Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Product Information - New Connect Blue EPO for small groups

Highmark is pleased to announce that a new product, Connect Blue EPO, is available for small groups, starting with Oct. 1, 2015 effective dates.. Click here to read more.

Aetna | In 2016 you can earn higher commissions

We want to do more for brokers like you who do more to help us meet the needs of our members. That’s why this year we’ll pay you our highest commission rates if you exceed specific thresholds for individual plan membership. Click here to read more.

2016 FFM Certification Instructional Webinar

2016 Certification for the Federally Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) will be released in early September this year. Because we know this certification is important to you, we are offering an informative webinar on Wednesday, September 9th at 10am to walk you through the requirements. Click here to register.

CPA and SEPA brokers please join us for an informative Aetna webinar

Learn more about Accountable Care Organizations (ACO's) and Savings Plus plans. Click here to read more.

Aetna Producer World has a new look! Joins us to learn how to use the tools and resources to grow your business

Producer World® has a new look! Joins us to learn how to use the tools and resources to grow your business. 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.

Study: Millions not getting Obamacare subsidies

More than 2 million people who signed up for a health plan under Obamacare aren't getting a tax credit subsidy because they picked a plan that doesn't qualify for subsidies, according to a new analysis. Click here to read more.

Most uninsured live in Medicaid holdout states

A majority of uninsured people live in states that did not expand Medicaid, according to a new survey. Click here to read more.

HHS: Nearly 1 million got covered between Obamacare’s enrollment periods

Nearly a million people have signed up for Obamacare since Feb. 23 because they lost other forms of coverage or had a significant life change, the Obama administration said Thursday in a snapshot of people who used the federal HealthCare.gov website between the law’s formal enrollment periods. Click here to read more.

Defined Contribution... It's Back!

The administration couldn’t possibly have been more clear: defined contribution for individual health plans is absolutely, positively not permitted. Click here to read more.

Health Care Briefs for August 10 - 14, 2015

More Funding Required. US News & World Report (8/12) reports in its "Data Mine" blog that a paper published Tuesday by the Urban Institute "said the Affordable Care Act will not work as intended without another $559 billion over the next decade." Click here to read more.

Central Pennsylvania Association of Health Underwriters Meeting Announcement

Please plan on attending CPAHU's CE event & golf outing entitled “The Calm Before the Storm”, on Thursday, September 24. Come out for a two hours of CE followed by a round golf---all before our busy renewal season begins! Click here to read more.