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Health Underwriters Groups Calls for Delay on Some Repeal
The board of the National Association of Health Underwriters wants health insurance reform to proceed at an orderly pace and said that repeal of tax credits should be delayed until 2019 to allow for...
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Trump’s Deregulation to Impact Healthcare Industry
Insurance companies will be directly affected by President Donald Trump’s executive order requiring removal of at least two previously implemented regulations for every new one issued, according to...
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Repeal? Replace? Reform? Repair? This Year? Next Year?
It’s tough to follow the news on health care reform. Just a few weeks ago, it seemed that the repeal of the Affordable Care Act would be quick and clean, with the question of replacing it – and how...
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Anthem-Cigna Becomes Second Mega-Merger to Get Shot Down
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., blocked the proposed mega-merger of health insurance heavyweights Anthem and Cigna. The $54 billion deal — Anthem was trying to acquire Cigna — would have created...
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Single Payer Healthcare Floated for California
Legislation introduced in the state Senate would set California on a path toward the possible creation of a single-payer healthcare system ― a proposal that has failed to gain traction here in the...
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Draft GOP Healthcare Plan Emerges
A draft bill detailing Republican plans to begin repealing and replacing many facets of the Affordable Care Act would provide expanded tax credits and health savings accounts for individuals while...
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Conservatives Blast GOP Plan as ‘Obamacare Lite’
Influential conservative lawmakers and activist groups panned health-care legislation drafted by House Republican leaders, throwing the GOP’s plan to undo the Affordable Care Act in serious doubt less...
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White House Tries to Salvage GOP Healthcare Plan
The White House launched an intensive effort to salvage support for the Republican plan to revise the Affordable Care Act, even as a growing number of lawmakers weighed in against the proposal. After...
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Motorcycle Crash Leaves Inland Empire Insurance Leader Paralyzed
Johnny Scharnweber Johnny Scharnweber, past president of Inland Empire Association of Health Underwriters, is struggling to recover from a devastating accident in a recent motorcycle race that left him...
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Hodges-Mace Launches SmartBen NOW Centralized Benefits Dashboard and Mobile App
Hodges-Mace, LLC announced the release of SmartBen NOW, a mobile app and centralized benefits dashboard solving one of the top frustrations in employee benefits: how to gather and present critical...
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U.S. Life/Health Industry’s Net Income Slipped 3.1%
A.M. Best: Preliminary Results Show U.S. Life/Health Industry’s Net Income Slipped 3.1% The U.S. life/health industry reported a 22.8% year-over-year increase in pretax net operating income to $66.2...
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PayPro Offering Qualified Transportation Accounts
PayPro is now offering qualified transportation accounts to pay for uberPOOL, LyftLine and Via rides. Qualified transportation accounts, or commuter benefits, fall under Section 132 of the IRC – and...
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CAHU Call to Action
The California Association of Health Underwriters is asking members to oppose 562 (single payer health insurance). CAHU says participation in legislative efforts is crucial in protecting health...
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CAHU Fights For You: Summit May 8-10
There’s still time to register for the California Health Underwriters 2017 Capitol Summit & Expo (#CAHUFightsForYou) at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Sacramento. Featured speakers for the May 8-10...
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CAHU Survey Finds Most Californians Oppose Single Payer
A telephone survey commissioned by the California Association of Health Underwriters found that three out of four Californians were opposed to single payer health care once they were informed about the...
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The AHCA passed in the House of Representatives. So now what?
The AHCA passed in the House of Representatives with a narrow vote of 217 to 213. Jenny Riley and Bill Winter of Hodges-Mace weigh in with this guest editorial The AHCA was introduced for a vote in the...
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Is Trump Playing Russian Roulette with Americans’ Health Coverage?
Summer isn’t yet here and things are already heating up – not in a good way — for the Trump Administration when it comes to health insurance. Los Angeles Times reporter Noam Levey recently reported...
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CBO Report Not So Good For Trumpcare, but…
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office analysis released last week estimates that the Republican-backed American Health Care Act would decrease the federal deficit by $119 billion but increase...
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Are We Going to Be Hearing More About the Indiana Approach?
Pence Puts Pressure On Senate; Pundits Bring Up Indiana Approach VP Mike Pence recently pressed on the Senate to act on healthcare now rather than later. The Washington Examiner reported that Pence...
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Daily On Healthcare: Conservative Concerns Said to Grow
Last week, the Washington Examiner’s Daily on Healthcare reported that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was risking a conservative rebellion by racing healthcare legislation to the floor that...
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