■ While you're busy planning that end-of-summer trip to Rome or London (or Istanbul, for that matter), you should know that your health insurance works a bit differently overseas. One way to help protect yourself is with a Travel Medical plan.
■ As if the ObamaTax train-wreck wasn't causing enough damage to the health care and insurance sectors, its broad "appeal" has rippled through the whole economy:
"This letter was written by the three of the nation's largest labor unions ... Right now, unless you and the Obama Administration enact an equitable fix, the ACA will shatter not only our hard-earned health benefits, but destroy the foundation of the 40-hour workweek that is the backbone of the American middle class."
Ooops.
■ Earlier this month, the (Evil) Employer Mandate was put (temporarily) on hold. Before we start singing and dancing for joy (Hi, Joy!), though, here's some sobering news. According to the Congressional Budget Office:
"The Obama administration's move to delay a mandate on businesses to provide health coverage will mean $12 billion in lost tax revenue and additional costs ... one million fewer people will get employer coverage in 2014 as a result of the postponement"
So we get higher costs and fewer people insured. Yup, sounds like a plan!
[Hat Tips to Holly R and Gail S]
■ As if the ObamaTax train-wreck wasn't causing enough damage to the health care and insurance sectors, its broad "appeal" has rippled through the whole economy:
"This letter was written by the three of the nation's largest labor unions ... Right now, unless you and the Obama Administration enact an equitable fix, the ACA will shatter not only our hard-earned health benefits, but destroy the foundation of the 40-hour workweek that is the backbone of the American middle class."
Ooops.
■ Earlier this month, the (Evil) Employer Mandate was put (temporarily) on hold. Before we start singing and dancing for joy (Hi, Joy!), though, here's some sobering news. According to the Congressional Budget Office:
"The Obama administration's move to delay a mandate on businesses to provide health coverage will mean $12 billion in lost tax revenue and additional costs ... one million fewer people will get employer coverage in 2014 as a result of the postponement"
So we get higher costs and fewer people insured. Yup, sounds like a plan!
[Hat Tips to Holly R and Gail S]
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