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By Marty Trussell |
April 10, 2012
Positive news about HSA growth might lead one to draw the conclusion that HSAs and the underlying high-deductible health plans, or CDH plans, are assured a rosy future as they continue to build more and more market share. However, there may be storm clouds gathering on the horizon.
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By Jonathan Kaminsky |
March 6, 2012
The Washington state Legislature has passed a bill setting rules for insurers preparing for the state's online insurance exchange.
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By Kathryn Mayer |
November 18, 2011
Premiums for employer-sponsored family health insurance increased by 50 percent from 2003 to 2010, and the annual amount that employees pay toward their insurance increased by 63 percent as businesses required employees to contribute a greater share, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report.
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By Allison Bell |
November 16, 2011
No matter what happens to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (2010), the trend toward individual and small group health coverage sales shifting to exchanges likely will continue.
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By Mark Roberts |
August 30, 2011
As a broker or agent, you are constantly aware that commissions are being cut by insurance companies and other sales organizations due to the new minimum loss ratio standards.
What’s an insurance salesman to do to keep the mortgage paid, pay for the kids’ college tuition and put food on...
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By Heather Trese |
August 24, 2011
Nearly three-quarters of people who lost their health insurance when they lost their jobs reported skipping out on needed health care or prescription drugs.
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By Kathryn Mayer |
August 1, 2011
A number theorist might not even understand all the figures being thrown out from every consulting firm these days. Depending on who’s telling you, health reform will be responsible for employers dropping health coverage in record numbers, thus forcing employees to leave their “cushy” plans; it will be responsible for...
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By Heather Trese |
July 12, 2011
According to a new study by the PwC US Health Research Institute (HRI), the state health insurance exchanges will create a more competitive marketplace with agents serving in new roles.
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By Kathryn Mayer |
June 20, 2011
A new Avalere study gives Democrats more ammunition in their claims the McKinsey survey, which reported a third of employers will be dropping health coverage soon because of Obamacare, is an “outlier.”
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By Marty Trussell |
June 3, 2010
Affordability penalty looms for one in three employers. Can CDHC help?
