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Client Alert: DOL Releases proposed Rule

  DOL Releases Proposed Rule Expanding Association Health Plans Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a proposed rule to expand the opportunity of unrelated employers of all sizes (but particularly small employers) to offer employment-based health … Continue reading

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Health FSA Contribution Limits for 2018

IRS Increases Health FSA Contribution Limit for 2018, Adjusts Other Benefit Limits On October 20, 2017, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Procedure 2017-58, which raises the health Flexible Spending Account (FSA) salary reduction contribution limit by $50 to … Continue reading

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HSA Contributions

  As the year comes to a close you may want to look at putting some more money into your Health Savings Account or contributing some to your employee’s account if your business offers a qualified plan. Limits for 2016: … Continue reading

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Aetna To Withdraw From 11 ACA Exchanges In 2017.

from the NAHU Newswire: Citing huge financial losses, the Wall Street Journal  (8/15, Mathews, Subscription Publication) reports Aetna announced on Monday that it will pull back from 11 of the 15 states where it currently offers individual insurance on the … Continue reading

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Small Group Definition Will Not Change Nationally in 2016

This is from an email I received over the weekend from Cigna. Small Group Definition Will Not Change Nationally in 2016 – States will have flexibility. On October 1, Congress approved a bill repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision … Continue reading

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Obamacare updates

Numbers from articles and reports I have read this week: 16% are uninsured.  Current US population is around 310 million Just a thought: if you cover kids up to age 26 on their parents plan you are not going to … Continue reading

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ACA Catastrophic Options

Every morning I receive an email with the latest news in health insurance.  One of the articles from the NAHU (National Association of Health Underwriters) Newswire is below. We have had a few people come into our office this week … Continue reading

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Myths of the affordable care act AKA obamacare

1)  “I have to purchase coverage through the exchange (aka marketplace)” I have heard it everywhere that people think they have to purchase coverage through the exchange aka the marketplace. No one has to purchase insurance on this website. If … Continue reading

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Small Business Tax Credits for Health Insurance

If you need help with your company’s health insurance give us a call.   You may qualify for employer health care tax credits if you have fewer than 25 full-time equivalent employees making an average of about $50,000 a year or … Continue reading

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Battle Within GOP Heats Up Over Plan To Defund ACA

Battle Within GOP Heats Up Over Plan To Defund ACA. Battle lines over Affordable Care Act strategy became clearer Wednesday between factions of the Republican party: those willing to threaten a government shutdown to defund the law and those who … Continue reading

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