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Geisinger Choice Individual Renewal Change Form The Geisinger Choice Individual Renewal Change Form is now available, including: Renewal Plan Selection, Enrollment Application Change Form, and Renewal Mapping. Click here to read more. Highmark Blue Shield Individual Update on Marketplace plans and help with Marketplace login The technical issues with the following plan (causing a delay in its availability on the Marketplace) have been resolved, and it is now available on the Marketplace: Balance Blue PPO 500 plan (entire region) - *New* Gold Plan. Click here to read more. Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Individual Update on Marketplace plans and help with Marketplace login The technical issues with the following plans (causing a delay in their availability on the Marketplace) have been resolved, and they are now available on the Marketplace: Shared Cost Blue PPO 2650, a Community Blue Flex Plan (Zone A) - Silver Plan, Balance Blue PPO 1000, a Community Blue Flex Plan (Zone A and B) - *New* Silver Plan. Click here to read more. Announcing a New Medicare Supplement Plan from Capital BlueCross Capital Advantage Insurance Company (CAIC) introduces SecureBlue, a Medicare Supplement plan available with a January 1, 2015 policy effective date. If you are already contracted with Capital Blue Cross for the individual products, there is no additional contracting required, you are Ready to Sell! Please use your National Producer Number on the applications. Click here to read more. Agents and brokers: Get ready for the SHOP Marketplace online If you want to help small employer clients offer coverage to their employees through the SHOP Marketplace, you’ll need to complete the following 4 steps. Click here to read more.
Weekly PPACA Update Conference Call In a continuing effort to assist our agent-partners in getting the information needed to flourish within the under 65 group and individual markets in Pennsylvania, we are holding weekly live webinars. They will serve as a place to get your questions answered and discuss topics and strategies that will lead to your continued success in the health insurance market. Click here to register. Weekly PPACA Conference Call Archives Click here to view the archived recordings of the PPACA Conference Calls.
ACA Lawsuit Could Have Implications Beyond Health Care Employers should continue preparations to comply with the Affordable Care Act despite House Republicans’ recent lawsuit against President Obama. The lawsuit, announced Friday, challenges the lawfulness of subsidies for lower-income individuals and Obama’s postponement of the employer mandate. Click here to read more. 3 things you CAN'T know about IRS PPACA problems The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) might have minor -- or major -- weaknesses in efforts to test systems that will handle a new series of insurance company net premium filings. But officials at the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), a federal watchdog agency, are giving members of the public just enough information about a TIGTA review of IRS security testing to suggest that there might be cause for concern. Click here to read more. People hate shopping for health insurance Getting a cavity filled. Doing your taxes. Sitting on a middle seat of the airplane. What do all those things have in common? In the minds of Americans, they’re all preferable activities to shopping for health insurance. Click here to read more. House Republicans sue President Obama Republicans initiated legal action against the Obama administration Friday over its use of executive authority, an issue that helped galvanize the GOP to victory in the Nov. 4 midterm elections. The lawsuit focuses on ObamaCare's twice-delayed rule that larger employers offer health insurance, and in a surprise move, also questions funding for a method of consumer financial assistance created by the law. Click here to read more. FAQS About Affordable Care Act Implementation Set out below are additional Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding implementation of the Affordable Care Act. These FAQs have been prepared jointly by the Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments). Click here to read more. 5 Steps to Staying Covered Now that you have health coverage through the Marketplace, it’s time to review your plan and decide if you need to make changes for 2015. Every fall, your health insurance company sends you a letter explaining changes to premiums and benefits for the coming year. Click here to read more.
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