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5 Ways Your Employer Benefits May Change
By Lisa Zamosky There have been many dire predictions made about the effects of the Affordable Care Act, including that employers are going to stop offering health insurance to employees. However, the...
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Stay Healthy…or Else!
By Lisa Zamosky If you get your health insurance at work, there’s a good chance you’ve been feeling pressure from your employer to take better care of yourself. As health care costs eat up a greater...
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Questions about the Affordable Care Act
By Lisa Zamosky Three years after the Affordable Care Act was passed, Americans still have many basic questions about the law and the impact it will have on them and their health insurance coverage....
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Obamacare a Mystery to Many
By Lisa Zamosky How much do you know about the kind of health insurance plan options that will be available to you through new health insurance Marketplaces being set up under the Affordable Care Act?...
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Small Business and Health Insurance: The New Rules
By Lisa Zamosky As the implementation of the Affordable Care Act marches on, readers have questions about how the law is going to play out. Although the number of Americans with employer-based...
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Financial Aid for Health Insurance: Who Qualifies
By Lisa Zamosky A central feature of the Affordable Care Act is that it provides tax credits to help people afford health insurance. A new report by the health consumer organization, Families USA,...
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Get Ready for Marketplace Insurance Applications
By Lisa Zamosky Keep it simple: that was the government’s goal in creating one application to sign up for health insurance starting this October. That’s when online health insurance markets being set...
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3 Heath Reform Perks You May Have Missed
By Lisa Zamosky By the end of 2012, more than 50 parts of the Affordable Care Act had already taken effect. Yet, a number of the law’s benefits are being overlooked. It’s no surprise, given that a...
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Genetic Testing Coverage Under Health Reform
By Lisa Zamosky Earlier this week, actress Angelina Jolie made headline news when she announced in a New York Times Op-Ed she’d undergone double mastectomies to reduce her risk of developing breast...
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How Health Reform Impacts Medicaid
By Lisa Zamosky As the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act approaches, readers of this blog have asked questions about what’s to come. Today, I respond to two questions about Medicaid – the...
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4 Ways Obamacare Affects Early Retirees
By Lisa Zamosky In a country where employment is so intertwined with health insurance, it’s not surprising that many people delay retirement for fear of losing health benefits. Those interested in...
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High Deductible Plans and Free Services
By Lisa Zamosky Paying for Benefits You Don’t Use A growing number of Americans are insured through what are called consumer-directed health plans (CDHP). These are insurance policies that come with a...
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Health Reform Tax Credits: What Income Counts?
By Lisa Zamosky A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post about the various ways in which people who choose to retire early may benefit from the Affordable Care Act. Starting in 2014, you can no longer be...
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Will Health Reform Bring More Competition?
By Lisa Zamosky One of the central features of the Affordable Care Act is the creation of online health insurance marketplaces. This is where people who are uninsured or don’t get insurance through...
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Looking Back on a Historic Ruling
By Lisa Zamosky It was last year at this time that the country eagerly waited to learn how the Supreme Court would rule in a law suit challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s...
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Obamacare Employer Mandate Delayed
By Lisa Zamosky The Obama Administration put the brakes on one of the key provisions of the Affordable Care Act. On Tuesday, it announced that the “employer mandate” – the requirement that employers...
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Income and Tax Credits: Sorting it All Out
By Lisa Zamosky What counts as income under the Affordable Care Act? The question continues to be one of interest and concern for readers. And for good reason; it’s your household income – your...
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3 Things You Should Know About Obamacare
By Lisa Zamosky Beginning in 2014, nearly all Americans will be required to have health insurance that meets the minimum federal standards set by the Affordable Care Act. The plans sold through the new...
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How Health Reform Affects Part-Time Workers
By Lisa Zamosky One of the biggest issues a sub-set of employers is facing because of the Affordable Care Act is that the law defines a full-time employee as someone who works 30 hours per week. That...
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Tax Credits and Your Health Insurance Costs
By Lisa Zamosky If you either don’t currently have health insurance or buy coverage on your own, you’re in store for some changes as a result of the Affordable Care Act. Starting October 1, you’ll have...
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