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July 13, 2017

Insurance Companies Come Out Strongly Against Loosening ACA Minimum Essential Benefits Requirements

The insurance industry was largely against the ACA’s requirement that all non-grandfathered individual and small-group health insurance policies provide minimum essential benefits such as maternity coverage, […]
July 11, 2017

Obamacare Exchanges Are Strengthening, Not in a “Death Spiral”

This is reality – the individual health insurance markets are generally in good shape, though in smaller states and counties, there is a serious problem of […]
June 23, 2017

Reactions to the Senate’s Trumpcare Bill: Jonathan Greer Quoted as Industry Expert

The Senate revealed its draconian version of Congress’ effort to weaken the Affordable Care Act yesterday. In his role as Media Chair and Spokesperson for the Golden […]
June 21, 2017

Jonathan Greer Wins GGAHU’s “Out of the Box” Award for 2017

Jonathan Greer serves on the board of the Golden Gate Association of Health Underwriters GGAHU), the Bay Area’s health insurance broker trade association. Last week, his fellow board […]
June 21, 2017

Saving Lots of Money With an HSA-Wrap Benefit Plan

An excellent way for employers to save on health benefits is to essentially “self-fund” the deductible and out-of-pocket costs for employees while providing a high-deductible plan […]
June 7, 2017

Teaching Hospitals Are Expensive Places to Get Healthcare Services

From the New York Times: Perhaps not evident to many patients, there are two kinds of hospitals — teaching and nonteaching — and a raging debate […]