by Tom Barrett | Dec 10, 2014 | Employer Issues, General Health, General Insurance Issues, Medicare Medicaid, Pharmacy Costs
…Here are the ABC’s (and Part D) For whatever reason – aging workforce, increasing costs, heightened awareness because of ACA – we’re getting lots and lots of questions from clients and their employees about Medicare this year. Way more than in years past. The...
by Tom Barrett | Nov 14, 2014 | Employer Issues, Health Policy, Healthcare Issues, Healthcare Reform, Humor
Moderate “average” rate increases for 2015 exchange plans over 2014 exchange plans have been widely reported in the press and elsewhere. Well here’s another “not so fast my friend!” Many folks who purchased ACA plans in 2014 on the...
by Tom Barrett | Oct 24, 2014 | Employer Issues, General Insurance Issues, Health Policy, Healthcare Issues, Healthcare Reform
In last week’s Did You Know Series on Obamacare we pointed out a major glitch or loophole in the healthcare law that actually may allow large employers to avoid health-law penalties by offering stripped down plans that have no hospitalization coverage. Well, in...
by Tom Barrett | Oct 20, 2014 | Employer Issues, Healthcare Issues, Healthcare Reform
Here is my final post in the Obamacare…Did you know? series… Many low-income consumers who bought bronze plans with low premiums but high deductibles in order to comply with Obamacare’s individual mandate are discovering they still can’t afford...
by Tom Barrett | Oct 16, 2014 | Employer Issues, General Insurance Issues, Healthcare Issues, Healthcare Reform
I’m doing a series on things I think you should know about Obamacare. Here is installment #3… There’s a major glitch or loophole in the healthcare law that actually allows large employers to avoid health-law penalties by offering stripped down plans...