Health Open Enrollment

Health insurance plans change from year to year. Sometimes prices will change, and coverage will change: some things will no longer be covered, and some benefits will be added to your plan. As you look into plans for next year, you might find some newly added healthcare benefits are now included, like telemedicine, which is…

Open Enrollment for health insurance has begun. This period gives employers and employees the opportunity to change their benefit options, and many companies use this time to review their employees’ health insurance plans to see if they can find ways to save money or improve coverage. The opportunity for business owners to save money during…

Open Enrollment begins on November 1, and the 2021 premium rates for ACA plans have now been announced. Rates will be increasing slightly, because insurance companies have had to shoulder the costs of the free coronavirus testing and treatments mandated by Congress. This no-cost testing and treatment has left insurers with a $103 billion dollar…

The time has come and you have decided that you want to part ways with your health insurance plan. But can you actually cancel your policy? To answer the question, yes and no. You can cancel your health insurance policy, but if you do it at the wrong time, you can end up with a…

When enrolled in a Marketplace Insurance plan, it is important to make sure your household information is up to date every year. There may be benefits you are missing out on and possible consequences if you do not update. What Changes To Report         Changes to your income for the year, whether a raise or demotion…

Plans will be at least 34 percent higher in 2018 due to Trump’s decision to halt cost-sharing subsidy payments to insurers. Because the Trump administration ceased these cost-sharing payments to insures, insurance companies raised premiums to compensate for the loss of these reimbursements. This termination of subsidies has also caused some insurers to drop out…

Shortened Open Enrollment Period- When Is The Deadline & What This Means For You This year the government has decided to shorten the Open Enrollment Period from three months to only six weeks, lasting from November 1, 2017 to December 15, 2017. If you sign up during this period, coverage does not start immediately, it…