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This year's round of Obamacare is amazingly scheduled for Nov 15, not October like last year. I find it amazing because so many deadlines had to be pushed back last year. Why would you start it later this year? Oh right, that election thing.
Some interesting highlights:
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/wood...cle_4b97732a-9423-5fd3-a63e-1d14c2e70246.html
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news..._source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS#ixzz3GDwttoXa
Some interesting highlights:
- New ACA prices will vary. Some people enrolling for a second year will discover they overpaid the first year and see decreases of 2.5 percent, like in Oregon. More will learn their plans were underpriced and will face average monthly increases of 6 percent according to a review of the 38 states that have finalized rates. Louisiana residents will see an increase of over 15 percent.
- Experts predict health care plans offered through the ACA government exchanges will continue to offer narrower networks that is fewer choices of doctors, medicines and local health care providers.
- Next year senior citizens in the popular Medicare Advantage plans will see health care benefits cut by an average of $1,530, rising to over $3,700 a year by 2017 according to a recent analysis by the American Action Network. This is due to severe Medicare cuts in President Obamas ACA that were delayed past the recent presidential election.
- On Jan. 1 the mandate that local business offer government-approved health care or pay a stiff tax will begin to kick in for companies with more than 100 workers. The year after the mandate hits small businesses with more than 50 workers. This is causing local businesses in my congressional district to cut hours for part-time workers, delay hiring new workers and rethink expansion plans.
One local restaurant owner told me his accountant recommended closing two of his three restaurants due to the added costs of the ACA. Major companies like Target, Home Depot, Trader Joes and Walmart have been forced to stop offering health insurance to some workers.
- Finally, some individuals filing their taxes April 15 will learn they have to repay the IRS for ACA subsidies they werent eligible for through no fault of their own. It could be thousands of dollars. Is this the health care reform you were promised?
- Enrollment on the Healthcare.gov website begins Nov. 15, or 11 days after the midterm vote, and critics who worry about rising premium hikes in 2015 say thats no coincidence. Last years inaugural enrollment period on the health-care exchange began Oct. 1.
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/wood...cle_4b97732a-9423-5fd3-a63e-1d14c2e70246.html
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news..._source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS#ixzz3GDwttoXa