by Tom Barrett | Jun 13, 2014 | Employer Issues, Healthcare Reform
The answer: Probably at least through 2017. The time table for small employers still offering a health plan issued prior to 2014 (and technically doesn’t comply with all the provisions of the Affordable Care Act) could extend well into 2017. In March, the Obama...
by Tom Barrett | May 23, 2014 | Healthcare Issues, Healthcare Reform
Something’s gotta give…….. and apparently it is. Patients want to receive quality care from familiar providers on a timely basis at lower costs. Doctors and hospitals want to maintain and increase current levels of reimbursement. Insurance companies needing to comply...
by Mike Barrett | May 15, 2014 | General Health, Healthcare Reform
That is the conundrum now over Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act (ACA). It appears Americans are coalescing around the idea of fixing or repairing the unpopular parts of ACA rather than repealing it. So far, the law has been rolled out with the following popular...
by Tom Barrett | Apr 24, 2014 | Employer Issues, Healthcare Reform
National healthcare consultant and columnist Bob Laszewski makes some interesting observations in his most recent column at Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review. After making the rounds with insurance carrier executives, actuaries and others involved with the...
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...