New Special Enrollment Period Qualifying Life Events by Barbara Kempen | Mar 9, 2022 | Special Enrollment PeriodOnce the Special Enrollment Period started on February 1st, 2022, anyone looking to enroll in or change their health insurance must now have a qualifying life event to do so. A qualifying life event is a major life event that must occur within the last 60 days in...
New Health Insurance Subsidies from the American Rescue Plan by Barbara Kempen | Mar 30, 2021 | Affordable Health Insurance, COVID-19, Tax CreditsThanks to the American Rescue Plan, more of America’s middle class will be eligible to receive health insurance premium assistance through Covered CA statewide or through Healthcare.gov nationwide. The premium assistance cutoff has been bumped up from 400% of...
How will health insurance change under President Elect Biden? by Barbara Kempen | Dec 21, 2020 | Affordable Health Insurance, Group Health Insurance, Short-term medicalUnder president-elect Joe Biden, we will likely see an expansion of the Affordable Care Act depending on a few key events. For one, how will the Supreme Court rule on the current challenge to the ACA? Secondly, will the Democrats control the Senate after the runoff...
Special Enrollment Period Extended in California through August 31st due to COVID-19 by Barbara Kempen | Aug 4, 2020 | Affordable Health Insurance, Group Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, TelemedicineAs SARS CoV-2 has continued to spread across Los Angeles, California, and throughout the United States, Covered California has announced that the Special Enrollment Period has been extended for those impacted by COVID-19 through August 31st. Anyone who has been...
Special Enrollment Period Extended in California through July 31st due to COVID-19 by Barbara Kempen | Jul 6, 2020 | Affordable Health Insurance, Group Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, TelemedicineAs the Coronavirus Covid-19 has continued to spread across Los Angeles, California, and throughout the United States, Covered California has announced that the Special Enrollment Period has been extended for those impacted by COVID-19 through July 31st. This also...