Benefits Think Increase your agencys monthly revenue
Columnist Craig Davidson says extending your usual advice to clients to the HR realm is important to your business.
Technology
Healthcare.gov ‘still vulnerable, says House oversight committee
Despite assurances from the Department of Health and Human Services that Healthcare.gov is secure, Committee on Oversight & Government Reform Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calf.) said Thursday that we must assume that website is still vulnerable and Americans may have [personally identifiable information] hacked and taken.
This broker started over at 57 learn his secrets
John Seltzer, along with son Jason, establishes the groundwork for an enduring business with a focus on consultative sales.
3 ways to make your firm more efficient
Freeing up resources that are used inefficiently can actually improve the quality of your relationships with both clients and employees.
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Dennis Suppe
Enrollment deadline for federal exchanges pushed to Dec. 23
The decision by CMS leaves just eight days for insurers to send bills to those signing up on the last day of the enrollment period.
Indifferent brokers may soon want off ACA exchanges
Quandary emerges for brokers who trained on the systems but might not want the business.
Public opinion of ACA hits new low since signed in 2010
Public support for the U.S. health care overhaul fell to its lowest level in a Kaiser Family Foundation survey after the Oct. 1 debut of government-run insurance marketplaces greeted consumers with breakdowns on websites, higher prices and potentially broken promises.
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Alex Wayne
CMS: 30-40% of federal marketplace remains to be built
More than a third of the back end infrastructure still remains to be built in the federally-run marketplace, top IT official at CMS says Tuesday on Capitol Hill.
Obamacare consultants warned HHS of ACA website failure
Consultants hired by the Obama administration told top officials at the White House and U.S. health department as early as March that construction of the governments insurance website was at risk of failure, according to a document released by congressional Republicans.
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Alex Wayne
Fed tech issues hurting state-run exchanges
The technology issues plaguing the federal exchanges have hampered enrollment in state-run exchanges which are largely free of glitches causing some states to modify their marketing techniques.
Have you spoken to the carriers,’ Mr. President?
An agent explains the difficult steps that would need to be taken to renew canceled plans, while a health insurance trade group says the presidents announcement Thursday could destabilize the market.
Enrollment numbers would surely be higher if brokers involved
Brokers operating in the federally run exchange states remain frustrated with broker functions on the website, as the government announces lop-sided enrollment numbers for the state versus federal exchanges.
Obama attempts to mend health insurance cancellation problem
As the president directs aides to look for solutions to the health plan cancellations, the White Houses chief technology officer will appear before Congress this week after being subpoenaed to do so.
Benefits Think Employee-sponsored health care enters big data age
Were living in the age of big data, so why has so little changed in how we make our health insurance decisions, asks Liazon co-founder Alan Cohen. The private exchange entrepreneur makes the case why benefits should meet technology.
Republicans dismiss Obamas ACA apology, tout bill to keep health plans
President Barack Obama said hes sorry that thousands of Americans are losing their medical insurance as a result of his health care law, as his administration works to contain the political damage from the troubled roll-out of his signature domestic achievement.
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Lisa Lerer
UBA launches two private exchanges
United Benefit Advisors is the latest group to launch private exchanges, though these are limited to brokers who are UBA members, there is one for small and one for large employers alike.
Brokers ACA concerns slowly gaining traction in Washington
After Tuesdays news that CMS wants to recruit more brokers to enroll consumers on Healthcare.gov, the group made the first public announcement Wednesday about a broker-focused website improvement.
CMS wants more brokers on exchanges
While the top exchange leader confirmed Tuesday that 70,000 agents have completed federal training, documents obtained by Republicans suggest CMS might begin outreach to get more professionals involved.
Expedited ACA website bidding limited choice of contractors
The race to construct an online insurance exchange by Oct. 1 spurred the Obama administration to use an expedited bidding system that limited its choice of a builder to just four companies, including CGI Group.
Brokers, consumers at a standstill in Arkansas
President Obama touted this state as exemplary Wednesday in his health care speech, but one broker says there was a loophole for those who were able to enroll.