Health Reform

Can Obama Limit the Duration of Short Term Medical Plans?

On July 1 the Obama administration announced a proposal to limit the duration of Short Term Medical Plans (STM Plans) to a maximum duration of 90 days.  The proposed limit is open for public discussion for the next 60 days before they issue their ruling and Executive Order.

The O...

Obamacare 2017: Health Insurance Costs are Ballooning - Texans' Premiums Will Soar By Over 55%

2017 Obamacare cost increases will outpace 2016's

Ever since Obamacare's full implementation, May is when health insurance companies submit their premium rate requests to each state’s Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC). To date, more than a dozen states have made their ra...

Obamacare Rate Increases - 2017 SHOCK ALERT

RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF) – Who’s your health insurance with…??? If it’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas you may be in for price shock.

The largest health insurer in the state, with over 600,000 policies, wants to raise its rates by an average of nearly 60-percent.

Blue Cross c...

The Employer Mandate Penalty and Employee Eligiblility for a Premium Subsidy: Increased Enforcement Is Coming

This month, there have been two significant announcements from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding employee eligibility for a premium subsidy under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

First announcement: HHS has hired a third-party contractor to perform an emp...