consulting firm Towers Watson finds.
The firm’s Health Care Changes Ahead survey of 349 HR professionals at mid- and-large-sized companies found that 24 percent of those surveyed believe a private exchange will be a viable alternative for providing employee health benefits by 2016.
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Posted in Group Health Insurance | Comments Off on Employers not interested in PPACA exchanges
Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
Crain’s Chicago Business reports:
“A year after the nation embarked on the experiment in health care called Obamacare, rising drug prices threaten to jack up costs for employees and employers alike in 2015.
Health care plans spend the most on drugs for common chronic ailments such as diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. As those conditions become more prevalent, growing demand is enabling pharmaceutical companies to boost prices at rates well beyond overall inflation. For example, spending by health plans in the U.S. on Lantus, a long-acting form of insulin made by Sanofi SA, rocketed 27 percent in 2013, according to , a pharmacy benefits manager in St. Louis.
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Tags: health, health plan, Hospital, human resources, insurance plan, Norridge, North Aurora, North Barrington, North West Suburbs, Northern Illinois, Northlake, Northwest Suburbs, ObamaCare, the affordable care act
Posted in Health Insurance Cost | Comments Off on Why your 2015 health coverage will cost more
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