Connect with Capital, June 2018, vol 1
HealthyRewards Redesign in 2019, New PPO Benefit Encourages Members to Visit Blue Distinction Centers, Connect with Capital Special Alert: Introducing Virtual Care, New Group Termination Request Form, Members Have a Chance to Win a $100 Amazon Gift Card, 360° on Reform, Happening Now at Our Capital Blue Health and Wellness Centers. Read more.
Disability Awareness Month
I know May was Disability Awareness Month so you may be wondering why you are getting this in June – but I can’t help but think of how important Disability Programs are. In a recent polling of desired insurance programs by employees– Pet Insurance made the list and Long Term Disability didn’t – so distressing especially when 83% of working Americans prioritize protecting their family if they can’t work! Read more.
Aetna, Keep What You Have (KWYH) Transition Offers
As you know, we will no longer renew KWYH plans. To help you and your clients evaluate Aetna's other small business options, we will send a new business proposal for our Small Group ACA plans along with our Small Group Aetna Funding Advantage (AFA) plans to eligible KWYH customers. Read more.
Aetna, Easier Ongoing Enrollment
You asked, we delivered. Starting today, you can enroll employees and their dependents in Aetna Funding Advantage (AFA) plans post-sale through our new quick, individual enrollment process in Springboard Marketplace. Read more.
Participate in the 2018 Wage and Health and Welfare Benefits Survey
Please accept this invitation to participate in The Central Penn Business Group on Health and The Lancaster Chamber of Commerce's 2018 Wage and Health and Welfare Benefits Survey. Read more.
A ‘Sick Joke’: Democrats Attack Health Secretary on Pre-existing Conditions
Democratic senators blistered President Trump’s health secretary on Tuesday, telling him that the Trump administration’s efforts to undo health insurance protections for people with pre-existing conditions made a mockery of the president’s campaign to rein in prescription drug prices. Read more.
Costs are rising for employer-sponsored insurance — again
If you're one of the majority of health-care consumers who purchase insurance through your employer, you know that premium increases and rising out-of-pocket costs aren't confined to the health-care exchanges. Read more.
Insurers Give Congress 3 Ideas for Making HSAs Work Better
Agents, insurers and benefit plan administrators and consultants are hoping new efforts to expand the health savings account (HSA) program can give Republicans and moderate Democrats a chance to get ordinary bills through Congress this summer. Read more.
Bezos, Buffett and Dimon find the person they want to fix health care
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos have chosen a CEO for their health-care venture and will likely reveal the name within two weeks, Buffett told CNBC on Thursday. Read more.
Gauging the risk and rewards of a benefits captive plan
Since the Affordable Care Act was implemented in 2011, small and mid-size employers have been trying to find creative ways to contain costs, sidestep certain ACA requirements and take control of their employee benefits. Read more.
Vermont to require that all have health insurance
Vermont is moving forward with its quest to ensure that as many residents as possible have health insurance by enacting a law that will require all to be covered or be penalized. Read more.
Vermont's new mandate: All residents must have health insurance
Vermont is poised to require that all residents have health insurance. Republican Gov. Phil Scott late last month quietly signed into law a bill that will include a penalty for those who don’t have insurance. The mandate is scheduled to take effect in 2020. Read more.
Health Warning: Obamacare Is in Legal Peril Once Again
Could key portions of the Affordable Care Act be declared unconstitutional – years after the Supreme Court upheld them? Read more.
ACA lawsuit could jeopardize 52 million Americans’ access to health care
An obscure district court lawsuit over the Affordable Care Act became a potent threat to one of the law's most popular provisions late Thursday, when the Justice Department filed a brief arguing that as of Jan. 1, 2019, the protections for people with preexisting conditions should be invalidated. Read more.
Supercuts taps Decisely to offer employee benefits to employees
Supercuts, the Minneapolis-based hair salon retail chain, is making sure its employees in more than its 2,400 locations do not have a bad hair day. Read more.
CMS releases guidance to states on using Medicaid to address opioid crisis
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Monday released guidance aimed at helping states leverage Medicaid to combat the opioid epidemic. Read more.
6/19 Create Extra Revenue Without Extra Effort, Final Expense Sales for Medicare Agents
Your Medicare business can unlock the door to an untapped revenue stream by asking the right questions. Our seminar on June 19th from 9-11am will provide you with the tools you need to significantly increase your revenue from the senior marketplace with little to no effort. Read more.
9/5 2019 AEP Medicare Connections Conference
Join us on September 5th 2018 for our 2019 AEP Medicare Connections Conference at the Hershey Lodge. You can expect an exciting day of networking with fellow top brokers, all while learning invaluable sales tips from the leading insurance carriers in the market! Save the date.
Health Care Reform Webinar
Since the passage of the ACA in 2010 and the recent passage of the AHCA through the House and the failed Senate votes on the BCRA and the HCFA (Skinny Repeal), it's important to stay informed so you can better serve your clients in the group health and under 65 individual markets. The weekly Health Care Reform Webinars are your resource to stay close to the proposed law and to ask questions that may be important to your livelihood and to your clients. Join us each week to learn more and get your questions answered. Register now.
Health Care Reform Webinar Archives
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