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Still on Hiatus

admin — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 06:10:41 +0000

Hello. Just wanted to let you know this blog will be reactived soon — I’m aiming for the first of July. After over two years, roughly 450 posts, and the long health care reform debate, it was time to take a short break. My thanks for the kind notes and inquiries and I look forward to [...]

Does Utah Show the Future of Broker Commissions?

admin — Sun, 30 May 2010 09:35:11 +0000

With carrier scurrying around trying to figure out how they’ll meet the Medical Loss Ratio (“MLR”) requirements in the new health care reform, brokers are, not surprisingly, wondering what the impact will be on their commissions. Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, carriers in the individual and small group markets (small groups are [...]

Catching Up With Health Care Reform

admin — Thu, 20 May 2010 11:15:13 +0000

I’ve taken a few weeks off from blogging, but health care reform sure hasn’t taken a break. There’s a lot going on, so let’s catch up with some interesting tidbits: In April the Internal Revenue Service issued guidelines concerning one of the more popular provisions of the new health care reform bill: the tax credit [...]