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Friday, February 2nd, 2018
Axios reports:
“The Department of Health and Human Services has posted its long-awaited proposed rule to make it easier to form “association health plans,” aimed at groups of workers who team up to get better deals on health insurance. Among other things, the rule would encourage these kinds of plans by removing the requirement that says associations have to have a purpose besides health insurance.
The bottom line: The rule says its goal is to help small businesses buy health coverage more easily, but the bigger question is whether they’d pull healthy people out of the Affordable Care Act exchanges.”
Tags: Affordable Care Act, association health plan, Health and Human Services, health insurance, small businesses, Spring Grove, Stone Park, Sugar Grove, the affordable care act, Tower Lakes, Trout Valley, Union, United Health Care, United Healthcare
Posted in Health Insurance News | Comments Off on Trump administration releases association health plan rule
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
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
Wednesday, September 16th, 2015
The Washington Times reports:
“A quirk in the law means the IRS will never be able to recoup nearly $350 million in overpayments on Obamacare tax credits last year, and one top senator says he is worried that fraudsters will exploit the loophole to wring more cash out of the government.
Most customers in the health care law’s insurance exchanges get taxpayer-funded subsidies to help cover their premiums, and the amount is based on their expected earnings. At the end of the year, they are supposed to square their anticipated earnings with what they actually made. Because most exchange members received higher incomes — through promotions or better jobs — they have to repay the IRS.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, Health and Human Services, individual, Individuals, Stone Park, Streamwood, subsidies, Sycamore, the affordable care act, Tower Lakes, Trout Valley
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Subsidy | Comments Off on IRS may never recoup $350 million in Obamacare tax credit overpayments
Friday, October 3rd, 2014
Benefits Pro reports:
“The implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has made most employers “rethink” their employee benefit offerings, including increasing employees’ share of cost even more via consumer-driven plans.
According to Benefits Selling’s 2014 Employer Survey, 70 percent of employers said PPACA has made them rethink their employee benefit offerings, compared to 30 percent who said the health care reform law hadn’t had any impact on their offerings.
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Tags: affordable care, dental, health insurance, long-term, Marketplace, Saint Charles, Schaumburg, Schiller Park, Skokie, Sleepy Hollow, Solon Mills, South Barrington, South Elgin, Spring Grove, St. Charles, Stone Park, Streamwood, Sugar Grove, Sycamore, Voluntary Benefits
Posted in Health Reform | Comments Off on Benefits Selling’s 2014 Employer Survey
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013
Flex Benefits reports:
“The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires non-grandfathered plans to impose limitations on out-of-pocket expenses for essential health benefits starting in 2014. The out-of-pocket limitations will be capped next year at $6,350 for single coverage and $12,700 for family coverage.
However, some self-funded plans will be exempt from this requirement until 2015. The guidance indicates that self-funded plans contracting with multiple service providers can delay this requirement for one year.
For example, some self-funded plans contract with one service provider to administer their major medical benefits and another service provider to administer their pharmacy benefits.
The reason for the delay has been linked to administrative complications in tracking the out-of-pocket expenses when multiple service providers are used.
The new out-of-pocket limitations will still apply in 2014 to all individual health plans, fully insured group health plans and self-funded group health plans that use a single service provider to administer their plan benefits.””
Tags: Affordable Care Act, group health plan, group health plans, health, individual, Sleepy Hollow, South Barrington, South Elgin, Spring Grove, St. Charles, state health insurance, Stone Park, the affordable care act
Posted in Health Laws, Health Reform | Comments Off on ACA Out-of-Pocket Max Clarity
Wednesday, July 31st, 2013
Seattle pi reports:
“You may have heard that shopping for health insurance under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul will be like using Travelocity or Amazon.
But many people will end up with something more mundane than online shopping, like a call to the help desk.
Struggling with a deadline crunch, some states are delaying online tools that could make it easier for consumers to find the right plan when the markets go live on Oct. 1.
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Tags: enrollment, exchange, Health and Human Services, insurance plan, Marketplace, premiums, SHOP, Skokie, Sleepy Hollow, small businesses, Solon Mills, South Barrington, South Elgin, Spring Grove, Stone Park, Streamwood
Posted in Exchange, Insurance Reform | Comments Off on New health insurance markets: Not like Travelocity
Monday, June 17th, 2013
The Business Journals reports:
“Will health care reform lead 1.5 million Americans to become self-employed next year?
Researchers from the Urban Institute and Georgetown University think so. They’ve concluded that the reforms under the Affordable Care Act will end “job lock” — people staying with their current employer just for the health coverage — and encourage folks to strike out on their own.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, affordable health insurance, Chicago, Chicagoland, Fox Valley, Government, health care reform, Medicare, North West Suburbs, Northern Illinois, Northwest Suburbs, South Elgin, Spring Grove, St. Charles, Stone Park, the affordable care act
Posted in Insurance Reform | Comments Off on Will Obamacare end job lock? Study finds 1.5 million to join self-employed due to law
Thursday, May 16th, 2013
Insurance News Net reports:
“A new HealthPocket consumer survey found that 34 percent of respondents are motivated to reduce their health plan costs versus keep their doctor. When survey takers were asked, “If changing from your doctor to another doctor could save you money on your health plan premium costs, how much would you have to save annually to make the switch?” over half of the 34 percent who would switch would do so for the lowest savings amount presented by the survey, $500 to $1,000 annually. Eight percent said they would switch for $1,000 to $2,000 and 7.5 percent for$3,000 or more.
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Tags: affordable care, Affordable Care Act, Chicago, Chicagoland, Crystal Lake, Elmwood Park, Fox Valley, Government, Harwood Heights, health insurance, Hinsdale, insurance news, North West Suburbs, Northern Illinois, Northwest Suburbs, Prairie Grove, Prospect Heights, Solon Mills, Stone Park
Posted in Insurance Reform | Comments Off on ACA Will Test Consumer Loyalty To Doctors
Friday, January 18th, 2013
CNN Money reports:
“Legions of small and midsize businesses that don’t offer health insurance have to quickly come up with a game plan. Here’s what some are thinking.
Lenny Verkhoglaz wishes he could provide health insurance to the nearly 300 home care aides he employs at Executive Care, based in Hackensack, N.J. No such luck.
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Tags: Chicago, Chicagoland, Elgin, Fox Valley, health care reform, health plan, health savings account, North West Suburbs, Northern Illinois, Northwest Suburbs, premiums, South Elgin, Spring Grove, St. Charles, Stone Park
Posted in Heath Care Costs | Comments Off on How small firms are gearing up for health reform
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