In December 2021, the federal government’s National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research released Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges, a comprehensive report on oral health in America. This is more than two decades after Oral Health in America: A...
The latest constitutional question related to the Affordable Care Act was addressed on March 4, 2015 when the United State Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of King vs. Burwell. This decision could affect 38,000 enrollees in New Hampshire and 67,000...
What a difference a year makes. The second Open Enrollment period for the Health Insurance Marketplaces in New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont opened at midnight this past Saturday. So far, so good. This is a big change from the start of last year’s Open Enrollment...
Coverage is available to firms with 50 or fewer full-time equivalent employees through the SHOP Exchanges. One intent of the SHOP is to decrease small firms’ costs for health insurance coverage. From 1999 to 2009, health insurance premiums increased 123 percent for...
With several technological issues of the Health Insurance Marketplace (exchange) rollout, frustration mounted as visitors to the HealthCare.gov website for Maine and New Hampshire and the Vermont Health Connect website for Vermont were hampered from enrolling in...
Yesterday’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) small business forum at Southern New Hampshire University was a success. Nearly 300 small business owners attended the free forum to learn more about how the ACA could affect them. Thank you to all of the presenters and sponsors...
The fact is there are still a lot of unknowns looming around the Affordable Care Act (ACA). What we do know is that we are on the brink of some major provisions coming into effect on January 1, 2014. With changes in the insurance industry, changes in obtaining...
2014 and full implementation of the Affordable Care Act will come sooner than many realize. Only recently have many small businesses begun to take stock of what impact the ACA will have on them and their employees. Here is some relevant information to help New...
The United States Supreme Court ruling yesterday was complex to say the least. Chief Justice Roberts wrote the majority opinion: The ‘individual mandate’ was not deemed a tax under the Anti-Injunction Act; therefore, it could be ruled on by the court. The following...
The Affordable Care Act (more formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) is a complex federal law. Whether it or any part of it is ruled unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court (a ruling is expected sometime this month - June 2012),...
