Jay and I started this little blog in the summer of 2006. We’d had our website up for three years at that point, but we wanted a place to be able to discuss the very dynamic health insurance market and regulations, and to be able to provide updates for our clients as things changed. To… Read more about The final Cavalcade of Risk
Archives for December 2014
Open enrollment should continue into the new year – every year
The deadline to get a January 1 effective date has passed in Colorado and in most of the rest of the country (in six states you can still enroll and get coverage effective January 1). And that means that millions of people had their coverage automatically renewed on December 15. In the 37 states that… Read more about Open enrollment should continue into the new year – every year
An excellent HWR to wrap up 2014
Julie Ferguson did an outstanding job with the Health Wonk Review this week at Workers’ Comp Insider. Several of this week’s post qualify as “must-reads” in my opinion: Dr. Roy Poses takes a look at a hospital in TN that froze employee vacation time accruals last spring – along with cutting other benefits – and… Read more about An excellent HWR to wrap up 2014
Connect for Health Colorado glitch shows catastrophic plans to 30-year-olds
SEE UPDATES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST Yesterday, while running quotes for a client who turned 30 a few months ago, we noticed that Catastrophic plans were showing up for him in the quoting tool on Connect for Health Colorado. Catastrophic plans are a provision of the ACA, and are an extra level of… Read more about Connect for Health Colorado glitch shows catastrophic plans to 30-year-olds
Apres Turkey Day Health Wonking
Hank Stern hosted the Post-Turkey Day Health Wonk Review this week at InsureBlog, and you don’t want to miss it. There’s a great post from Roy Poses, looking at how Texas hospital leaders handled the Ebola crisis, and concluding that the interests of hospital management and public health are not always aligned. And my HealthInsurance.org… Read more about Apres Turkey Day Health Wonking
Make sure to know about cost sharing reduction plan eligibility
We’re more than two weeks into open enrollment now, and things are humming along – certainly compared with the first couple weeks of open enrollment last year. In the first two weeks, the exchange has enrolled nearly ten thousand people, including renewals and new enrollees. But keep in mind that the time frame is shortened… Read more about Make sure to know about cost sharing reduction plan eligibility