Abridged from www.naic.org As States’ Laws Over Domestic Partnerships Continue To Change, Affected Consumers Need To Get Smart On Coverage Legalized marriage for same-sex couples continues to be a headline issue in states like New York, California and New Hampshire. However, in most states, domestic partnerships have little or no legal recognition. Domestic partners in … Continued
www.livestrong.com Losing your job can result in losing more than income—you may also lose employer-sponsored health coverage. To help unemployed, uninsured Americans at risk for financial ruin in the event of a medical emergency, Congress in 1985 enacted the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act, also called COBRA. COBRA requires certain employers to allow former employees the … Continued
Abridged from www.aetna.com The answer, of course, depends on your needs. But before you can choose, you need to understand the similarities and differences between both types of consumer-directed plans. Encouraging health care consumerism Let’s start with the similarities. The philosophies behind the Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) and the Health Savings Account (HSA) are the … Continued
By Allan Checkoway, RHU http://disabilityandseniorresources.com/ 1,200,100 Social Security Disability applications were filed in 1999 (48 percent or 579,000 were declined). In 2009, ten years later, 2,816,200 Social Security Disability applications were filed (and 65 percent or 1,830,530 were declined). The number of disability applications more than doubled while denials more than tripled. In one year, … Continued
Stephen Miller, CEBE, Online Editor/Manager www.shrm.org To hang on to top talent, HR practitioners also will roll out new, creative and customized voluntary benefits. Student loan assistance, anyone? Here’s how benefit experts tell SHRM Online how they plan to do it: Taking Consumerism Up a Notch This often means promoting health care consumerism by shifting … Continued
www.healthcare.gov The fee for not having health insurance If you can afford health insurance but choose not to buy it, you must pay a fee called the individual shared responsibility payment. (The fee is sometimes called the “penalty,” “fine,” or “individual mandate.”) You owe the fee for any month you, your spouse, or your tax … Continued
By Danielle Capilla Chief Compliance Officer at United Benefit Advisors President Obama has signed the omnibus legislation that includes the Consolidated Appropriations Act for 2016 and a tax extenders package. The agreement will keep the federal government running through September 2016. Within the legislation is language that significantly impacts provisions of the Patient Protection and … Continued
By Bill Olson Chief Marketing Officer at United Benefit Advisors Many employee benefit limits are automatically adjusted each year for inflation (this is often referred to as an “indexed” limit). UBA offers a quick reference chart showing the 2016 cost of living adjustments for health and Section 125 plans, qualified plans, Social Security/Medicare withholding, compensation … Continued
By Bill Olson Chief Marketing Officer at United Benefit Advisors Someone in the C-Suite of a company gets sick. I’m not talking about a cold or flu; I’m talking about a major, possibly even terminal, illness. Depending on the level of severity, what can the human resources department do to help communicate this information properly … Continued
The UBA Health Plan Survey tracks plans offered by region as well as enrollment by region. From a prevalence perspective, preferred provider organization (PPO) plans are most prevalent in the Central U.S., though they generally dominate nationwide, except in the Northeast where consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs) are most prevalent. From an enrollment perspective, PPO plans … Continued
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