The Early Retiree Reinsurance Program
The Early Retiree Reinsurance Program helps employers provide coverage to retirees The recently passed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act includes an early retiree reinsurance program available to groups that provide medical coverage to early retirees and their spouses, surviving spouses and dependents. This temporary program will provide $5 billion to help employers to continue to […]
New Cost of Healthcare Reform
New Cost Estimate Tops $1 Trillion: U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius issued a letter to congressional leaders this week, touting the administration’s early success in implementing certain provisions of health care reform. Meanwhile, officials from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported on Tuesday that the health care reform legislation will cost about […]
Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act
The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHP) is one of several federal health care reform laws that are creating a significant and immediate impact on employers. The new legislation prohibits group health plans that provide mental health and/or substance use disorder benefits from applying ” Regulations issued by the federal government on February […]
Additional Cost To Healthcare Reform
President Barack Obama’s new health care law could potentially add at least $115 billion more to government health care spending over the next 10 years, congressional budget referees said Tuesday. If Congress approves all the additional spending called for in the legislation, it would push the ten-year cost of the overhaul above $1 trillion. The […]
Healthcare Reform for Indiana Non Profits
The U.S. healthcare overhaul bill will provide insurance coverage for millions of Americans and possibly lower healthcare cost inflation, but it poses an increased credit risk for nonprofit providers, Standard & Poor’s said on Thursday. The outlook for 2010 remains one of stable credit quality after a period of deterioration from 2007 to 2009. But […]
Indiana Dependent Health Insurance
As of September 23rd of 2010 dependent children can not be declined or pre-x from a health insurance policy. This is creating some interesting situations. Right now we have seem some carriers stop selling stand alone children’s policies which is concerning. I can only speculate why they have stopped. One reason is the carriers are getting […]
Indiana Adult Child Coverage
Under the new health care reform children/adults can stay on their parents health plan until 26. Here is the issue that will arise with this. Can the parents afford to cover the adult child on the plan. With most group health plans today employees pay for their dependents. On the other side if the parent is already covering other children on plan […]
Indiana Tax Credits for Small Group Health Insurance
Under the new health care reform tax credits will become available for small business health plans. The first issue to address does my company quality? With premiums increases every year a tax credit could help a small business keep a health plan in place. Effective January 1, 2010, tax credits are available to qualifying small businesses that offer health insurance […]
Indiana Limited Benefit Plans
With the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Americans face a new era in health insurance. While there is still much guidance to come from the government, Major changes to the limited medical industry are coming this Fall. Limited medical plans […]
Indiana Grandfathered Health Plans
This is going to be very interesting to see how the grandfathered plans are treated from a carrier standpoint. It’s very possible that these plans could cost less than the new generation of plans that will be launched under the health care reform. The next few years these grandfathered plans either group or individual could […]
