When you’re facing a loss of medical coverage due to temporary gaps in employment or another factor, purchasing COBRA coverage could initially seem like the right choice to protect your health and finances. Under HIPAA, federal law requires employers with 20 people or...
If you have COBRA continuation coverage from a job you’ve left, you can keep it. In some cases, you can buy a Marketplace health plan instead. COBRA and the Health Insurance Marketplace When you leave a job for any reason, you may be able to keep your job-based health...
BY: LAURA KEREKES JUNE 5, 2014 On May 2 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a special enrollment period giving COBRA beneficiaries the chance to switch to an individual policy option through the Affordable Care Act exchanges. The special...
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/234432?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+entrepreneur%2Flatest+(Entrepreneur) BY TRENT BRYSON JUN 3, 2014 The Affordable Care Act’s first open-enrollment period ended in April 2014, but some...
http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2014-05-12/special-enrollment-set-shut-out-workers BY: TOM CORWIN MAY 12, 2014 CLEARWATER — In just minutes, Anne Fulcher of Rural Health Services Inc. had flown through creating an account for Pamula Burns on the...
http://www.lifehealthpro.com/2014/05/05/feds-temporarily-expand-cobra-escape-option BY ALLISON BELL MAY 5, 2014 The Obama administration is giving workers who have lost group health coverage an option many mistakenly thought they already had. The U.S....
