Healthcare deadlines are getting close as Monday is the last day to sign up for health insurance using the Affordable Care Act for continuing or beginning of coverage as of January 1. Health insurance enrollment will continue until February 15, 2015. People from Utah won’t be able to apply for health insurance in most situations after that deadline. However, there are some exceptions. People … [Read more...]
Walmart Cuts Health Benefits for Part-Time Employees
Walmart decided to cut health benefits for part-time workers. The largest US private employer decided that employees working less than 30 hours per week will not have access to health insurance coverage. The change will apply starting with Janurary 1, 2015 and will affect around 2 percent of its 1.3 million workers. Walmart said that it was forced to take the decision as this year's health … [Read more...]
2014 Has Been a Healthy Year for ‘Obamacare”
It's been a year since The Affordable Care Act was passed, but there was not much of a celebration. It was not only Democratic politicians that chose to ignore its anniversary, but also Republican counterparts. Even if Karl Rove's American Crossroads group released a short video of Obama & U.S. Sen. Key Hagan quotes which say "If you like your plan, you can keep it", there was mostly silence. … [Read more...]
U.S. Court Causes Uncertainty with Obamacare
President Barack Obama’s healthcare system seems to be failing yet again, as two judicial panels have managed to create new uncertainty connected to this already flawed system. This is connected to the already existing conflicting rulings having to do with health insurance subsidization by the federal government. These rulings have restarted debates over Obamacare as Republicans showed great … [Read more...]
Utah Voters Support Governor’s Alternative to Medicaid Expansion
A poll of Utah voters, published on Thursday, confirms that the vast majority of voters in Utah approve of Governor Gary Herbert’s alternative solution to providing medical coverage to the uninsured population of the state. The poll in question benefited from the response of 623 voters in Utah, selected randomly. When asked if they preferred Gov. Herbert’s plan to doing nothing, 88 per cent of … [Read more...]
Utah kids becoming more aware of health insurance programs: Report
With the increase in medical awareness among the Utah families, more children have been found getting health insurance coverage through public programs in the state. A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report has shown that the uninsured rate for children fell to 9.8 percent in 2012 from 12.4 percent in the recession year 2008. According to the 22-page analysis of census report, about 1 in 10 … [Read more...]
Salt Lake City area among top 10 U.S. regions with cheapest insurance prices
Salt Lake and Davis counties’ residents are getting a bargain on Obamacare’s online insurance marketplace in comparison to other parts of the country. The premiums in two-county region are found to be at least half the price paid by the country’s most expensive regions according to an analysis of health exchange insurance prices by Kaiser Health News and NPR. Obamacare was planned to fill up … [Read more...]
