by Barbara Kempen | May 23, 2018 | Affordable Health Insurance, Group Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa Monica
With prescription drugs approaching 20% of total medical costs, patients, insurance companies, and government bodies are finally putting pressure on the pharmaceutical industry. Maybe hiring former pharmaceutical executive Alex Azar as Secretary of Health & Human...
by Barbara Kempen | Apr 27, 2018 | Affordable Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa Monica
With healthcare costs steadily increasing, it is important for us all to find ways to cut down on healthcare costs. Medical inflation has increased at 3 times the rate of overall inflation since 1960 (roughly 6% a year). Between 2011-2016, health insurance premiums...
by Barbara Kempen | Apr 20, 2018 | Affordable Health Insurance, Group Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa Monica
As employees look to increase their wages while their employers are focused on minimizing costs, medical costs and with that, health insurance premiums, appear to be the elephant in the room. The California Health Care Foundation reported that between 2011 and 2016,...
by Barbara Kempen | Apr 18, 2018 | Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Santa Monica, Travel Insurance
Many Californians are getting ready to plan their summer vacations. Destinations like Mexico, Europe, Canada and Asia are on many people’s “must visit ” lists. With more restrictions on U.S. health insurance, it is most likely that your primary U.S....
by Barbara Kempen | Apr 17, 2018 | Affordable Health Insurance, Group Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa Monica
As a small business owner considering offering health insurance in California, you probably have asked yourself, “How can I keep healthcare costs down while offering my employees the coverage they need? There are so many carriers and so many plans, how do I find the...
by Barbara Kempen | Mar 23, 2018 | Affordable Health Insurance, Group Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa Monica, Uncategorized
Have you noticed your health insurance premiums increasing 10-20% a year over the last few years? Unfortunately, these dramatic rate increases over the last few years have been the norm. For the Los Angeles region alone, we saw a 13% weighted average rate increase for...