Add Comment agents, certification, Covered California, Fluker, maybe, obamacare Edit Sorry To Be Gone So Long Wanted to get a quick update out here. Covered California Certification has been a complete time drain and far more lengthy process than I ... Read More
Add Comment California, Covered California, crooks, Fluker, health benefits exchange, Healthcare reform, Individual Health, medicare, obamacare, PPACA, ripoff, scam, scammers Edit Beware ObamaCare Scams As we move closer to the initial open enrollment, it is important to be aware of the current and potential scammers out there who will use O... Read More
Add Comment assisters, California, Covered California, Fluker, health benefits exchange, Health Insurance, Heartland, Individual Health, LA Unified, LAUSD, Medi-Cal, obamacare, PPACA, sales, students, union, unlicensed, veterans Edit Agents, Shmagents! LA Unified to Empower Students to Sell Obamacare In a June 20 Heartland article , the Los Angeles Unified School District received almost $1 Million in grant money from Covered California t... Read More
Add Comment abandon, Aetna, California, Closed, Closing, Fluker, Healthcare reform, Individual Health, July, leaving, new business, obamacare Edit Aetna Suspends Individual Health Sales in California July 1 Aetna has announced this morning that it will suspend any further sales of individual & family health insurance in California effective ... Read More
Add Comment broke, California, Closed, Closing, federal, Fluker, HHS, obamacare, PCIP, pre-existing, Sebelius, transition Edit CA PCIP Reverting to Federal PCIP on July 1 Beginning July 1, 2013, California will no longer operate the state's PCIP. All current CA PCIP subscribers will be required to transit... Read More
Add Comment Aetna, Cigna, Covered California, Fluker, health exchange, not participating, obamacare, United Healthcare Edit Aetna, UnitedHealth and Cigna Bail On Covered California Exchange! On the eve of the announcement of the tentative plans and rates for the Covered California Health Benefits Exchange, LA Times has leaked th... Read More
Add Comment ACA, calculation, California, Covered California, dollar, exchanges, Family Health, Fluker, Gold SIlver, Individual Health, IRS, obamacare, one dollar, subsidies, Subsidy Edit The Value of a Dollar - Obamacare Subsidy I ran some calculations today in the midst of discussion with fellow agents concerning the subsidy calculations for Obamacare. I wanted to d... Read More
Add Comment $95, 95, Covered California, Fluker, health benefits exchange, IRS, Medi-Cal, Medicaid, myth, obamacare, penalty, QHP, Subsidy, tax Edit The Mythical $95 Obamacare Penalty I hear this quite a bit from the public but find it a bit disconcerting when I hear it from agents and brokers who are supposed to be better... Read More
Add Comment Bronze, California, Catastrophic, Covered California, finaal, Fluker, Gold, HBEX, health benefits exchange, HSA, Individual Health, obamacare, plan designs, Platinum, PPACA, Silver Edit Final California Health Benefits Exchange Plans Released The California Health Benefits Exchange (Covered California) has released the final standard health benefit designs for 2014. Designs incl... Read More
Add Comment 2014, Basic Health Plan, BHP, California, exchanges, Federal Poverty Level, Fluker, FPL, HHS, IFP, Individual Health, Low Income, obamacare, PPACA, Sebelius Edit Basic Health Plan (BHP) To Be Delayed Until 2015 HHS has announced that the Basic Health Plan (BHP) will be delayed for one year and should be implemented by 2015 under ObamaCare. The Basic... Read More
Add Comment 2014, California, Enrollers, exchanges, Fluker, HBEX, health benefits exchange, Individual Health, Licensed, navigators, non-licensed, obamacare, October 2013, PPACA Edit Who Can Help Me Enroll In California Health Insurance In 2014? The first annual Open Enrollment Period (OEP) for ObamaCare will begin October 1, 2013. At that time, individuals and families in Californi... Read More
Add Comment Bronze, California, Financial, Fluker, Gold SIlver, HBEX, health benefits exchange, IFP, Individual Health, Markets, obamacare, outside the exchange, Platinum, PPACA, qualification, subsidies Edit The California Individual Health Market Under PPACA (2014) There seems to be quite a bit of confusion out there as regards the upcoming healthcare reform market for individuals and families in Califo... Read More
Add Comment 2013, California, De Leon, Fluker, re-open, SB 1431, Self-Funded, Small Group, Stop Loss Edit CA SB 1431 Small Group Stop-Loss Bill Is Back On! According to an e-blast from health underwriters today, the CA Legislature intends to re-open SB 1431 (De Leon) which was shelved last year.... Read More