by BBGAdmin | Apr 21, 2014 | Employer Issues, Health Policy, Healthcare Issues, Healthcare Reform
Have you been keeping up with the controversial Hobby Lobby case in the Supreme Court of Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby? The company has taken a very public position against certain provisions of The Affordable Care Act, specifically as it relates to covering contraception...
by BBGAdmin | Apr 3, 2014 | Employer Issues, Healthcare Issues, Healthcare Reform
Media outlets have been buzzing since Tuesday about the passing deadline of open enrollment and what the next phase of implementing the new health care system will bring. There is a lot of “noise” about whether the 7.1 million number of new enrollees...
by Tom Barrett | Mar 27, 2014 | Employer Issues, General Health, Healthcare Reform
Info for Part-time or Other Employees Currently Without Health Insurance There’s lots of noise out there related to Obamacare’s individual mandate and the rapidly approaching March 31 open enrollment deadline. Here’s summary information for those part-time or other...
by Tom Barrett | Mar 11, 2014 | Employer Issues, Healthcare Reform, Humor
Dear Jimmy: First, congrats on hosting the Tonight Show gig. You’ve made us laugh and we’ve enjoyed your work for a number of years now. Way to go! Undoubtedly, recent events related to healthcare reform and Obamacare have provided you and your late-night...
by Mike Barrett | Mar 6, 2014 | Employer Issues, Healthcare Issues, Healthcare Reform
In the coming days, HHS will announce another change in the health care roll out. This time, they are going to allow carriers to keep and issue policies that do not meet ACA guidelines. This adds to the recent pushback on the employer mandate to 50-100 employee...
by Tom Barrett | Mar 5, 2014 | Employer Issues, Healthcare Reform, Providers
More on the topic of narrow networks… In a recent Kaiser Family Foundation survey of health plan buyers, a little over half (51 percent) of those responding pointed toward buying a plan that cost more but presented a greater selection of providers vs. buying a...
