Leg Reg Review #14 - 04/03/2017
On March 31, PA House Speaker Mike Turzai weighed in on Governor Wolf’s proposed expansion of the PA Insurance Premium Tax to heretofore untaxed insurance entities. Read more.
4/25 CPAHU Day on the Hill
Day on the Hill is coming soon! Click the link to read the note from Vince Phillips and register for the event. Read more.
5/19 CPAHU Annual Golf Outing
Join the Central Pennsylvania Association of Health Underwriters on May 19th at the Armitage Golf Club. Read more.
UPMC Individual Marketplace Enhancements
The individual and family Marketplace Leads and Book of Business tabs received a makeover and new functionality as of the April 4 release. Read more.
One Card from Capital BlueCross
Adding dental and/or vision to your clients' Capital BlueCross benefits plans can improve their bottom line—and yours—in more ways than one. Read more.
Connect with Capital BlueCross
The arrival of spring marks the emergence of new beginnings. And in the spirit of flower blossoms, the return of feathered friends, and baseball’s opening day, Capital BlueCross is excited to bring you a great new resource to help you manage and grow your business. Read more.
Help Clients Add New Enrollees to Their Plan
Your clients must add new enrollees within 30 days from the day they become eligible for coverage (e.g., date of hire, date of marriage, date of birth). Read more.
White House presents healthcare changes to Freedom Caucus
Vice President Mike Pence, along with other White House officials, met with members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus to renegotiate and possibly revive the Republicans' attempt to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the chairman of the caucus said. Read more.
Freedom Caucus on Trumpcare: No deal until we see it in writing
Vice President Mike Pence's meeting with the Freedom Caucus tonight didn't win their votes for a new Trumpcare deal — yet. Read more.
Health Insurance Definition Bill Nears House Vote
A federal bill that could limit the ability of state insurance regulators to oversee small self-insured employer health plans is heading toward a vote on the House floor. Read more.
Trump on Freedom Caucus: 'We must fight them'
President Trump on Thursday struck back at the House caucus that sunk his ObamaCare replacement bill, threatening their legislative careers if the staunchly conservative members refuse to get on board with the new president’s agenda. Read more.
Republican moderates reject group talks with House Freedom Caucus
Moderate House Republicans have apparently rejected having group negotiations about a possible compromise on health care with the conservative House Freedom Caucus — the most critical group in sinking the Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare. Read more.
Is Anthem Exiting the Obamacare Exchanges? The Trump Administration Needs to Decide if They Are In or Out
Bloomberg is out with a report that Anthem may exit most of their Obamacare exchange markets next year. Read more.
Beware the pitfalls of online benefits platforms
More in HR Technology Technology Benefit management Benefit strategies Benefit communication Voluntary benefits Healthcare costs Print Email Reprints Share In the 1970s and 80s, many households in the United States were asking the same question: VHS or Betamax? Read more.
Obamacare Choices Could Go From One to Zero in Some Areas
Parts of the country are in jeopardy of not having an insurer offering Obamacare plans next year. Read more.
Individual Health Members Looked a Bit Riskier in 2016: Feds
A temporary ACA risk corridors programs was supposed to use cash from ACA exchange plan issuers that did well in 2014, 2015 and 2016 to provide cash to help exchange plan issuers that did poorly in those years. Read more.
Pence presents new healthcare offer to Freedom Caucus
White House officials presented an offer to the conservative House Freedom Caucus on Monday night as they seek to revive the ObamaCare replacement bill. Read more.
The Freedom Caucus’s new health care demand: let insurers charge sick people more
The House Freedom Caucus laid out two demands on Thursday for a health care bill its members would support: ending Obamacare’s essential health benefits and its “community rating” provisions. Read more.
Health Subsidies for Low Earners Will Continue Through 2017, G.O.P. Says
Senior House Republicans said Thursday that they expected the federal government to continue paying billions of dollars in subsidies to health insurance companies to keep low-income people covered under the Affordable Care Act for the rest of this year — and perhaps for 2018 as well. Read more.
After repeal failure, GOP senators propose ObamaCare subsidy patch
As House Republicans struggle to find a way to repeal ObamaCare, the two GOP senators from Tennessee are looking to temporarily fix an issue that may strike the health insurance exchanges next year. Read more.
April 11th | Chesapeake Life Lunch & Learn
Discover products that can be sold outside of the current ACA enrollment period, including Cancer, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Gap, Dental, Vision, Life and Wellness. One application, one company, one bill. Register now.
April 19th | Disability Income 101 Lunch & Learn
Are you protecting your clients most valuable asset, their income? You might insure their home, their cars and provide life insurance, but the fact is that 43% of all people age 40 will experience a long-term disability prior to age 65. Register now.
April 27th | Starmark's New Product: A Game Changer Webinar
Starmark has released a new and innovative product for 5-1-17 effective dates and beyond. Join us and Gino Hambardello, Starmark Sales Consultant, on April 27th at 2pm to learn more. Register now.
ACA Update Webinar
Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act Law in 2010, there has been incredible change in the Individual and Group Health insurance industry with products and in the way they are sold and paid for. With a new Federal Administration in place, more changes will be ahead of all of us. Register now.
ACA Update Webinar Archives
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