Health care costs in the Empire State are among the highest in the country, especially in the downstate Hudson Valley and New York City regions. Coping with these increasing prices, that show signs of slowing but not stopping, is difficult for New Yorkers from all walks of life. Those New Yorkers hit particularly hard by […]

With tax season just having passed you may have been wondering while filling out your forms, how the the Affordable Care Act, AKA Obamacare, will be affecting your tax situation, as it relates to the health insurance tax penalty. There is a lot of misinformation out there when it comes to the ACA, especially about […]

A lot has been made about the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, and its potential impact on small businesses when shopping for small group health insurance  . Talking heads from all sides of the political spectrum have weighed in on the issue with no successful conclusions being drawn. Much of that has to […]

November 2019 For an up-to-date list of PPO health insurance plans available in your region please contact us at (888) 215-4045 Despite some positive initial results during its first few months, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has actually caused a fair bit of damage to the New York State health insurance market. Especially when it […]

Spring is in the air and New York is finally starting to defrost after that brutal winter. To nearly mark the start of the warm weather the first open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act has been ramping down. The last official day to sign up fora new york  health insurance plan at the […]

With the arrival of spring on March 20th, this means many new things with the seasons changing …sunshine (some days), warmth (some days), and…allergies. Symptoms accompanying spring allergies mean sneezing, sinuses, headaches, stuffy noses, runny noses, fevers, and that doesn’t even begin to list everything. If you’re battling allergies this spring, you aren’t alone. According […]

    With the open enrollment period ending on March 31st, those who may not have had time to enroll in an exchange plan can still purchase a health insurance plans even  if they missed their chance of purchasing  health insurance through the exchange. As an alternative, they may qualify to purchase an association  health […]

When you’re figuring out how much of a tax credit you may or may not have to pay back to the government, the key word to remember is income. Let’s rewind. Were you offered a health insurance subsidy? When you purchased a health insurance exchange plan during the open enrollment period, depending on your income, […]

March 31st, 2014 is a date locked into America’s heads since last October. Why? That day marks the end of the enrollment period for buying a health insurance exchange plan. For those Americans who miss the cut-off date, there are penalties and there are exceptions. What is the enrollment period? The open enrollment period is […]

For those New Yorkers hovering just above or below 138% of the Federal Poverty Level a question may be burning in the back of their minds, should I enroll in the newly expanded Medicaid program or scrounge together the money to qualify for a health insurance exchange plan with a subsidy. Both have their ups […]