Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known as ACA or "health care reform." This November President Obama won re-election to the presidency and will move forward with implementing the ACA. The ACA is now the law of [...]
On May 10, 2023, I flew to Sacramento, California and joined other insurance professionals for a day at the Capitol, which included meeting with elected officials and discussing issues of importance to small and mid-sized employers that offer group medical, dental, vision and other types of insurance coverage to [...]
BSCA offers small-group travel reimbursement The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in June 2022. Many employers pledged to help employees safely travel to seek abortion services to an abortion safe state. This may be easy for large corporations to offer their employees. However, small businesses may struggle [...]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) runs Medicare for the U.S. Government. “Creditable Coverage” is the fancy term CMS came up with to determine if the prescription medicine coverage (Rx) of your employer-sponsored group health plan is as good as or better than the minimum Part D [...]
If you live in the Riverside area and you’re looking for group medical insurance for your employees, you likely want to know: which insurance company includes the nearby hospitals? We’ve created a list of hospitals in the Riverside area and a list of the largest medical insurance PPO and HMO [...]
If you live in Ventura County and you’re looking for group medical insurance for your employees, you likely want to know: which insurance company includes the nearby hospitals? We’ve created a list of hospitals in Ventura County and a list of the largest medical insurance PPO and HMO networks. [...]
“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?” Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll [...]
Introduction In this article we describe the current infertility benefits that are available to employees and dependents of small employers in California with 1 to 100 employees. We summarize the infertility benefits and provide brochures from the insurance companies and exchanges that offer small business health [...]
California small employers often find it challenging to manage a group health insurance plan and answer employee questions. Getting the accurate benefit and rate information to a newly hired employee; enrolling them in the plan; and, making sure they have their ID card can be daunting tasks for an [...]
Welcoming a new child can be one of the most exciting times of a parent’s life. It can also be a time filled with stress and uncertainty. Luckily, health insurance companies in California have plenty of resources to support you during your pregnancy or adoption process. California health insurance [...]