On this episode of Covering NJ Healthcare, we commemorate these long, hot days of summer by chatting with Toby Stark, NJAHU State President and owner of Stark Associates in Tinton Falls, about the buzz heating up at NJAHU over our upcoming State of the State in Healthcare conference this September.

Today, Covering NJ Healthcare is podcasting live from NJAHU’s 2016 annual convention at Bally’s Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City. We sat down in the conference exhibit hall with Madie Nash, Sales Account Manager at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, to discuss the rollout of Horizon’s OMNIA plan, and to reminisce about the way NJAHU’s annual conference has grown and changed for the better over the years.

This episode of Covering NJ Healthcare is all about NJAHU membership. Joining us for today’s conversation are Joe Torella and Alex Petronella, NJAHU state membership chairs. They discuss the exciting growth in membership NJAHU has seen this past year, the many ways our industry benefits from strong relationships between competing brokers, and the importance of NJAHU member-brokers helping each other address clients’ unique needs.

On this episode of Covering NJ Healthcare, we continue our Cap Conference roundtable featuring panelists Desmond Slattery, Joan Fusco, and Dave Mordo. Jon and special guest host Dave Oscar discuss with our panel the challenges of a changing market landscape, and the vigorous debate taking shape over PPACA’s eligibility rules and essential benefits.

Here at Covering NJ Healthcare, we decided to mark the upcoming NAHU Capitol Conference by welcoming back some old guests (and some fresh new voices) for a round-table discussion. Joan Fusco, Director of Research & Education at Savoy Associates in Florham Park, and a NAHU Legislative Council Member, joins previous guests David Mordo,Vice Chair of the NAHU National Legislative Council and Desmond Slattery, chairman of NJAHU’s Legislative Management Team, to discuss the various reasons this year’s Cap Conference will be our most successful ever – and to offer a sneak preview of NAHU’s important legislative agenda for the upcoming year. Special guest host: Dave Oscar, NJAHU Communications Chair.

On this episode, Covering NJ Healthcare has invited Steve Honig, NJAHU Education Chair, to discuss important new changes to the “Cadillac tax” included in President Obama’s latest Federal budget. Steve shares with us his concerns regarding the fairness of this policy, his concerns about the Cadillac Tax’s impact on ordinary New Jerseyans, and his hopes for the health insurance community’s response to these changes.