One of the early provisions of the Affordable Care Act required health plans to expand eligibility for dependents to age 26 regardless of full-time student status, tax-dependent status, employment status, or marital status. This provision was implemented for...
Much concern has been expressed lately regarding the rising premiums many will see as health plans adjust to the Affordable Care Act requirements in 2014. The mandated changes require health plans to guarantee coverage, prohibit exclusions for pre-existing...
Joseph Antos, health economist at American Enterprise Institute who advises the Congressional Budget Office, indicates that building the health exchanges is much more complicated than anyone imagined. “To be fair to CBO, this is one of the many areas where...
The state pension system crisis, HB 279, general recession and rising utility costs are just some of the heavy financial burdens for the boards, councils and leaders in our local city and county governments. As daunting as those issues are for our leaders to...
Earlier this month the Society of Actuaries issued an 83 page report named, “Cost of the Future Newly Insured under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)”. This report has been referenced many times in recent days and some debate the validity of the projections...
Is there no end to the surprises we Americans have in store for us under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)? Earlier this year employers became faced with the fact that they would be taxed through their premiums more than $60 per insured...
