With Individual and Family Health Insurance “Open Enrollment“ upon us (October 1st), we wanted to share another educational (but entertaining) video.
We will continue to update you as new information is available.
Get Ready for Obamacare
Another wonderful animated video from the Kaiser Family Foundation. It gives us a detailed overview of how the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) will work and how this new law will affect all of us.
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