by Chris Nesbitt | Jan 14, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, Healthcare, Healthcare Sharing Ministries, Obamacare
In late November, Speaker of the House John Boehner filed a lawsuit on behalf of the U.S. House of Representatives against Obama’s executive actions on Obamacare. “Time after time, the president has chosen to ignore the will of the American people and rewrite federal...
by Chris Nesbitt | Nov 20, 2014 | Healthcare, HIPPA
Have you heard of HIPPA? Congress enacted the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) in 1996. The purpose of the law was to protect private health care information. So, what’s wrong with that? Sounds like the government was trying to protect our...
by Chris Nesbitt | Oct 22, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Healthcare, Obamacare
If you’re like most folks, you may think a “qualifying event” is the mere fact that you need health insurance. Unfortunately, it’s a bit more complicated than that, which is why I thought I’d take a minute to give you the low down. Outside of open enrollment (November...
by Chris Nesbitt | Oct 20, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Healthcare, Obamacare
With Open Enrollment almost here, you may be wondering what it actually means, and why it’s significant. Businesses have long been familiar with open (or annual) enrollment, as carriers have enforced it for decades for group health insurance. But the ACA, or...
by Chris Nesbitt | Aug 6, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Healthcare, Obamacare
Last month, National Review reported that President Obama’s old Harvard Law professor, Laurence Tribe, said that he “wouldn’t bet the family farm” on Obamacare’s surviving the legal challenges to an IRS rule about who is eligible for subsidies that are currently...
by Chris Nesbitt | Jul 3, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Healthcare, Obamacare
To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical. ” ~Thomas Jefferson On Monday a divided Supreme Court ruled that some closely held, for-profit businesses may opt out, on...
