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Covered California and Small Businesses

Looking into insurance for your employees at your small business? What does Covered California have to offer you as a small business employer? Well, we are glad you asked. Here is some basic information about what you could expect: First, let’s define a small business. Covered California defines a small business as any business with under 100 full time equivalent employees which is a W-2 employee working 30 hours a week measured on a monthly basis. Covered California offers a variety of health insurance plans to puts you in charge of your health insurance budget while letting your employees get to choose from affordable, quality, and popular health insurance plans from private health insurance companies. The plans have levels of Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum. As an employer you can chose one or two plan levels of coverage to offer employees and define the amount they will contribute towards their

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To offer health insurance or to not offer health insurance, that is the question…

When you run a small business there are a lot of different things on your plate and you wear a lot of different hats. Who is going to make sure the photo copier gets fixed? You are. Who is going to ensure that those invoices get paid? You are. Who is going to oversee the marketing and branding of your business? You are. And who is going to make sure that your employees are cared and happy? You are. When you are looking at the well being of your employees one of the first things that comes to mind is to offer health insurance. But in this new world of health insurance laws offering this benefit to your employees can bring with it additional costs and premiums for you, confusing jargon and still may not be exactly what your employees want. When the Affordable Care Act was first brought on

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Taxpayers Covering Majority of California’s Health Care.

Most people assume that our healthcare systems are paid for through private funds. Those private funds coming from health insurance premiums or from employer based coverage. However, a recent study shows that in California, that is just not the case. In fact about 71% of all funds paying for California’s healthcare comes from public funds, meaning California’s taxpayers are paying for a majority of the state’s health coverage. In 2016 it is estimated that $367 billion will be spent on health care. With these numbers that means that roughly around $260 billion will come from taxpayer money. But California seems to be a unique case. When looking at the country as a whole, it was estimated that only 45% of the $3 trillion spent on health care comes from public funds. So what has made California stand out so much from the national average? Well there are a few factors

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Affordable Care Act – Here to Stay?

When the Affordable Care Act was signed into law in 2010 there were so many predictions going on. This will never last…. How can we possibly sustain this… This will change everything… Whether you were for the Affordable Care Act or against it we have seen some drastic changes in our country because of it. We have seen people who were not insured be penalized on their federal income taxes for not signing up. We have seen families adjusting to different expenditures on their health care. We have seen many who never had health insurance now be covered. But one of the questions that you may be asking (along with many other Americans) is the Affordable Care Act here to stay? This is an excellent question and depending on who you ask you may receive two drastically different answers. The Los Angeles time recently reported on a study done by

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Mergers and Withdrawals

Last summer we saw a huge announcement within our health providers when the Big Five national health providers announced that they would become the Big Three with a merger between Anthem and Cigna and a merger between Aetna and Humana. However, as soon as the announcement was made there were outcries against these mergers. There has been concern that if these five large companies which provide much of the innovation within the health industry are not working to stand out or outperform their competitors then the innovations such as new programs for consumers, seniors, and formerly uninsured will stop as well as the possibility of insurance premiums going up. And just recently the US Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch, announced that they had filed lawsuits against these mergers with the purpose of blocking these deals. Their main concern is that these mergers “would leave much of the multitrillion-dollar health insurance

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Health and Wellness Benefits

There are so many benefits to having health insurance. From the simple fact that when you are feeling not at your best you have a place to go to get some care. Even having the peace of mind of knowing that when your baby won’t stop coughing you have an expert at hand who will give you everything you need to take care of your little one. But did you know that there are many additional benefits to your health insurance besides your basic doctor visits, prescription drugs and hospital care. Online access – How many times have you lost your ID card and need to call to get a new one mailed to you. With online access you can print out a new ID card immediately. You can also see your claims, changed doctors, and never be on hold for over an hour again. You can do all of

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