Healthcare Gov News
A smart option is setting up Auto-Pay, a few things you should know
Until you pay your bill, you don’t have health insurance and your insurer will keep the money. Paying the bill will trigger a waiting period before an insurer can drop you and gives you some legal recourse. Not paying allows the insurer to drop you within 30 days. Paying your marketplace or insurer is different state by state and health insurance choice but setting up auto pay is typically the norm. If you do lose coverage because of nonpayment you cannot use special enrollment. Not paying is the only type of plan drop that you can’t do...
read moreCruz has no Health Insurance after BCBS Texas Canceled Individual Plans
Cruz said he currently has no health insurance do to a lack of coverage by Obamacare. He explained had Blue Cross Blue Shield in Texas but they had canceled all there individual policies in Texas as of Dec 31. Basically they got notice in the mail and were currently looking for medical insurance. They discovered all the quotes they were getting were 50% higher and that this is what’s going on all over the country.
read moreHow is the Single Payer Overview Bernie Sanders Proposed different from ObamaCare?
Bernie gets rid of the subsidized coverage expansion through tax credits that ObamaCare uses. To give government better control of the insurance end, allowing bartering power on the healthcare side, Bernie’s would have all insurance through tax. While some say this might be just what America needs, others show concern it could have unintentional negative consequences. The current plan is an overview and in the end would or could see supplemental options. Things are not clear on what would be kept or left out but it is more likely that...
read moreSingle Payer Overview Bernie Sanders Proposed
A single payer Medicare for everyone solution for American health care was proposed by Bernie Sanders. So what will this mean and how will it differ from Clinton’s or ObamaCare plans? Bernie’s Medicare plan is a simple plan. A single group fund that will cover everyone’s premium as well as cost sharing. The single group fund with an automatic coverage is in and then the insurers are out. This will allow the government some ability to negotiate drug prices. This comes with expense of large progressive tax increase, top 2-.01% as well as some...
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