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2018 Approved Affordable Care Act Rates

Insurance companies offering individual and small group health insurance plans are required to file proposed rates with the Pennsylvania Insurance Department for review and approval before plans can be sold to consumers. Read more.

Highmark Individual Market Update: 2018 Individual Market Information

In 2018, the Highmark Individual Market will be using a Training and Certification Platform powered by Litmos where participation in training programs and individual Federally-Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) and Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) certifications will be tracked. Read more.

Geisinger Special Bonus Incentive Beginning this November!

Earn a one-time payment of $25 per subscriber on any new group sold in the 1-99 market segment for November 2017 through January 2018. Read more.

NAHU's Statement on Today's Executive Order

President Trump signed an executive order in an attempt to improve access, increase choices and lower costs for healthcare. Read more.

Highmark Individual Market Update: Federal Government Subsidies for On-exchange Enrollees Update

On Thursday, October 12, President Trump signaled that the Federal Government would no longer fund the Cost Sharing Reduction (CSR) program. Read more.

Highmark Update: AHN Capital Investment Announcement

Highmark Health and Allegheny Health Network (AHN) announced a significant investment to improve health care quality and access in western Pennsylvania. Read more.

Trump order calls for expanded HRA funding, but are employers on board?

Suppose employers could fund health reimbursement accounts with tax-free dollars so that employees could buy coverage on their own in the individual market. Read more.

Trump EO could violate ERISA, see court challenges

The executive order from Donald Trump aimed at letting small businesses join nationwide associations for the purpose of buying large-group health plans not subject to coverage requirements of the Affordable Care Act could be in for a legal battle. Read more.

What Trump's decision to stop health insurance payments means for Lancaster County

President Donald Trump has long threatened to stop cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers, and late Thursday night the White House announced that the payments will halt "immediately." Read more.

Ron Johnson seeks deal on Obamacare insurer payments

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., is putting together a new proposal to fund Obamacare insurer payments he hopes could get critical House support. Read more.

U.S. states sue to block Trump Obamacare subsidies cut

Eighteen U.S. states sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday to stop him from scrapping a key component of Obamacare, subsidies to insurers that help millions of low-income people pay medical expenses, even as Trump invited Democratic leaders to negotiate a deal. Read more.

Concerns mount over Trump cuts to Obamacare subsidies

Insurers, health care professionals and state officials are raising concerns about how President Donald Trump's move to end the Affordable Care Act's cost-sharing reduction payments will affect the most needy patients. Read more.

Trump order expands employer ability to offer HRAs

President Donald Trump signed a Presidential Executive Order on October 12, 2017 with the goal of “promoting healthcare choice and competition across the United States.” Read more.

Rates to jump 30 percent for some ACA health plans

Rates on health plans sold in Pennsylvania under the Affordable Care Act will increase more than state officials had expected following the Trump administration's decision to end cost-sharing payments authorized under the law. Read more.

Pa. insurance department says Obamacare rates to rise 30.6 percent

Pennsylvania insurers offering Obamacare plans will need to raise premiums an average 30.6 percent in 2018, nearly four times the increase that had been anticipated before President Donald Trump scrapped government subsidies five days ago. Read more.

Washington Update from NAHU

The Trump Administration announced it will no longer fund the ACA's cost-sharing payments. Read more.

Important Aetna Funding Advantage Updates - Week of 10/9

We recently launched Quick Enroll for Administrative Enrollment on Springboard Marketplace – an enhancement that allows you to complete employee plan selection for all subscribers from a single screen. Read more.

Register for a live demo of UPMC Individual Marketplace Quoting System

10/27 UPMC | You're Invited to the Fall Producer Kickoff

Please attend our Fall Producer Kickoff in order to find out new information about our products and services. Read more.

11/3 | Affordable Alternative to the ACA for Individuals & Families

Individuals and families are experiencing record insurance premium increases and the law requires everyone to have qualified coverage or face a significant tax penalty (up to 2.5% of income). Read more.

11/9 | Protect your clients with ID and Legal Shield

After the recent Equifax breach (one of the major credit bureaus) 143 million people and their families are at risk of their identity being stolen. Read more.

Highmark Individual Market Update: 2018 Individual Sales Preparation – New Training Platform

NOW LIVE: Plan Year 2018 Registration & Training for Agents and Brokers

Registration and training for plan year 2018 is now live! Log in to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Secure Portal or create an account to get started. Read more.

Health Care Reform Webinar

*Their will be no Health Care Reform Webinar on October 26th. Registrants will receive a recording on Friday, October 27th.

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.

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