Posted June, 21 2012 by arianne
This summer, insurance companies are sending money back, thanks to the ACA’s “medical loss ratio” rule. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that insurance companies will be sending out $1.1 billion in rebates to 12.8 million consumers around the country. In New York, over 1 million consumers will receive more than […]
Posted June, 20 2012 by arianne
The whole argument that young people don’t buy insurance because they don’t think they need it (i.e. the “young invincibles” stereotype) has bugged me for some time. Having somewhat recently emerged from the 19 -29 age bracket, I can say firsthand that it never occurred to me at any point during my free-wheeling years that I […]
Posted June, 18 2012 by arianne
The Supreme Court is set to issue its ruling on the Affordable Care Act sometime within the next two weeks. The Court can either decide to keep the law as is, striked down only some parts of the law, scrap the whole thing altogether, or simply decide that it’s too soon to make a decision […]
Posted June, 14 2012 by arianne
With the Supreme Court ruling on the ACA now just around the corner, the Small Business Majority has released the results of a new poll that asked New York’s small business owners just what they think about all of this. They found that the majority of small business owners in New York – 59% – want […]