Insurance News
Budget 2013: Tax Traget Medigap
The Obama administration wants to raise $2.5 billion over 10 years by imposing a surcharge on Medicare enrollees who buy “near first-dollar” Medicare supplement insurance. The surcharge would affect enrollees who use Medicare supplement insurance, or Medigap coverage, to fill in the coverage gaps left by the Medicare Part A hospitalization insurance program and the… Read More
HHS Gives States Greater Flexibility In Determining What’s Covered Under New Exchange Plans In 2014
On Dec. 16, 2011 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a bulletin outlining proposed polic ies and the approach it intends to pursue for defining Essential Health Benefits (EHB). Per the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), beginning on Jan. 1, 2014, non-grandfathered Individual and Small Group plans offered inside and outside the… Read More
Act short term; think long-term
In the ever-changing world of employee benefits, there is more opportunity than ever before. With health insurance and employee benefits-related legislative changes coming out of Washington on what seems to be a weekly basis, you want to challenge your agents to deliver the guidance you need. It would be easy for an individual to tuck… Read More
