Insurance plans will be designed for more comprehensive consumer comparisons Insurance plans in the Marketplace are offered by private companies. They cover the same core set of benefits called Essential Health Benefits. No plan can turn you away or charge you more because you have an illness or medical condition. They must cover treatments [...]
Or, The Shared Responsibility Provision The IRS addresses this provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as follows: Under the Affordable Care Act, the federal government, state governments, insurers, employers and individuals are given shared responsibility to reform and improve the availability, quality and affordability of health insurance coverage in the United States. Starting [...]
How your Insurance Plan will look in 2014 The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that non-grandfathered health insurance plans offered in the individual and small group markets (both inside and outside of the Exchanges) provide a package of health care services, known as “Essential Health Benefits” (EHB). More specifically, we use the term "10 Essential Health [...]
Questions about Healthcare Reform Note: See Important Update at the End of this Article! “You can keep your insurance if you like it” became a popular phrase during the political season leading up to the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010. The phrase became so tied to healthcare reform that we are [...]