Gas Prices Are Up — So are IRS Mileage Rates
Soaring gasoline prices prompted the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to adjust its optional standard mileage rates as of July 1, 2022, and for the remainder of 2022. For the final six months of 2022,...
View ArticleRecession pending? Help your clients keep cash flowing
Here’s 5 tips to help your clients prepare for potential recession 1. Consider securing a line of credit before they need it 2. Continue to invest in expansion 3. Lock in low-rate loans while...
View ArticleLooking to Hire? Give another look at candidates with career breaks
Check it out! According to LinkedIn, with a lack of available workers, hiring managers would be smart to take a second look at candidates with career breaks they would earlier have passed over....
View ArticleKaiser Wants Your Opinion: Annual Survey of Brokers Now OPEN
Read the latest INSIDER NEWS Annual Kaiser Foundation survey of health insurance brokers in all state Marketplaces is NOW underway Your insights can yield important lessons for policymakers and...
View ArticleBe Ready! Tips for Post-Pandemic Open Enrollment Planning
Read the latest INSIDER NEWS Strategies for Open Enrollment The 2023 benefits open enrollment period (generally Nov. 1 – Jan. 15) will be especially demanding as companies continue to address the needs...
View ArticleCall to Action Against CMS Marketing Rule
Call to Action! CAHIP is sending out a plea to all agents, serving all markets: sign this critical petition against recent guidelines pushed out from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
View ArticleHappy With Health Plans, But Confused Americans Say
Forbes survey shows lack of understanding of health insurance Here’s a critical reason to make sure your clients have a good benefits education strategy for their employees. A recent Forbes Advisor...
View ArticleSeptember is National Pet Insurance Month
Pet Health Coverage for Employers — A Top Requested Benefit For 2023! Show your pack you care Adding pet insurance to voluntary benefits can round out your clients’ offerings to workers with fur...
View ArticleTooth Fairy Continues to Bring Joy — Say 79% of Families!
Remember when you lost a tooth and couldn’t wait for the Tooth Fairy’s visit? In my house, I’d find a shiny silver dollar under my pillow. We know kids still love to put their baby teeth under their...
View Article9 Quick Tips for Open Enrollment
INSIDER ONLINE ACCESS Get the most out of your email contact NINE Tips as Open Enrollment Heats Up People tune in differently — especially when you’re trying to alert them to OPEN ENROLLMENT! Variety...
View ArticleHeads UP: Medicare Marketing Rule Deadline Looms Oct. 1!
VIEW INSIDER ONLINE Contact your Congress member to postpone Medicare Marketing rule, says NAHU The new Medicare marketing rule is set to go into effect Oct. 1 — less than a month away! It was...
View ArticleHow Are You Feeling? Take Advantage of Mental Health Week Resources
INSIDER NEWS MENTAL HEALTH This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week Oct. 2-8 is centered around the theme “What I Wish I Had Known” with a focus on the power of lived experience. Each day throughout...
View ArticleThreats to Independent Brokers — Be Forewarned!
Big Box Healthcare Coming to Your Neighborhood Soon Walmart, UnitedHealth link 10-year collaboration deal on value-based care The partnership between the retailer and the vertically integrated...
View ArticleMedicare Cost Cuts Make Seniors Happy
The Scoop on MEDICARE Medicare Parts A & B Premiums Reduced! Hip Hip Hooray! On Sept. 27, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2023 premiums, deductibles, and...
View ArticleWhat’s the Skinny on the Inflation Reduction Act?
Wouldn’t You Like to Know! What the Inflation Reduction Act Really Means for Health Care President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law on August 16, 2022. The health, climate,...
View ArticleBIG NEWS! Blue Shield Offers Enhanced MAPD for UCLA
Click to read online Blue Shield Offers Enhanced MAPD Plan for UCLA Broker of Record protected whether member remains on current plan or chooses new Blue Shield Enhanced UCLA Medical Group providers...
View ArticleRecord Social Security Increase!
Good News for 70 Million Seniors Largest Jump in Social Security Benefits in 41 YEARS! Just when money got tight and tighter — welcome and well-earned relief is arriving for those of us who’ve reached...
View ArticleThreat to Employee Healthcare Benefits in Pandemic Aftermath
Read Insider Online PANDEMIC NEWS Sponsored by Word & Brown Cost-containment Actions for Employers in Aftermath of Pandemic In a series of five articles, healthcare consulting firm McKinsey &...
View ArticleTweet tweet! Health Professionals Concerned about Musk Effect
Read Insider Online Health Experts Hopeful Twitter Remains a Resource Twitter has become a vital tool for many health organizations, playing a role in marketing, information dispersal, and more. It...
View ArticleMillennials & Gen Z’ers Love HSAs
READ Insider Online HSAs = INNOVATIVE RETIREMENT SAVINGS 48% of Millennials and Gen Z’ers invest using their HSA Contributing to a 401(k) or Roth IRA are common ways to start preparing for living...
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