New contractor hired to fix Nevada Health Link problems
There is now a new Contractor hired to fix Nevada Health Link’s website prior to next year’s “Open Enrollment”.
Health Insurance plan Unaffordable? Need Exemption?
When individuals and families buy their own health insurance, IF the insurance is greater than 8% of your “household income”, it is considered “unaffordable” and you are not required to buy health insurance.
Health Insurance “OFF” the Exchange with NO waiting period
A new health insurance company called the Nevada Health CO-OP is allowing “OFF Exchange Enrollments” with no waiting period.
Group Health Insurance
Group health insurance coverage is a health insurance policy that is purchased by an employer and is offered to employees (and typically to the employees’ family members) as a benefit of working for that company. It is usually part of a comprehensive benefits packages that employers provide for employees.
Nevada Health Link On Pace To Be At 21% of Target Enrollment
The exchange is enrolling as many as 1,000 customers a week; at that pace, sign-ups could max out at around 25,000 on March 31 (Deadline).
Customizable Private Health Insurance Exchange Technology
Rather than paying a portion, or all of the premium, an employer can offer a fixed dollar amount to employees for their choice of individual health insurance.
Nevada is using the “Benchmark” plan from HPN
The State of Nevada is using the “Benchmark” plan from HPN – Health Plan of Nevada’s plan POS Group 1 C XV 500 HCR. This plan sets the standard as to how all the other “Qualified Health Plans“ in Nevada are now.
Associated Press releases article about Exchange in Nevada
Nevada health exchange board seeks new options. Board member calls Nevada health exchange `full failure’; agency working on fixes.
You MAY be able to keep your old Health Insurance Policy
President Obama considering the possibility of allowing people that had a plan in place prior to 12/31/2013 keeping it for 3 years, even though not compliant
Worries about Full Timers Being Reduced to Part Time
There has been considerable controversy in recent months about whether the Affordable Care Act is causing employers to shift towards a part-time workforce.