by Barbara Kempen | Jul 30, 2015 | Affordable Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa Monica
On Tuesday, the IRS announced the results of PPACA’s first year individual responsibility requirements. The report had analyzed 135 of an estimated 150 million tax returns. From this information, it became clear that 76% of Americans had checked the box indicating...
by Barbara Kempen | Jul 28, 2015 | Affordable Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa Monica
This month Covered California, our state health insurance exchange, announced the preliminary health insurance rates for 2016. Good news is that for Los Angeles the average rate increase is overall very low, with only 2.5%. California-wide the average health...
by Barbara Kempen | Jun 26, 2015 | Affordable Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa Monica
In a 6-3 decision the Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that federal premium assistance tax credit (“subsidies”) will continue to be available for qualified individuals who purchase health insurance at a Federal Marketplace (health care...
by Barbara Kempen | Jun 8, 2015 | Affordable Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades
Many small business owners in California voted for an early renewal option in 2013 to remain on their old group health plans, the so called “grandmother rule”. Governor Jerry Brown signed the bill (SB 1446) into law that gave businesses with fewer than...
by Barbara Kempen | Apr 29, 2015 | Affordable Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa Monica
According to an article published by NPR, Californians are now able to pay cash for their monthly health insurance premiums at over 680 locations across California. The L.A. Care health insurance, one of the carriers offered at Covered California, is available at...
by Barbara Kempen | Mar 13, 2015 | Affordable Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa Monica
“The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced a special enrollment period (SEP) that will allow eligible consumers to apply for and enroll in coverage. Covered California and Anthem Blue Cross (Anthem) have followed CMS and adopted a...
