Anthem Individual Exits the Buckeye State
As of June 6th, Anthem announced they are exiting the Ohio individual exchange market. They are going to offer just one off exchange plan and that will be in Pike County. Pike County, Ohio, has a population of less than 30,000, so this is really a complete exit from Ohio. Anthem was one of the […]
Small Business Health (SHOP) Options Ends
CMS announced on May 15th that they would end the Small Business Health Options (SHOP) program, effectively on November 15th 2017. The SHOP program allowed small business to purchase group health insurance through the Federal Facilitated Exchange. The goal, was to allow small business to offer multiple plan design and received a tax credit for […]
American Health Care Act Bill Passes the House
Our Indiana Health Insurance Company Talks about the American Health Care Act Bill A lot of commentators, journalists & health care experts are voicing their views on the American Health Care Act. The reality is, the changes the senate are going to make will determine the true impact to health coverage. The supporters of the […]
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American Health Care Act and potential Impacts to Indiana
The new health care reform bill, (American Health Care Act (AHCA)) was just introduced. Eventually we should see analysis of the bill and potential impacts on the health care & health insurance markets. Here are our views on the how the bill may impact Hoosiers. Indiana Health Insurance Company Tips for Hoosiers The repeal of […]
Group Health Transitional Relief through 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced the extension of grand mothered plans through 2018. If you purchase a group health plan prior to the affordable care act, you know have another year you can extent that coverage. Indiana Health Insurance Company Updates For Indiana, there are a lot of small companies that have […]
Leaked Replacement Plan for Obamacare
A draft of a bill that could replace the Obamacare was “leaked” on February 16th. The plan would use the tax code to create subsidies/tax credits for people to purchase health insurance plans in their state. The tax credits are not going to be based on household income, but on age. The draft gives insight […]
Obamacare Replace Outline
Updates From Your Indiana Health Insurance Company On February 16th House Republicans release a 16-page power point on replacing the Obamacare. The first couple pages are examples of how the ACA has failed to deliver it’s intended goals. The examples give a snap shot of a loss of network access, increasing premiums and increasing out of […]
Regulations to Stabilize the Individual Market
On February 15, 2017, the department of Health & Humana Services issued rules to try to stabilize the individual health insurance markets. This is the first step by the Secretary of HHS on reducing the economic burden of the ACA, as proposed by the Jan. 20th executive order. These new policy rules are intended to […]
Humana Leave the Exchange Market
Indiana Health Insurance Company Updates Humana has announced that they will exit the individual health insurance markets in 2018. They had exited Indiana 2 years ago, so this announcement comes as no surprise. Humana at one time had a strong national presence in the individual and group health insurance markets. Over the last 10 years, […]