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”...
Author: Margaret R. Beck
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”...
Starting in 2022, all California body shops and other businesses with at least 5 employees must either offer a retirement plan or connect employees with the state’s official CalSavers IRA option. However, the program...
Since the ACA (Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare) was introduced in 2014, there has been a lot of discussion about tax subsidies to help pay health insurance premiums. Under the ACA those...
Writing about health insurance and health care issues cannot be done without reference to politics. This segment of the economy is highly regulated and there is never a time when new laws aren’t being...
