Posted August, 6 2012 by arianne
It has not ceased to amaze me just how many stories of people who have been helped by the ACA continue to come out of the woodwork. The most recent one to hit the media’s attention is that of 31 year-old Arijit Gurha, a graduate student at the University of Arizona who was recently diagnosed […]
Posted July, 31 2012 by arianne
For many women, the fight for insurance coverage of women’s preventive health services has been a very long one. But, thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), women will no longer need to worry about getting much of the preventive health care they need because of the costs associated. A new provision in the ACA is scheduled to go into […]
Posted July, 25 2012 by arianne
That’s right – its health insurance rate review time! This means that our health insurance plans are now diligently submitting their proposed rate increases to the Department of Financial Services (DFS) for approval. Some of you may have already received a letter from your health plan letting you know that they plan to “adjust” your […]
Posted July, 24 2012 by arianne
The federal government has published a proposed rule that would extend one popular provision of the Affordable Care Act – to allow young adults to stay on their parents’ insurance plans until age 26 – to children of same-sex federal workers. Up until now, same-sex partners have not been eligible for benefits under the Federal […]