Due to extraordinary demand, the Obama administration has extended the Obamacare signup deadline by four days – from December 15 to midnight on Monday December 19. December 19 is the last day to buy coverage that goes into effect on January 1, The Hill reports. 39 states, including Arizona, use Healthcare.gov as their insurance marketplace […]
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On Wednesday the Senate cleared a bipartisan bill to advance medical cures, the biggest health care package to pass Congress since ObamaCare, reports The Hill. Hailed by leaders from both sides of the aisle, the bill focuses on funding life-saving research, including nearly $2 billion for Vice President Biden’s cancer “moonshot” initiative. The President is […]
WAP Agents – Here is breaking news from CMS on 2017 premiums and deductibles … 2017 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums and Deductibles Announced Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the 2017 premiums for the Medicare inpatient hospital (Part A) and physician and outpatient hospital services (Part B) programs. Medicare […]
On October 28, new rules were released, that among other things, govern excepted benefits coverage and short-term medical (STM) coverage. An October 30 article from the Health Affairs Blog provides a nice overview of the key changes. From the short-term medical stand-point, there is no immediate impact on how we do business, but the new […]
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