Affordable Care Act

So it looks like the ACA is going to go away as we know it …

By |2017-01-17T19:19:37+00:00January 17th, 2017|Affordable, Affordable Care Act, California Health Insurance, Covered CA, family health insurance, health care, Individual Health, Individual health insurance, Obama Care, reform, small business health care, subsidies, tax credits, Taxes|

... the real problem is what is going to replace it?  There seems to be major division in the GOP on how to do this. We heard all year that President-Elect Trup was going to repeal and replace the ACA ... but we have yet to hear with what?!?!?! Here is the latest from the

The Future of ObamaCare in CA

By |2017-01-11T17:46:43+00:00January 11th, 2017|Affordable, Affordable Care Act, California Health Insurance, Commercial, Covered CA, family health insurance, health care, Individual Health, Individual health insurance, Medi-Cal, Obama Care, reform, small business health care, Taxes|

One of the items at the top of the President Elect's to do list after his Inauguration, is 'repeal & replace' ObamaCare.  So far we don't have any specifics about what this really will mean to Americans, but this article has stated what we have been anticipating all along - according to Deborah Kelch of the

Looming changes to ObamaCare …

By |2016-11-29T21:45:07+00:00November 29th, 2016|Affordable, Affordable Care Act, California Health Insurance, Covered CA, family health insurance, health care, Individual Health, Individual health insurance, Obama Care, reform, small business health care, subsidies, tax credits|

Now that we know who our next President will be, the question I keep getting asked is: “What is going to happen to my health insurance?” My answer - In the short term, nothing.  In the long run…. Well, we’re not exactly sure. Here is what we know about President Elect Trump's plan: During his

Unintended Consequences = Medi-Cal

By |2015-01-10T18:56:00+00:00January 10th, 2015|Affordable, Affordable Care Act, California Health Insurance, Covered CA, family health insurance, Individual health insurance, Medi-Cal, Obama Care, reform|

One major problem we are having this enrollment period is dealing with Medi-Cal.  We are finding that with some of the clients we have enrolled, Medi-Cal is going into the files and changing the application without checking with clients or us, their agent.Usually they lower the income so the client becomes Medi-Cal eligible.  This has

2015 Open Enrollment is winding down

By |2015-01-10T18:47:00+00:00January 10th, 2015|Affordable Care Act, California Health Insurance, Covered CA, family health insurance, Individual health insurance, Obama Care, Penalties|

Individuals & Families have until February 15 to enroll in a health plan for 2015.  After that deadline, one must have a qualifying event to be eligible for a new health insurance policy. The penalty for 2015 is pretty steep (unlike 2014).  If you choose to go without insurance for 2015, you will incur a federal income tax penalty of either 2%

Grandfathered plans increase … what?

By |2014-01-31T18:14:00+00:00January 31st, 2014|Affordable, Affordable Care Act, California Health Insurance, family health insurance, health care, Individual health insurance, Obama Care, reform|

I just read an interesting article about Anthem Blue Cross raising premiums on all grandfathered plans by 25%.  This is not surprising and fully anticipated, albeit a tad sooner than I expected.Grandfathered plans are health plans that have been in force prior to the signing of the Affordable Care Act in 2010.  These plans were not required

So after 3 weeks what have we learned?

By |2013-10-22T20:55:00+00:00October 22nd, 2013|Affordable, Affordable Care Act, California Health Insurance, Covered CA, family health insurance, Individual health insurance, Obama Care, reform, subsidies, timeline|

It is finally here.  We are three weeks into open enrollment.  The Affordable Care Act has definitely seen its detractors but it has survived up to this point.  No matter what happens in Washington D.C., the exchange in California is here to stay (that is, at least for 2014).  So after 3 weeks what have we learned? 

One week away …

By |2013-09-26T16:50:00+00:00September 26th, 2013|Affordable Care Act, California Health Insurance, family health insurance, Individual health insurance, Obama Care, reform, small business health care, timeline|

We are just about a week away from Open Enrollment and there has been a lot of talk about "defunding Obamacare".  I am not sure this is possible.  California's state exchange, Covered California is ready for open enrollment.  I recently went to Covered California's "certification training" so I can sell plans on the exchange.  I

And the SHOP carriers are …

By |2013-08-12T19:33:00+00:00August 12th, 2013|Affordable Care Act, California Health Insurance, reform, small business health care, tax credits, timeline|

At the beginning of this month, Covered California announced the carriers that will be participating in the SHOP exchange.  This is the small business part of Covered California, where small businesses can go to purchase health insurance.  The 6 carriers are Health Net, Kaiser, Blue Shield, Chinese Community Health Plan, Sharp Health Plan, and Western

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