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Recommended Alternatives to Obamacare

Recommended Alternatives to Obamacare

10/15/2015 13:10:32

According to health insurance experts, if you are looking for the highest value alternative to Obamacare, Health Insurance Exchange Alternative may be the best combination of insurance products available for total health protection.  What was once considered a detriment -- that the policies onl...

For Many Families, Health Care Costs Are Now the Single Largest Item in Their Budget

For Many Families, Health Care Costs Are Now the Single Largest Item in Their Budget

03/10/2016 16:26:18

It’s tough for families – and for many their healthcare costs more than their mortgage.  What makes it worse: According to a new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and The New York Times the high deductibles necessary to make Obamacare affordable leaves one in five working-...

Penalty Calculator - Will You Really Owe Anything If You Have A Better Alternative Than Obamacare?

Penalty Calculator - Will You Really Owe Anything If You Have A Better Alternative Than Obamacare?

11/10/2015 13:27:07

The IRS grants an exemption from the Shared Responsibility Payment (tax penalty for being uninsured with a MEC plan) if the lowest premium of an available Bronze plan exceeds 8% of a Household’s Income. The median household in the US is roughly $52,000, so for the average American individual o...

How to be Legally Exempt from Obamacare Penalty

How to be Legally Exempt from Obamacare Penalty

02/22/2016 12:37:05

We get asked, on a daily basis, if there are ways to legally avoid the high cost, low value of the Obamacare insurance exchange products AND not pay a penalty for purchasing insurance that best fits the insured's needs.  Here are the options that we share: 1) If the lowest-priced "Obamacare pla...

What are Living Benefits?

What are Living Benefits?

10/12/2015

Living Benefits gives you the power to access a portion of your life insurance policy’s death benefit while you are still living. This benefit gives you access to the cash value and death benefit of your policy in the event of a Specified Medical Condition, Terminal Illness, or a Chronic Illne...

Feds Predict 60% Health Insurance Premium Increase in This Decade - Here's How To Hedge That Cost

Feds Predict 60% Health Insurance Premium Increase in This Decade - Here's How To Hedge That Cost

02/19/2016 13:05:13

The Congressional Budget Office predicted rate increases for health insurance plans purchased through the Affordable Care Act marketplace to be 8 percent a year until 2018, then 5 to 6 percent a year until 2025 — that outstrips income gains by 6 percent a year. That would take average annual 2...

Obamacare Rate Increases 2016: 3-5 Times Inflation

Obamacare Rate Increases 2016: 3-5 Times Inflation

10/13/2015

Insurers have asked for double-digit rate increases for nearly 1 out of every 3 Obamacare plans sold on HealthCare.gov for 2016.  AgileHealthInsurance reports that 7 percent of the Obamacare plans sold on HealthCare.gov will increase by 30 percent, while 14 percent of the plans offere...

The Right Doctors Can Make All The Difference When It Comes To Treating Cancer.

The Right Doctors Can Make All The Difference When It Comes To Treating Cancer.

12/14/2015 16:08:10

Although America indeed has some of the best cancer care in the world, there is no guarantee that any particular patient will receive it. Sharon Begley, currently the senior science writer at STAT, the life sciences publication of the Boston Globe, interviewed dozens of oncologists, pored over publi...

Obamacare: 70 Percent are Dissatisfied

Obamacare: 70 Percent are Dissatisfied

10/1/2015 13:18:47

In a recent survey Deloitte found that 70 percent of Obamacare exchange enrollees were dissatisfied with their current plans. According to the Deloitte study, 35 percent of dissatisfied Obamacare enrollees felt that they were paying too much for their plans. Additionally, 40 percent of exchange...

Obamacare Narrows Provider Networks and Drug Formularies

Obamacare Narrows Provider Networks and Drug Formularies

11/16/2015 15:29:58

Rules and regulations Obamacare imposes on insurance plans sold in the individual market make means narrower networks and drug formularies. The participating insurance companies are curtailing these coverage aspects to keep premiums lower.   Narrow Provider Networks. An analysis ...