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St. Charles, Illinois: Health Insurance
Image by Carlos_Y. via Flickr We specialize in helping St. Charles individuals, families, and businesses sign up and manage their Health Insurance. With the many changes to health insurance, you may...
View ArticleFraud timed to reform
Chicago Tribune reports: “Experts who study scams and frauds know these illicit schemes are often built around big news stories, such as health care reform’s passage. That’s why it shouldn’t be a shock...
View ArticleEmployees paying more for worse health care
Report shows health care costs outpaces income growth Premiums for employer-sponsored family health insurance increased by 50 percent from 2003 to 2010, and the annual amount that employees pay toward...
View ArticleRon Wyden and Paul Ryan’s Bipartisan Plan for Health Care and Medicare Reform
Forbes reports: “This morning, Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden (Ore.) and Republican Rep. Paul Ryan (Wis.) have shaken up Capitol Hill with an intriguing, bipartisan plan for reforming Medicare, and also the...
View ArticleBishops counter White House claim they opposed health care reform
Catholic News Agency reports: “Washington D.C., Feb 16, 2012 / 12:22 am (CNA).- The U.S. bishops have refuted the White House’s claim that they never supported health care reform in America. “Since...
View ArticleSupreme Court extends arguments on health care
CBS News reports: “WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has added another 30 minutes to upcoming arguments over President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. The sessions now will span six hours over three...
View ArticleObama health care law at Supreme Court: mega case for the history books
The Christian Science Monitor reports: “When the US Supreme Court begins examining the constitutionality of President Obama’s health-care reform law on March 26, there will be more at stake in the...
View ArticleHumana Inc. : Humana to Voluntarily Preserve Key Health Care Reform Protections
4-Traders reports: With a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act – also known as the federal health care reform law – expected later this month, Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) issued the...
View ArticlePatients to face ‘access crisis’
Benefitspro reports: “Despite health care overhaul, the future of medicine looks pretty bleak—at least according to doctors. New research suggests that if physician practice trends continue, more than...
View ArticleHealth Care Reform And The 47 Percent
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s secretly videoed remarks regarding the number of Americans “dependent upon government” have sparked a great deal of debate over who in the public...
View ArticleThis Election Is All About Health Care
Bloomberg reports: “According to the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, 55 percent of registered voters say the outcome of this election will make “a great deal of difference” in their lives....
View ArticleAfter The Election: A Consumer’s Guide To The Health Law
Kaiser Health News reports: “Now that President Barack Obama has won a second term, the Affordable Care Act is back on a fast track. Some analysts argue that there could be modifications to reduce...
View ArticleIllinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin: Cuts to workers’ hours a ‘bad result’...
The Daily Caller reports: “Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate, told The Daily Caller that “several” areas of President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act...
View ArticleHow The New Health Insurance Laws Will Affect You
Illinois Insurance News reports: “The Healthcare Reform Act was passed with quite a bit of controversy surrounding it. Polls consistently showed that the majority of Americans were not satisfied with...
View ArticleQuestions and Answers on the Individual Shared Responsibility Provision
IRS.gov reports: “Basic Information 1. What is the individual shared responsibility provision? Under the Affordable Care Act, the federal government, state governments, insurers, employers, and...
View ArticleHumana CEO: Health care reform will push cost of insurance up next year
Courier-Journal reports: “If you are young and healthy, get ready to pay more for health insurance when the Affordable Care Act goes into effect next year, Humana CEO Bruce Broussard said Thursday. In...
View ArticleImplementing Health Reform: Waiting Periods And Enforcement Of Market Reforms
Health Affairs Blog reports: “On March 18, 2013, Gary Cohen, the Director of the Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, stated on a national stakeholder call that most of the final...
View ArticleSenate Votes To Repeal Medical Device Tax
Insurance News Net reports: “It isn’t every day that more than half the Democrats in the Senate vote to repeal part of President Barack Obama’s health care law. But that’s what happened Thursday night...
View ArticleObama budget adds domestic same-sex partners to Obamacare
CNN Politics reports: “Buried deep inside President Obama’s 2014 budget released on Wednesday is a new proposal to expand federal health insurance benefits to same-sex domestic partners. Framed as a...
View ArticleQuinn hire to market health care overhaul
The Daily Chronicle reports: “Most Illinoisans without health insurance coverage know very little about the federal health care overhaul and how it might help them. It’s Brian Gorman’s challenge to...
View ArticleHow Employers Can Get Out of the Health Insurance Business
Zane Benefits reports: “With 2014 looming, businesses of all sizes are scrambling to understand the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and how it will affect their bottom line. How many employers will drop...
View ArticleHealth benefit safe harbors put Payroll in the driver’s seat
Business Management reports: “The Affordable Care Act health care reform law requires employers of 50 or more full-time employees to play—by offering them affordable health benefits that provide...
View ArticleLabor Unions to Pelosi, Reid: Obamacare Healthcare Reform Hurts Us Too
The Washington Free Beacon reports: “Three major unions wrote a letter to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) asking them to fix major flaws...
View ArticleBenefits Selling’s 2014 Employer Survey
Benefits Pro reports: “The implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has made most employers “rethink” their employee benefit offerings, including increasing employees’ share of...
View ArticleHow the Obamacare Penalty Will Affect Your 2014 Taxes
The Motley Fool reports: “Ever since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, critics have cited the penalties that the law imposes on those who don’t...
View ArticleWill Jonathan Gruber Topple Obamacare?
Politico Magazine reports: “Why the hell did Jonathan Gruber say that? And that? And that? And (sigh) the other thing? Those are the questions on the minds of virtually everyone in the health care...
View ArticleMillions facing a hefty increase in Medicare premiums in 2016
Yahoo Finance reports: “Nearly a third of the roughly 50 million elderly Americans who depend on Medicare for their physician care and other health services could see their premiums jump by 52 percent...
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois: 2016 Rate Filings
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois reports: “Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) recently filed its 2016 rates with Illinois. Below are FAQs that may help you understand what this...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about Obamacare tax forms
CBS Rports: Tax filing is getting even more complicated. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires employers and health insurance companies to give the IRS information about your income and health...
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Canadian Health Care: Patients Waiting Longer Than Ever For Treatment
Investors Business Daily Reports: “Socialist Medicine: Canadians love their hockey and have historically been happy with their government-run health care system. Hockey is thriving. The country’s...
View ArticleHealthcare.gov CEO says insurance marketplace’s complexity argues for agents
The Advocate Reports: “The Affordable Care Act is confusing and complicated, which means that health insurance agents and brokers are needed to help consumers pick the best plans for them, Kevin...
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Blue Cross, Advocate team up on new health insurance plan
Crains Chicago Business Reports: “Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois and Advocate Health Care are teaming up to offer a health plan that will be one of the cheapest options the insurer offers on...
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Blue Cross, UnitedHealthcare return to Illinois Obamacare exchange
Crain’s Chicago Business Reports: “Aetna is returning to sell plans on the Illinois health insurance exchange after taking a year off. Also returning are giants Blue Cross & Blue Shield of...
View ArticleWith Michigan Closure, More Than Half of Obamacare CO-OPs Have Now Failed
Energy & Commerce Reports: “WASHINGTON, DC – The number of failed Obamacare CO-OPs grew to one dozen today as Michigan became the latest to announce it was closing. To date, 12 of the original 23...
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Here’s What Medicare Part B Costs and Covers in 2016
According to The Motley Fool: “Learn how this part of the Medicare program works. Retirees rely on Medicare to help them with their healthcare expenses, but getting a better understanding of how the...
View ArticleFeds tighten when people can enroll in Obamacare plans
According to USA Today: “Bowing to pressure from insurers, federal officials on Tuesday tightened the conditions under which people can sign up for plans on the HealthCare.govexchange outside open...
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Coming soon to your mailbox: An Obamacare tax form
According to The CT Mirror: “Even if you don’t get your health insurance through Obamacare, you’re likely to get something related to the health law in the mail in the coming weeks: A new tax form. The...
View ArticleIRS Grants Extension for 6055 and 6056 Reporting
According to United Healthcare, Broker Connection Special Edition: “On Dec. 28, 2015, the IRS announced that it is granting an automatic extension for the 2015 information returns required of insurers,...
View ArticleIllinois Obamacare plan crippled by losses
According to Crain’s Chicago Business ” The operating losses continue to mount at struggling Land of Lincoln Health, totaling $90.8 million for the Obamacare health plan in 2015. That net loss is...
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How Obamacare Makes Tax Filing Trickier
According to Time Inc. “Many Americans will get new tax forms for the first time. Here’s what to do with them. This year, you may be receiving tax forms you’ve never seen before, all thanks to the...
View ArticleWatch Obamacare’s Architect Reveal His Master Plan To Fix The Law: Bigger...
The Federalist reports: “Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber joined CNN on Wednesday morning to say the best way to fix the failing health-care law he engineered would be to increase the “penalty.” A...
View ArticleIllinois submits big Obamacare rate increases to the feds
The Chicago Tribune reports: “Hundreds of thousands of Illinois consumers who buy health insurance on the state’s Obamacare exchange will likely see average rates increase by 16 to 37 percent next year...
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