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...
California Reintroduces Health Insurance Mandate Enforced by New Tax Penalty by Barbara Kempen | Aug 13, 2019 | Affordable Health Insurance, Group Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa MonicaGovernor Newsom reintroduced the tax penalty for not carrying health insurance for 2020. California and a handful of other states have countered to the federal government with their own state-wide tax penalties to enforce the Affordable Care Act’s health...
Covered CA released preliminary 2020 Renewal Rates by Barbara Kempen | Jul 10, 2019 | Affordable Health Insurance, Group Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa MonicaOn July 9th, 2019, Covered CA released its preliminary rates for the individual and family market with a weighted average premium increase of 0.8%, a major relief from the 8.4% weighted average premium increases Californians saw from 2015-2019. Furthermore, Covered CA...
2019 Open Enrollment Period Has Just Begun! by Barbara Kempen | Oct 15, 2018 | Affordable Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa MonicaStarting today, October 15th, 2018 to January 15th, 2019, anyone that is lawfully present California resident can enroll in Affordable Care Act-compliant health insurance without a qualifying life event. During this Open Enrollment Period, you can apply for individual...
Are You Enrolled in the Right Health Insurance Plan for 2018? by Barbara Kempen | Nov 30, 2017 | Affordable Health Insurance, Group Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa MonicaWe 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...