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Affordable Care Act Resources
Posted: December 20, 2013
We were recently asked to provide some resources for people to research issues on the Affordable Care Act. Here is a list of good places to start: RealCare Website: www.realcarecar.com/medical RealCare Blog: www.realcarecar.com/blog RealCare Covered CA page: www.realcarecar.com/aca Covered CA: www.coveredca.com Kaiser Family Foundation (not the same as Kaiser Permanente): www.kff.org IRS ACA Tax Provisions: http://www.irs.gov/uac/Affordable-Care-Act-Tax-Provisions
Covered California - Uploading Documents
Posted: December 19, 2013
Many of you have been asked to upload documents to your Covered CA account. Here is a step by step guide to how to upload any necessary documentation that may be needed for your account: To upload your requested documentation, you will need to do the following: 1. Log in to your Covered CA account. 2. From your Home page, you will need to...
January 1st Effective Dates for Health Insurance
Posted: December 18, 2013
The deadlines for January 1st effective dates for health insurance is only 7 days away. If you are applying for any of the following plans for January 1st, you must submit your applications by 12/23/13: Covered California - Enter all information online, submit application AND pick your plan by 12/23/13. Pay first premium by 1/6/14. Anthem Blue Cross Individual - Enter application data online and...
Covered California Application Update
Posted: December 13, 2013
Covered California has extended the deadline for applying for a January 1st effective date to 12/23/13. The deadline for payment of your first premium is likely to be extended as well. Currently when we log in we see deadlines for payment of 12/26/13, but also 1/7/14. We have started the majority of the applications online and will start the rest over the weekend. Once we've started...
2014 Health Insurance Updates - All Carriers
Posted: December 13, 2013
The combination of Open Enrollment for C.A.R., Covered California, and Individual & Family health plans; along with the technical issues that every vendor is experiencing, has caused chaos in our industry. Agents are working diligently to enroll people, but carrier enrollment systems are crashing daily and the backlog of application processing is growing each day. As a result, some carriers have announced an extension of...