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...
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...
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...
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...
