by Barbara Kempen | Feb 6, 2018 | Dental Insurance
For many people, dental insurance can be easily overlooked since it is secondary to their health insurance. Others may be unaware that the Affordable Care Act requires all health insurance plans to include pediatric dental and vision until the age of 19 at no...
by Barbara Kempen | Feb 6, 2018 | Affordable Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa Monica, Uncategorized
Many Californians still do not understand why they cannot enroll all the time for health insurance. In order to avoid that people enroll only when they need medical assistance, the Affordable Care Act implemented specific Enrollment Periods. In the Open Enrollment...
by Barbara Kempen | Feb 6, 2018 | Affordable Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa Monica
Have you ever wondered what happens to your health insurance in the case of a major life event such as marriage/divorce, childbirth, moving, turning 26, losing Medi-Cal or employer-sponsored insurance? All of these events are defined as qualifying life events which...
by Barbara Kempen | Jan 23, 2018 | Affordable Health Insurance, Group Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa Monica
With the changes in health care currently up for discussion in Washington DC, many Californians might be confused about their 1095 forms and if they are necessary for filing their 2017 taxes. Until there is a change in the written law the 1095 forms are still...
by Barbara Kempen | Nov 30, 2017 | Affordable Health Insurance, Group Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa Monica
We are approaching the deadlines for both the Medicare Annual Enrollment Period on December 7th and for the Individual Open Enrollment Period which ends December 15th for a January 1st effective date and the Special Enrollment Period for Small Business . Many people...
by Barbara Kempen | Nov 15, 2017 | Group Health Insurance
Did you know that from November 15th to December 15th, small businesses can enroll in small business insurance through SHOP Covered California, Anthem, Blue Shield, Aetna, Kaiser, Oscar, California Choice and UHC group health insurance plans without meeting the...
by Barbara Kempen | Nov 7, 2017 | Affordable Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa Monica, Uncategorized
The Open Enrollment Period to enroll in a health insurance plan began November 1st, 2017 through January 31st, 2018 in California. In California, many families who are not eligible for subsidies on Covered California, the premium increase in their health insurance is...
by Barbara Kempen | Nov 2, 2017 | Affordable Health Insurance, Life Insurance
The Open Enrollment Period for health insurance has just begun on November 1st, 2017-January 31st, 2018 in California. During this period, you can apply for a health insurance plan without a qualifying life event. The Affordable Care Act and Covered California are...
by Barbara Kempen | Oct 23, 2017 | Affordable Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa Monica
For Southern Californians, healthcare and health insurance seem to always be on the move. One of the biggest changes to the Southern California area is the removal of Anthem from the individual and family marketplace. For 2018, we are seeing some major changes to both...
by Barbara Kempen | Oct 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
After recently visiting Covered California’s annual event on Open Enrollment Period 2018, there is plenty of updates to cover. For this year, Covered California came up with the slogan “Don’t roll the dice on your health.” It is a great theme for insurance which is...
