by Andy Orlikoff | Feb 15, 2023 | ACA, Health Insurance
Written by Gina Roberts-Grey Picture this: You go to the doctor for the flu, to urgent care for a sprained wrist, or to the hospital for surgery. Once you’re home recovering, you receive notification your health insurance is denying coverage of the related charges....
by Andy Orlikoff | Feb 13, 2023 | Medicare, Medicare Supplement
By: Kerry Hannon Seniors who opted for private Medicare insurance plans should not be shy about pushing back on denials for pre-authorizations, according to a new study. Of the 35 million requests by Medicare Advantage enrollees seeking prior authorization for...
by Andy Orlikoff | Feb 6, 2023 | ACA, Employer Health Plans, Group Health Plans, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Premiums, Obamacare
The new rule on affordability of employer coverage for the family members of employeeschanges how affordability is calculated for employees’ family members and increases the number of consumers who have access to financial assistance through the Marketplace. The New...
by Andy Orlikoff | Feb 6, 2023 | Medicare, Medicare Supplement
As of this year, people new to Medicare won’t face big delays in coverage — an unenviable situation that some beneficiaries used to find themselves in. Thanks to legislation passed in late 2020, months-long delays in certain Medicare enrollment circumstances are now...
by Andy Orlikoff | Jan 10, 2023 | Health Insurance
A ‘medical cost-sharing’ plan left this minister to pay most of his $160,000 bill Kareen King calls it “the ultimate paradox”: The hospital that saved her husband Jeff’s heart also broke it. What Happened Jeff King, of Lawrence,...