by HHO | Jul 31, 2018 | News
MORE WORKING MIDDLE-CLASS CALIFORNIANS ARE BEING FORCED TO FORGO HEALTHCARE AS COSTS BECOME EVEN MORE UNAFFORDABLE On July 19, Covered California announced a 8.7% weighted average rate change for the 2019 plan year. The proposed rates were negotiated with...
by HHO | Apr 1, 2018 | News
Affordable Care Act (ACA) premiums are still rising. According to statistics gathered by the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, premiums in the state exchanges jumped 32% nationally for silver-tiered plans, with gold-tier plans rising 19.1%. ...
by HHO | Mar 20, 2018 | News
The IRS will not process your tax returns this year if you do not address the health coverage requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This is a reversal of last year’s filing season when the IRS would accept and process tax returns that were silent on...
by HHO | Jan 23, 2018 | News
Under the Affordable Care Act, individuals are required to carry health insurance unless they fit into certain very specific exceptions, such as death or disability of household wage earner, imprisonment of the household wage earner, loss of employment, or the...
by HHO | Dec 28, 2017 | News
Over that last several month’s people have received notices in the mail that their ACA insurance policy is being increased, yet again. With the future of health insurance in limbo, it is no wonder that people are looking for alternatives to the Affordability...
by HHO | Dec 8, 2017 | News
Medical cost-sharing programs have been in existence for nearly four decades. But it wasn’t until 2010 and the passage of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, when interest in these health insurance alternatives began to explode. The goal of Obamacare was...
