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What income and household information do I provide when I apply for Marketplace coverage?
If you want to find out if you qualify for lower costs on Marketplace coverage, you’ll need to provide information about your household members and income. The Marketplace application includes detailed instructions. It makes calculations using the information you...
Illinois Approves Extension of Canceled Plans
The state of Illinois has decided to give insurance companies the option to extend health insurance plans that were scheduled to be cancelled at the end of the year. It's estimated that nearly 200,000 Illinois residents have received cancellation letters in the mail...
IRS Changes to FSA “Use-it or Lose-it” Rule
This afternoon, the IRS and U.S. Department of Treasury have issued a n-13-71 modifying the healthcare flexible spending account (FSA)'s "Use-it or Lose-it" rule. Effective immediately, employers that offer FSA programs that do not include a grace period will have the...
Obamacare 2014 Plan Deadline Extended
The Obama administration confirmed to The Washington Post a little bit ago that it is indeed tweaking the way the individual mandate works as to not penalize anyone who purchases coverage during this first open enrollment period. It's not quite right to describe this...
Obamacare Illinois Rates Released
The federal department overseeing President Obama's health care overhaul has published a database of insurance plan rates for counties in 34 states, including the 102 in Illinois. The Quinn administration has declined to release such detailed information, which...
Small Employer Exchange Delayed
The Exchanges are scheduled to open this Tuesday, but regulators announced today that there will be some delays to the Small Business Health Options Program, also known as the SHOP Exchange. Employers with fewer than 50 employees are still expected to have the ability...
Governor Quinn Announces Health Plan Rates are 25 Percent Below HHS Estimates
95 Percent of Illinois Residents will have Access to at Least 34 Plans Rates Will Be as Low as $120 Per Month for a 25-year-old in Chicago
Illinois Obamacare Rates Still Not Released
With less than three weeks left until a key launch date for the nation's health care law, Illinois residents planning to shop for health insurance on a new online marketplace still don't know which companies will offer plans or what the policies will cost. The...
BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois to stop accepting individual applications
BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois will only accept applications for new non-temporary short term polices through the end of the day on Friday, August 30th for a 2013 effective date. The last available effective date for any new non medicare individual and family health...
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois to Discontinue Maternity Rider
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois has made the business decision to discontinue sales of its maternity rider for new and existing individual policies effective July 15, 2013. Requests for maternity coverage received after July 14, 2013, will not be processed....