From the monthly archives: August 2013
State insurance departments are showing overall growth in budget levels over the past few years, with some significant highs and lows, according to the just-released National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) statistical report. Continue reading
Among the various attacks on the Affordable Care Act, one of the more coherent — a low bar, given what’s out there — is that it is causing small employers to create part-time jobs so as to remain under the 50 full-time worker cutoff for the employer mandate. Continue reading
f you currently have a health insurance plan that you purchased on your own (an individual or family health plan), there’s a 50/50 chance you will qualify for the individual premium tax subsidies that are coming in 2014. Continue reading
The nation’s largest private employer said Tuesday that the changes were made so it could have one uniform policy for all 50 states at a time when some states have their own definitions of what constitutes domestic partnerships and civil unions. Continue reading
Authorities say crews carried out 18 swift water rescues after flash flooding hit the Las Vegas area. Continue reading
How will people apply for individual health insurance post-2014? What questions will be asked, and how will the process work? These are common questions. If employees are familiar with applying for individual health insurance now, the application process will change in 2014 because of health care reform. Continue reading
CVS Caremark Corp said on Wednesday that it has taken the unusual step of cutting off access to powerful painkillers for more than 36 doctors and other healthcare providers found to prescribe the drugs at an alarmingly high rate. Continue reading
Georgia is the most expensive state to operate a motor vehicle and Oregon is the cheapest, according to a Bankrate.com report that considers the costs of gasoline, insurance, repairs, taxes and fees.
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