How Effective are Employee Wellness Programs on Group Health Insurance Coverage?
As a business owner, you may be looking to cut insurance costs without reducing the coverage you can offer employees. As one solution, you find out that employee wellness programs that promote non-smoking, more exercise and better dietary choices can help lower your group premiums. However, research in recent years has shown that these programs,…
Study Shows Millennials Are Less Health Insurance Savvy Than Older Generations
Under the Affordable Care Act, many Millennials can stay on their parents’ insurance plan until age 26, but is this stunting their knowledge of health insurance? A recent study conducted by Blue Cross Blue Shield indicates that this younger generation is less-versed in common insurance policy terminology. Comparing Millennials to Baby Boomers and older generations,…
Gov. Malloy Proposes Limitations on Health Insurance Coverage Mandates
Annually, Connecticut state legislators discuss proposals to expand what health insurance plans must cover. For 2017, that is expected to include substance abuse treatment, breast pumps, insulin injectors and fertility preservation. However, expanded coverage tends to impact premiums, resulting in increases for certain plans and in response, Governor Dannel Malloy proposed a limitation on these…
Study Shows Fewer Children Without Health Insurance
According to data from the Academy and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the number of children without health insurance has decreased with Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Affordable Care Act coverage. To reach this conclusion, researchers looked at 178,038 children from the 2000-2014 National Health Interview Survey to determine who had access to healthcare….
Affordable Care Act Enrollment for 2017
Whether you’ve previously taken out a Marketplace policy or are deciding to purchase your first one, now is the time to do so; the standard enrollment period recently started on November 1st. While the Affordable Care Act may experience changes over the next year, citizens in Connecticut and across the country still have the opportunity…
