by Girish Anand | Aug 23, 2013 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare
Oregon has already thrown in the electronic towel, and California is nanoseconds behind, as the Oct. 1 opening of the Obamacare Health Insurance Marketplaces looms just six weeks off. It'll be phone calls, in-person visits and pen and paper for Oregonians hoping...
by Girish Anand | Aug 21, 2013 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare
The Towers Watson 2013 Health Care Changes Ahead Survey, released today, found that some 98% of employers now offering health insurance plan to continue doing so as Obamacare kicks in, at least through 2014 and 2015. However, a majority of these employers also say...
by Girish Anand | Aug 20, 2013 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced $67 million in grant awards to 105 Navigator grant applicants in federally facilitated and state partnership Health Insurance Marketplaces. These Navigator grantees and their staff will serve as...
by Girish Anand | Aug 20, 2013 | NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Mexican States have signed a letter of agreement designed to strengthen their collaborative efforts to provide Mexican workers, their employers, and Mexican business owners in...
by Girish Anand | Aug 15, 2013 | Health Care Reform, Obamacare
The Kaiser Family Foundation, in a report released yesterday, pegs $2,700 as the average subsidy for health insurance purchased through the Obamacare Marketplaces beginning Oct. 1. The subsidies come in the form of tax credits and are available to people earning less...
