NYSOH Sets the 2018 Open Enrollment Date Posted on September 7, 2017 | Updated on September 18, 2017   The New York State of Health (NYSOH) Marketplace has just announced the dates of their Open Enrollment Period this year for all qualified health plans to be held from November 1, 2017 through January 31, 2018. […]

Another New York carrier will be exiting the marketplace. Northwell Health, parent company of CareConnect Health Insurance, Inc. has just announced that they will no longer be offering individual and group health insurance plans for 2018. On top of that, all existing CareConnect Health Insurance individual plans sold on the New York Health Exchange (NYSOH) […]

Lately, we have been reading more and more about how the healthcare industry is imploding throughout the country. As these changes take place, we find that New York is starting to get affected as well. In the last month, two New York health insurance companies have announced that they will be exiting the marketplace. Affinity […]

You are operating a business and it is just you, a single gentleman or maybe even a single woman. You are very savvy within the business community, after years of being employed with a large corporation.  Never once in all the years of being an employee, did you have to give a thought to medical […]

Drinking just one can of sugar laced soda drink a day increases the risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes by more than twenty two percent compared with drinking just one can a month or less, according to a new European study. The research is published in Diabetologia, the Journal of the European Association for the […]

A record number of temporary staffing jobs was seen in May as employers attempt to limit the cost of Obamacare regulations and fines for failing to provide health coverage to full-time workers starting 2014. Temporary employment rose to 2.68 million, surpassing a previous record set in April 2000. During the past four months, almost one […]

The Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act aims to provide health coverage to millions of uninsured Americans. It’s only a few months before the flagship law is fully implemented. Let’s take a look at how the law is being accepted. According to the latest CNN survey, the majority of Americans are still opposed to the law. This confirmed […]

Dogs may be more than man’s best friend. You’re four-legged companion can also lead to a healthy heart, experts say. According to a statement released by the American Health Association (AHA) last Thursday, having a pet, particularly a dog, may lower your risk of heart disease. Healthy Heart linked to Dogs “Studies have shown people […]

The Affordable Care Act of the Obama administration is designed to provide affordable and comprehensive health insurance to millions of Americans. An important part of this law is the setting up of health insurance exchanges. Health insurance exchanges expected to create competition Proponents of the law say that health insurance exchanges will create competition among […]

Exercise or pay more toward health insurance expenses? According to a recent study, most people would rather stay active when given these options. Health insurance expenses lower for those more active Researchers from the University of Michigan Health System and Stanford University followed more than 6,500 obese people insured by Blue Care Network enrolled in […]