For millions of Americans who get medical care under Medicaid, the end of March marks a grim deadline. Starting April 1, states will begin removing people from the government health insurance program for the poor, paring rolls that have swelled during the pandemic.
The government estimates that 15 million people — or roughly 1 in 6 of the 84 million on Medicaid — will be kicked off the program. Here’s why this is happening and what people should know.
What’s happening to Medicaid?
During the pandemic, the government suspended procedures that would remove people from Medicaid. Before the crisis, people…
After you work with your estate planning attorney to draft a carefully tailored estate plan, it is usually your responsibility to “fund” the trust.
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What does funding the trust mean?
Funding the trust is simply transferring assets into your trust.
If you have a trust, you will want to put your assets into the trust, by retitling bank accounts, re-designating beneficiaries of life insurance, etc. We walk our clients through the…
During 2023 open enrollment a record high 16.4 million people signed up, with 4.4 million more people enrolled for health insurance under the Biden-Harris Administration since 2021
New HHS report shows more than 40 million people are currently enrolled in Marketplace or Medicaid expansion coverage related to provisions of the Affordable Care Act — the highest total on record
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration celebrated the 13th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by highlighting record-breaking enrollment numbers during the 2023 Marketplace Open Enrollment Period and lower health care costs because of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan (ARP) and Inflation…
Medicaid coverage will end for millions of Americans in the coming months, and it will push many into unfamiliar territory: the health insurance marketplace. Video above: Advocates push for renewal of New Hampshire’s expanded Medicaid program States will start cutting people from the government-funded plans when they no longer qualify based on income, a process that has been paused since shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The timing of these cuts will vary. But all states have insurance markets where people who lose Medicaid can buy new coverage with help from subsidies. Some states will even connect shoppers with a…
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Have you noticed how weight loss apps are taking over the virtual training world? It seems crazy to trade your gym membership and personal trainer for a simple app, right?
But is it, though?
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Jul. 21—MASSENA — Town of Massena retirees say they would like to see the process move faster in switching to a new health insurance plan.
Several retirees were on hand Wednesday to ask the Massena Town Board to speed up the process and approve the transition to the new plan.
Deputy Town Supervisor Patrick M. Facteau said they had followed up with Zachary Zuckerman, a group benefits consultant at USI Insurance Services in Syracuse, and he had made contact with most of the retirees to discuss the new plan.
“As far as I know, we’ve had no negatives in regards…
Friday Health Plans started in Colorado in 2015 with hopes of revolutionizing the health insurance market. Nearly a decade later, the company has imploded, leaving tens of thousands of people scrambling to find new health insurance in Colorado and beyond.
State regulators in Colorado are moving to “liquidate” the company, meaning its assets will be divided up and the business closed. As a result, all of Friday Health’s plans in Colorado will end on Aug. 31 — affecting roughly 30,000 customers here.
The company was already set to close, seeming to collapse after an over-aggressive expansion. But state regulators decided…
More than 500,000 Texans have lost their Medicaid health insurance after more than three years of continuous coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data from the state’s health and human services commission.
Those affected are mostly children, young adults and new moms who had a child in the last three years. The Texans who lost their health insurance had coverage until the end of May or June, depending on when their case was processed, a spokesperson for the commission said.
In March 2020, in the first few weeks of the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government instituted a new rule,…