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Insurance Companies close the door to new Children Only plans

noreply@blogger.com (Vincent Kody) — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:31:00 PDT

Every mother and father want to provide valuable health care for their children, especially if they have a serious pre-existing medical condition. Health Care Reform was designed to insure that...

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Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield rates going up

noreply@blogger.com (Vincent Kody) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:06:00 PDT

August 23, 2010. State regulators have accepted rate hikes on individual Anthem Blue Cross health insurance policies after public outrage and government scrutiny halted a larger increase proposed...

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California Health Insurance Exchange in the News

noreply@blogger.com (Vincent Kody) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:14:00 PDT

California moves forward toward establishing a health insurance exchange to be in compliance with the new federal health reform law. The California state Senate has passed two bills that provide the...

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COBRA Health Insurance News

noreply@blogger.com (Vincent Kody) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:35:00 PDT

The Wall Street Journal reports that a growing number of the unemployed are exhausting their extended Cobra health-insurance subsidies, eligibility for which expired at the end of May. There's a slim...

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California Health Insurance Legislature Update

noreply@blogger.com (Vincent Kody) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:08:00 PDT

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Feds to Insurers: Don't Blame Health Reform for Rate Hikes

noreply@blogger.com (Vincent Kody) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:39:00 PDT

Today President Barack Obama's top health official is vowing "zero tolerance'' for insurers that blame premium increases on the new health overhaul law. Sebelius warned that bad actors may be...

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Health Care Reform coverage changes begin today

noreply@blogger.com (Vincent Kody) — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:24:00 PDT

As many of you may know, the federal health care reform legislation, known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), was signed into law March 23, 2010, by President Obama. Some of...

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Morning Headline Roundup for 10/11/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Vincent Kody) — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12:54:00 PDT

Quotebroker gets you caught up with today's healthcare stories in our morning article roundup. What's making headlines today? The self-employed moved closer to bridging the healthcare...

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Morning Headline Roundup for 10/13/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Vincent Kody) — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:56:00 PDT

Let's see what's making headlines in the healthcare industry today, October 13, 2010. 73 indicted in healthcare scam... that targeted Medicare providers by issuing false and unnecessary...

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Republicans Plan Vote on Health Care Reform

noreply@blogger.com (Vincent Kody) — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:19:00 PDT

With their win in the House on Tuesday in hand, Republicans' first order of business is addressing Health Care reform, according to Kaiser Health News. It is unclear whether they will ask for a...

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Disability Insurance- do you get it?

noreply@blogger.com (Vincent Kody) — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:44:00 PST

A quick but informative story from one of our agents at Quotebroker Insurance Services: I had a conversation today with a prospective client who had been told he should look in to disability...

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Health Care Reform Watch - PPACA: The Bad Nuts and the Bad Bolts

noreply@blogger.com (Vincent Kody) — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:33:00 PST

PPACA: The Bad Nuts and the Bad Bolts A brief but informative look at the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( PPACA's) impact on employers with small group health plans. It looks...

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Anthem Blue Cross releases new plans for 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Vincent Kody) — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:48:00 PST

Anthem Blue Cross of California has recently released several new California Health Insurance plans available to Individuals and Families. All new plans are Health Care Reform compliant and...

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Judge Strikes Down Health Care Reform

noreply@blogger.com (Vincent Kody) — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:30:00 PST

A Florida judge has struck down Health Care Reform , ruling that health care reform's inclusion of a mandate to purchase coverage is unconstitutional. In fact, he not only struck down the mandate,...

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Open Enrollment for Children in California

noreply@blogger.com (Vincent Kody) — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:57:00 PST

From the Los Angeles Times as of January 31, 2011: If you haven't heard by now, we are currently in a 60 day open enrollment window for children in California, during which time children under age...

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Association Benefit Marketing - Auto & Homeowner Discounts

noreply@blogger.com (Vincent Kody) — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:31:00 PST

Quotebroker Insurance Services is now a full service brokerage firm and is now offering quality Auto and Homeowner insurance from top brand insurance companies including; Liberty Mutual, Safeco,...

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PPACA Creates New Form of Wage Discrimination

noreply@blogger.com (Vincent Kody) — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:15:00 PST

The folks over at Employer Benefit News describe a hopefully unintended pitfall to the new PPACA legislation starting in 2014. Every day more and more details regarding the Patient...

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Not-for-Profit Entity Blue Shield of California Announces Cap on Profit

noreply@blogger.com (Vincent Kody) — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:22:00 PDT

With health care costs rising for both insurers and consumers alike, it seems like rate "adjustments" are always going upward, and we never actually hear about rate reductions. Blue...

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Many Employers Set to Drop Health Coverage in 2014, Obama displeased

noreply@blogger.com (Vincent Kody) — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:05:00 PDT

A McKinsey & Co. study says 30% of all employers will “definitely” or “probably” stop offering their workers health insurance once the bulk of the healthcare reform law’s mandates take effect in...

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Health Insurance 101

noreply@blogger.com (Vincent Kody) — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:42:00 PDT

Health insurance can be very confusing when you are researching on your own, whether via the internet or calling carriers direct. When shopping for California health insurance, you may find it...

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Are Health Exchanges 'Built to Fail?'

noreply@blogger.com (Vincent Kody) — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:32:00 PDT

The Affordable Care Act, often called simply 'Obamacare', has called for the establishment of health care exchanges in order to allow for the education and enrollment in new health care...

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2012 Health Savings Accounts Limits Released

noreply@blogger.com (Vincent Kody) — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:03:00 PDT

The 2012 maximum annual amount that can be contributed to a Health Savings Account is:Individual HSA limit is $3,100 Family HSA limit is $6,250 Annual catch up for individuals over age 55 remains to...

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Anthem Blue Cross One Year Rate Guarantees Going Away

noreply@blogger.com (Vincent Kody) — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 16:13:00 PST

Anthem Blue Cross of California is following the actions of several other health insurance companies by implementing a six month rate guarantee on all individual and family policies sold after...

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California Health Insurance Buyers Guide

noreply@blogger.com (Vincent Kody) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:14:00 PST

Whether you are buying health insurance coverage through your employer’s group health insurance plan or you need to buy your own individual health insurance or family health insurance policy, it is...

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Annual Health Insurance "Check Up"

noreply@blogger.com (Vincent Kody) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:32:00 PST

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