Mar 12, 2014 | C&A Benefits Group, Exchanges, health care reform, Marketplace, Uncategorized, Updates
Obamacare open enrollment ends this month. Here’s what you need to know if you haven’t signed up. Don’t be caught off guard about the consequences of missing the deadline. After March 31, consumers looking to purchase plans through the marketplace won’t be...
Feb 11, 2014 | C&A Benefits Group, C&A Business Services, health care reform, HR, Updates
On the CBS Evening News (2/10, story 5, 1:20, Pelley), Major Garrett reported that in “an election year concession,” the Obama Administration said Monday businesses with between 50 and 99 employees will get “an extra year to comply” with the ACA’s requirement to...
Dec 19, 2013 | C&A Benefits Group, C&A Business Services, C&A Payroll Services, Federally Facilitated Marketplaces, health care reform, Marketplace
The New York Times (12/19, Abelson, Subscription Publication) reports that the majority of American consumers seeking coverage through a health insurance exchange will be able to participate in a delay in paying the first premium. Under the plan, which was urged by...
Dec 7, 2013 | C&A Benefits Group, C&A Business Services, Exchanges, Federally Facilitated Marketplaces, health care reform, Updates
At C&A Benefits Group, we work hard to introduce new opportunities to you. Beginning January 1, 2014, all Americans will be required to have health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). To help meet this requirement, the federal government included a...
Dec 6, 2013 | C&A Benefits Group, C&A Business Services, Exchanges, Federally Facilitated Marketplaces, health care reform, Uncategorized, Updates
Large employers who have to offer health insurance under the employer mandate have been asking if they can offer full-time workers a stand-alone HRA with no major medical coverage and still meet the requirement to provide affordable, minimum value coverage. In...
Dec 6, 2013 | C&A Benefits Group, C&A Business Services, Exchanges, Federally Facilitated Marketplaces, health care reform, Marketplace, SHOPS
Enrollment in the federally-facilitated health insurance marketplace for small businesses, called Small Business Health Options Program (FF-SHOP), has been delayed a year. FF-SHOP will let small business owners go online to compare health plans for their employees,...
