The recent $1.4 Trillion spending package signed by the President includes some important actions regarding the Affordable Care Act (ACA, also known as Obamacare). The President and Republicans campaigned on repeal and replacement of...
Author: Margaret R. Beck
In a previous column we talked about the new insurance mandate for California residents (SB78) that is effective 1/1/2020. I explained how the state of California is also adding additional subsidies to assist individuals...
About 15 years ago, I had my first and only trip to the Emergency room (for my own injury). I was in San Diego and had been showing off, doing my Mary Lou Retton...
Often a prospective client will come to my office and request to compare their current health plan with other options. When I ask about their current coverage, they will respond, “I have Blue Shield”...
Governor Newsom was busy signing bills into new laws recently and many effect the health care system. Some are more controversial than others. In a prior column we discussed the new California rule requiring...
Medicare Annual Election period is Oct. 15-Dec.7 each year. This year’s open enrollment threatens to make the initial rollout of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans look like a picnic. The Medicare Plan Finder...
There is a lot in the news these days about federal legislation to protect consumers from surprise medical bills. Essentially this is the circumstance in which an individual is hospitalized at a PPO (Preferred...
An article in the July Issue of Atlantic Monthly takes a different approach to solving our health care woes in this country. In his article, “The Worst Patients in the World” David Freedman opines,...
Financing of the health care benefits paid by employers comes in many forms. The simplest form of this is the fully insured product. Most small employers understand that this is their only option. In...
As the saying goes,“There is nothing as constant as change”. This certainly applies to the world of health insurance. Maybe we should also add the reminder that “No good deed goes unpunished”. The “change”...
