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Steps to Register your Health Insurance Policy
By now, you should have received your 2021 health insurance subscriber ID card. Be sure you register your insurance card online, which allows you to easily find doctors who are in your health plan's network, review your benefits, view your claim history and make your...
1095 Tax Documents are now being mailed out
With the new year comes a new you but also, unfortunately, dealing with taxes for last year. When you file your 2020 taxes later this year (Tax day is Thursday, April 15th), you will need to make sure that you have your 1095 tax document which will be distributed by...
Feeling stressed during the pandemic? Try teletherapy
Many of us could not imagine that the pandemic is taking this long and that we still experience an increase in Covid-19 cases. This, along with the most recent political events of the riots at the capital and economic uncertainty creating enormous stress on many...
How will health insurance change under President Elect Biden?
Under 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...
COVID-19 Vaccinations, will my health insurance cover it?
On December 10th the Pfizer/BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine and on December 18th Moderna with their mRNA-1273 vaccine received the FDA emergency release authorization for their Covid-19 vaccines. Due to the fact that initial supply is scarce in comparison to demand, the...
Special Enrollment Period for Small Businesses
With COVID-19 continuing to spread across the US, employees are relying upon their employers, now more than ever, to provide affordable health insurance to protect them during this time. From November 15th to December 15th, group health insurance carriers are offering...
How will the Supreme Court Rule on the ACA?
The Supreme Court is expected to begin hearing legal arguments over the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or PPACA, more commonly referred to the ACA for short, on November 10th, 2020 with a ruling expected by June of 2021. One of the...
New Labor Laws for Workers Comp, Classification of Employees and Paid Sick Leave
With COVID-19 causing much uncertainty for employers, California has introduced several new bills to address workers compensation, the classification of employees as well as on employee paid sick leave to protect employees during these unprecedented times. Please...
What are the changes to my health insurance in 2021?
Surprisingly, despite us still being in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, for 2021, we are seeing a record low rate increase of a weighted average of 0.6% through Covered CA and across the state of California. If you shop and switch to the lowest-cost silver plan,...
Free COVID-19 Testing, Treatment & Preventative Care
Did you know that your health insurance has waived member cost-shares for COVID-19 screening, testing, and treatment just like it does for preventative care? Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in the US, the insurance carriers have responded by making both testing and...