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Helpful Tips for Small Business Owners To Switch To ACA Compliant Health Insurances
Many California's small business owners will have to switch by the end of 2015 to a new 2016 ACA compliant health insurance group plans, are frustrated by the premium increases and volume of health plan choices. Here are some helpful tips on how a small business...
Covered CA Starts Renewal Process For 2016 Health Insurance
Covered California has started the process of getting Californians prepared for the renewal of their health insurance for 2016 . As a first measure in the months of July/August, Covered California has sent out notification letters to current enrollees to verify Proof...
Anthem Gets $26.5B Funding Commitment For Cigna Takeover
Anthem's bid to become the largest health insurer in history is setting up one of the biggest debt offerings backing a takeover. According to a regulatory filing, Anthem has received financing commitments as high as 26.5 billion to finance their $48.4 billion...
IRS reports Results of the First Year Individual Responsibility Requirements of the Affordable Care Act
On Tuesday, the IRS announced the results of PPACA’s first year individual responsibility requirements. The report had analyzed 135 of an estimated 150 million tax returns. From this information, it became clear that 76% of Americans had checked the box indicating...
Covered California Announces Affordable 2016 Rates
This month Covered California, our state health insurance exchange, announced the preliminary health insurance rates for 2016. Good news is that for Los Angeles the average rate increase is overall very low, with only 2.5%. California-wide the average health...
Vision Exam Can Detect Health Problems find affordable vision insurance in California.
Did you know that a comprehensive eye exam can not only detect vision problems, but may also be able to detect other health issues? Below are just a few health issues that may be discovered during an eye exam. Diabetes— Diabetes affects the small capillaries in the...
Supreme Court Ruling Confirms Subsidies On Health Care Exchanges Are Available
In a 6-3 decision the Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that federal premium assistance tax credit ("subsidies") will continue to be available for qualified individuals who purchase health insurance at a Federal Marketplace (health care exchange). Their...
Likely Health Insurance Rate Changes for CA Small Businesses in 2016
Many small business owners in California voted for an early renewal option in 2013 to remain on their old group health plans, the so called "grandmother rule". Governor Jerry Brown signed the bill (SB 1446) into law that gave businesses with fewer than 50 employees...
A Lesson Learned in the 2015 Open Enrollment Period
And that is, prescription drug costs can jeopardize the American health care system. With the ending of the Open Enrollment Period, I am just now finding time to share my experience of guiding my clients through this period during the last 6 months. Based on the...
Growth in CA’s Individual Health Insurance Market
Why might you be asking? Because of the Affordable Care Act. With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the health insurance market has raised by 64%, resulting in nearly 2.2 million Californians buying individual health insurance within the last year. As of...