What Are Potential Drawbacks of a High-Deductible Health Plan (HDHP)?
One significant downside to a high-deductible health plan (HDHP) is that you’re responsible for paying everything out-of-pocket until you reach your deductible (which typically ranges from $1,000 to $5,000 on these plans). You’ll pay 100 percent of the cost of prescriptions, doctor visits and emergency room visits. You’ll also pay for the cost of surgeries and out-patient […]
Lipitor Goes Generic – What That Means for You
Lipitor, one of the most frequently prescribed medications for lowering cholesterol and preventing heart disease, is now available in generic form. Access to atorvastatin – the generic name for the drug – is going to save residents thousands of dollars. Here’s how: According to the American Heart Association, heart disease is the leading cause of […]
Why The Health Care Reform Employee Tax Subsidies Could Cost You More
The Hill Under the new health care reform law, if an employer’s group health insurance is considered unaffordable — a cost to the employee of more than 9.5% of household income — the employee would be eligible for tax subsidies through a health insurance exchange. As the law was originally interpreted, if the employee was […]
Independent Payment Advisory Board
One of the hot topics of the recent health care reform debate was the creation of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). The board would have the power to implement changes to reduce the growth rate of Medicare, though Congress would have the power to overrule the IPAB decisions. The Independent Payment Advisory Board would […]
How Does the Loss of Five Insurance Carriers In Indiana Affect You?
IBJ The state of Indianapolis recently lost five individual health carriers from the market. For those working in the health insurance industry, this comes as no surprise. Below are the five companies that exited and the reasons for their departures: American Community Mutual Insurance Co. American Community left Indianapolis due to insolvency. The company had […]
Mckinsey Methodology
McKinsey study just released the methodology that they used to generate the report. The group released questions and results by the people that took the survey. This study has become political so there will be arguments on both sides for and against. I looked at the survey and results. First thing that jumped out is over 35% […]
Indiana Insurance Commissioner Seek Waiver
The Indianapolis insurance Commissioner is asking for a waiver of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) 80 percent minimum medical loss ratio (MLR). The commissioner states that 10% of the health insurance companies have left Indianapolis. If the waiver is granted that would encourage companies to stay in the individual health market. The commission […]
Health Insurance Profits
Health insurance carrier profits seems to be an issue that is wildly misunderstood. There is a big disconnect between the public and cost of health care. People do not seem to understand that health insurance premiums are expensive because the cost of health care is expensive and it is getting more expensive everyday (new treatments, […]
Individual health Insurance Quotes Online
As the health insurance industry changes so does the process of obtaining health insurance. There has a big shift for people to go online to receive quotes. This is a very easy way to look at health insurance rates. The problem is most sites are collecting your information so that they can sell to agents […]
Free Choice Vouchers Defunded
The budget agreement that was reached last week has defund Free Choice Vouchers of the new health care law. Most people have no clue what these are. A free choice voucher gave the employee the right to take a employer contribution for a group health care plan and apply that to a the exchange plan. The employee would be […]
