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We have recently moved to 1101 N Main St, Suite 203 in High Point to better serve our clients. Along with this move, we would like to announce the following:
NEW AGENT: We are growing and have added a new agent, Steve Smith. AFFORDABLE CARE ACT: We can offer help understanding and enrolling in an individual plan through the Affordable Care Act. We also have a Spanish interpreter (available by appointment only). NEW GROUP PRODUCT: We are offering a new product that will help keep employer costs down in light of the remaining provisions of the Affordable Care Act rolling out in 2014. Call us for more information! We continue to excel at AUTO, HOME AND BUSINESS & PAYROLL SERVICES We're ready to help you with all of your insurance needs. UHC is changing their pharmacy administrator from Medco to OptumRX
To learn more about this change and what it means to you, read more here. This Week in Health Care Reform: 27 September 2012 A new poll shows that six in ten doctors would quit their profession today; a previous estimate of uninsured penalty payers sees a 50 percent increase; and, a pair of bills aimed at making health care reform work for everyone gain momentum. Polling Physician Unrest: A new survey released by a nonprofit doctor group presents arguably the most comprehensive snapshot of physician discontent across the population of the nation’s caregivers. Conducted by the Physicians Foundation, the survey depicts a generally bleak perspective. Among the findings, more than one-third of the over 13,000 doctors surveyed would not choose medicine if they had their careers to do over. The vast majority (84 percent) agreed that the profession is in a state of decline. And, perhaps most tellingly, over 59 percent indicated that the Affordable Care Act has left them less optimistic about the future of health care in America. Health Care Reform 6 Million Face Penalty: The latest estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has the number of people facing the newly established penalty for being uninsured imposed by the Affordable Care Act at 6 million – 2 million more than previously thought. Under the law’s individual mandate, the penalty for not having insurance will start off as the greater of $695 or 2.5 percent of household income. All told, that adds up to about $8 billion per year. Some argue that CBO’s estimate only captures those individuals who voluntarily report themselves as being uninsured. Others make the case that this latest projection is just another in a long string of disappointments left in the wake of the health care law. No HIT Bid: Despite its goal of lowering health care costs, the Affordable Care Act assesses a $100 billion tax on health insurance plans over the next ten years to be shouldered by individuals, seniors, and small businesses who already have health care coverage. As constructed, the health insurance tax (HIT) threatens small businesses (and their employees) with higher monthly premiums, almost exclusively. However, a growing coalition of opponents to the HIT is pressuring lawmakers in Washington to repeal this harmful tax with growing success. Incomplete: Despite its delayed release, a pair of GOP senators was underwhelmed by the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) sequestration report. Sens. John Thune (South Dakota) and Jeff Sessions (Alabama) sent a letter to OMB director, Jeffrey Zients, last week , criticizing the office for failing to provide sufficient detailed analysis on the looming spending cuts, scheduled to take effect beginning in 2013. On the heels of that letter, a bipartisan group of six senators sent one of their own to Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid (Nevada), stressing the importance of a bipartisan deficit reduction package to be considered by November, absent less desirable alternatives. The Oncoming Storm: Like it or not, implementation efforts surrounding the Affordable Care Act and its corresponding preparations are unfolding all over the country. While states run the gamut along the preparedness spectrum, businesses and investors also find themselves having to map out an uncertain future across unfamiliar terrain United Health Care offers app
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