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Posts Tagged ‘open enrollment’
Wednesday, August 21st, 2019
Small Business Trends reports:
“Many health insurance acronyms float around these days. In the past, people counted on essentially two health care options. They included traditional group health insurance and, for seniors, Medicare. Today, you’ll find a number of health care options. Some of which specifically limit themselves to small businesses. The array of options may confuse you because of the many names used to describe them.
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Tags: 2019, enrollment, health insurance premiums, insurance, Marketplace, open enrollment, River Grove, Riverwoods, Schaumburg, Schiller Park, small businesses
Posted in Health Insurance News | Comments Off on 9 Health Insurance Acronyms Small Business Owners Should Know
Monday, May 20th, 2019
KHN reports:
“Sheri Lewis, 59, of Seattle, needed a hip transplant. Bradley Fuller, 63, of nearby Kirkland, needed chemotherapy and radiation when the pain in his jaw turned out to be throat cancer. And Kim Bruzas, 55, of Waitsburg, hundreds of miles away, needed emergency care to stop sudden —and severe — rectal bleeding.
Each of these Washington state residents required medical treatment during the past few years, and each thought they had purchased health insurance through an online site.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, Hampshire, health insurance, health insurance reform, Individual Mandate, insurance plan, Insurance Reform, Oakbrook Terrace, Oakwood Hills, Obama care, ObamaCare, Obamacare regulation, online degrees, open enrollment, Opt-Out, Oswego, Penalty, requirements
Posted in Family Health Insurance, Health Insurance News | Comments Off on ‘Sham’ Sharing Ministries Test Faith Of Patients And Insurance Regulators
Tuesday, May 8th, 2018
Investopedia reports:
“On February 20, 2018, the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor and the Treasury released a proposed rule that would increase the length of coverage for short-term health insurance plans from three months to 364 days. They proposed this rule in response to an executive order President Trump issued in October 2017 telling these departments to propose regulations or guidance that would make this type of insurance more available in order to encourage consumer choice and provider competition in the health insurance market.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, Bull Valley, Burlington, Chicago, Costs, departments of health and human services, enroll, enrollment, Fox River Grove, Fox Valley, Franklin Park, individual, Individuals, insurance, insurance plan, Marketplace, open enrollment
Posted in Individual Health Insurance, Short Term Insurance | Comments Off on What is Trump’s New Short-Term Health Insurance Order?
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
Thursday, February 1st, 2018
The Observer reports:
“If you bought health insurance during the Affordable Care Act open enrollment, congratulations. Your major health care needs, known and unknown, should be covered without risk of financial ruin. You may feel you are set until the next open enrollment. But you might actually have more work to do to make sure you are truly protected.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, Blue Cross, health insurance, individual, Individual Mandate, insurance, Marengo, Marketplace, Massachusetts, Maywood, McCullen Lake, McCullom Lake, McHenery, McHenry, McHenry County, open enrollment
Posted in Affordable Care Act | Comments Off on ACA Marketplace Plan Issues Threaten Consumers’ Financial Well-Being
Monday, October 30th, 2017
The Chicago Tribune reports:
“Cindy Purvance of Park City, Utah, was incensed when she received a letter in the mail, alerting her that her family’s health insurance premium would skyrocket to $1,300 a month next year – a $500 increase.
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Tags: affordable care, Affordable Care Act, Blue Cross, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Broker, Donald Trump, enrollment, insurance, insurance broker, Navigator, ObamaCare, open enrollment, requirements, SHOP, sign up, small businesses, the affordable care act, Trump
Posted in Family Health Insurance | Comments Off on After Trump’s Obamacare moves, shopping for health insurance more baffling than ever
Thursday, September 21st, 2017
Kaiser Health News reports:
“The Trump administration says many of the organizations that help people enroll in health plans on the federal insurance marketplaces don’t provide enough bang for the buck, sometimes costing thousands of dollars to sign up each customer. So, it is cutting their funding, some by as much as 90 percent, the government told the groups last week.
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Tags: budget cuts, Deer Park, Deerfield, DeKalb, DeKalb County, Delay, Des Plaines, Desplaines, Government, health plan, Insurance Reform, medical expenses, open enrollment, PPO
Posted in Individual Health Insurance | Comments Off on Bemoaning Budget Cuts, Navigators Say Feds Don’t Appreciate Scope Of The Job
Thursday, September 21st, 2017
The Chicago Tribune reports:
“Hundreds of thousands of Illinois consumers who buy health insurance on the state’s Obamacare exchange will likely see average rates increase by 16 to 37 percent next year for the lowest-priced plans, according to a new analysis.
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Tags: buy health insurance, Chicago, Cook, Cook County, DuPage, enroll, enrollment, exchange, ObamaCare, open enrollment, Richmond, Ringwood, River Grove, Riverwoods, Rolling Meadows, Roselle, Saint Charles, Schaumburg
Posted in 2017 Open Enrollment | Comments Off on Illinois submits big Obamacare rate increases to the feds
Tuesday, September 19th, 2017
The NY Times reports:
“The Trump administration is slashing spending on advertising and promotion for enrollment under the Affordable Care Act, a move some critics charged was a blatant attempt to sabotage the law.
Officials with the Department of Health and Human Services, who insisted on not being identified during a conference call with reporters, said on Thursday that the advertising budget for the open enrollment period that starts in November would be cut to $10 million, compared with $100 million spent by the Obama administration last year, a drop of 90 percent. Additionally, grants to about 100 nonprofit groups, known as navigators, that help people enroll in health plans offered by the insurance marketplaces will be cut to a total of $36 million, from about $63 million.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, Bartlett, Batavia, Bensenville, Berwyn, Big Rock, Costs, Health and Human Services, health plan, Navigator, open enrollment, the affordable care act, Trump
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Health Laws | Comments Off on Trump Administration Sharply Cuts Spending on Health Law Enrollment
Friday, August 18th, 2017
ACA Times reports:
“When it comes to providing healthcare as an employer, cost is a major concern. Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), applicable large employers – organizations with 50 or more full-time employees and full-time equivalent employees — are required to offer insurance to 95% of their full-time staff.
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Tags: affordable care, Affordable Care Act, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Costs, Hampshire, Hanover Park, Harvard, Harwood Heights, Health Alliance, health insurance, insurance broker, open enrollment
Posted in Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Heath Care Costs | Comments Off on Health Insurance Brokers Help Employers Lower Healthcare Costs
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