“Democrats will point to statistics showing that most HSA owners don’t accumulate large balances because they don’t have sufficient discretionary income to contribute to the current statutory limits. . . But for many, an HSA is merely an alternative to a Health FSA. . . No one criticizes Health FSAs because participants don’t build balances.. Read more
“It turns out that this shift to save the law may have reduced the threshold to amend it from the 60 votes normally required in the Senate for regular legislation to 51 through the reconciliation process, depending on what several courts say during the next year or two.” William G. (Bill) Stuart Director of Strategy.. Read more
“As a result of this law, no one with fully-insured HSA-qualified coverage in Maryland, (even women!) would be able to contribute to HSAs in 2018 because their plan covers vasectomy in full.” William G. (Bill) Stuart Director of Strategy and Compliance March 29, 2018 A new idea floating in Washington DC could have a dramatic.. Read more
“Those folks need to answer to working families with extraordinarily high medical bills and tell them why Congress can’t find room in a $4 trillion (that’s $4,000,000,000,000) federal budget to provide them with an extra $2,000 or $3,000 of tax relief to pay their bills more easily.” William G. (Bill) Stuart Director of Strategy and.. Read more
“In this scenario, the government would conclude that if it allows Idaho to offer non-ACA-compliant plans, soon all “red” states will join the bandwagon and increasingly “push the envelope” to move more individuals from the ACA essential health benefits and other consumer protections.” William G. (Bill) Stuart Director of Strategy and Compliance March 1, 2018.. Read more
“And in perhaps the least visible effort to date, the administration is sifting through dozens of “innovation” proposals submitted late last fall designed to improve patient care, control costs and otherwise offer new approaches to delivering care.” By William G. (Bill) Stuart Director of Strategy and Compliance February 15, 2018 Health Savings Accounts have experienced.. Read more
“HIT assesses a levy on every fully-insured medical-plan premium. For example, a retired couple enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans will pay an additional $510 for coverage in 2018 to pay this new tax, according to actuarial consultancy Oliver Wyman. Working families are projected to experience a similar $525 – $550 increase.” William G. (Bill) Stuart Director of.. Read more
“An Amazon/CVS/Aetna combination would bring three very different businesses together in ways that would spur innovation to reduce costs, promote transparency, increase convenience and enhance the consumer and producer experience. It’s time for these three entities to realize and exploit the potential synergies.” William G. (Bill) Stuart Director of Strategy and Compliance January 4, 2018.. Read more
“This bill contains a poison pill that ensures that it won’t pass in the Senate. . . This one provision ensures that the proposal is DOA in the upper chamber.” William G. (Bill) Stuart Director of Strategy and Compliance November 9, 2017 If you’ve been following the news during the past two weeks, you’ve seen.. Read more
“A number of companies . . . are ignoring the partisan activity in the nation’s capital. They’re rolling up their sleeves and providing meaningful alternatives to companies with the foresight and courage to make meaningful, disruptive changes in their approach to keeping their employees healthy at a cost that doesn’t compromise the company’s core business.”.. Read more
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