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...
Extended Special Enrollment Period through end of 2020 due to Wildfires by Barbara Kempen | Aug 27, 2020 | Affordable Health Insurance, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa MonicaOn August 24th, Covered CA announced that it is extending the Special Enrollment Period through the end of 2020 for those impacted by the recent fires affecting the entire state of California. With more than 500 fires raging across California, Covered CA has announced...
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...
California Introduces New Health Insurance Mandate by Barbara Kempen | Jul 2, 2019 | Affordable Health Insurance, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa MonicaOn June 27th, Governor Gavin Newsom signed his first state budget into law for 2020. With the new state budget, Senate Bill 78 was also signed into law which reintroduces the tax penalty for not having minimum essential health insurance beginning in 2020. California...
Do you still need your 1095 form for 2019? by Barbara Kempen | Feb 12, 2019 | UncategorizedAs Tax Day approaches on April 15th, the 1095 form should already be mailed out to you. Your 1095 form is a medical statement used to show the IRS that you were enrolled in a qualified health insurance plan throughout the calendar year. You should treat your 1095...
