Obamacare Going After 1099ers
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Arianrhod
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Because that's not what the PPACA is.
ABikerSailor
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In states where they accepted the expansion, the rates of insurance have gone down quite a bit for almost everyone. The only places where the ACA has problems working as advertised are the states that refused the expansion.
Sorry you have such a crappy governor, but it's the same situation here in Texas.
Arianrhod
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Well, unless you're paying them over 100K a year, those premiums are inaccurate. Tell them to take a test drive here:
Subsidy Calculator Widget
It's from the Kaiser Foundation, there's no commitment, but it'll give you and your subcontractors a more realistic figure.
eagle1462010
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I understand what you are saying...............They have the same option I have as an hourly employee.................My costs for family coverage at my company went up over 500 a month forcing me to drop my coverage........Small company that does not co-pay squat.............Family coverage was already high.......went to $1500 and change a month. I shit you not..............
Dropped it last year and got the Bronze plan for the family. I was just under the thresh hold of subsidies and was told I qualified..........I actually refused overtime last year to avoid going over the threshold that I THOUGHT was the proper THRESHOLD...........as told to me by those taking applications when I signed up................ My wife had to have her Gall bladder removed during the course of last year..........Before I could get the surgery I was required to pay $6,000 at the door of the hospital................before they could proceed. Got the surgery, and later got some of the money back as Blue Cross Blue Shield cut the cost of the whole out patient surgery................
At the end of the year............I was denied the subsidies that I was told I qualified for..........Like I said I didn't work some overtime to make sure I was under the threshold..........They asked the question WRONG..............The question was how much would it cost ME BY MYSELF TO GET COVERAGE NOT THE FAMILY.................I had to pay back the subsidies for the entire year when filing my taxes..............
The rates went up with the ACA................To get the Bronze was about $800 a month............I was told that I was in dispute with the ACA as I questioned the subsidies.........told them it was not I that made the mistake but their call handlers...............They put my new application on hold............Was told until the dispute was settled I would have to wait to get the insurance............I told them to put my wife on her on policy the Silver Plan and drop mine and my daughters plan for the moment...........as I never go to the doctor.................They wouldn't let me do it............I was told that it would mess up my data on the computer if I tried changing my coverage while in dispute...........
This went on for a while as I got the run around.............Finally I told them to **** off and dropped it...........
No Insurance now and I'll be fined next filing season for no Insurance......It will be above $2,000 for the fine next year........Back pay for the subsidies was over $3,000 on my return last year............Ended up paying over $6,000 last year anyway as my daughter needed Gyno work...........
I understand that the system is fucked up....................Mr insurance was 12k a year.......but it actually had deductibles that paid out......................It hurt financially..........Obamacare was cheaper but when used it really didn't save me a dime.............Some would say that it saved my ass on the surgery..........well it did if you discount the fact that my insurance rate went through the ******* roof as a result of the ACA.
Either way..........we are fucked...........I will probably go back on the damn thing next year..........I was so pissed off with their incompetence this year that I told them to go to hell..............Next year I may not be as pissed off as I was at tax season this year...........Of course the fine.......ummm the tax is coming for me this year.
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When I contract someone to fix my a/c, they better show up at the agreed upon time or else I find someone else.
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Arizona health insurance exchange / marketplace: Obamacare enrollment
Arizona health insurance exchange / marketplace
Four carriers dropping PPOs in favor of HMOs for 2016
Ten of the 13 carriers in Arizona’s exchange have proposed rate increases of less than ten percent for 2016. The CO-OP, Meritus, is among them, unlike many other CO-OPs across the country that are raising premiums substantially for next year. Meritus did recently stop allowing year-round enrollment outside the exchange; enrollees must now have a qualifying event to enroll in a Meritus plan outside of open enrollment (on or off exchange) as is the case with every other carrier.
PPO plans are becoming much more rare in Arizona in 2016. Aetna, Cigna, Meritus, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona are all switching to HMO-only plans in the Arizona exchange in 2016. Current PPO enrollees with those carriers will be mapped to the most similar HMO available, but will also have an opportunity to shop around and enroll in any available plan during the open enrollment period that begins November 1. Health Net and All Savers will still offer PPO options for consumers who prefer a broader network.
The trend towards more narrow networks (HMOs and EPOs) is common across the country as insurers look for ways to constrain costs while complying with the ACA’s regulations.
Proposed 2016 rates
Only three individual-market carriers in Arizona’s exchange – out of a total of 13 – have requested 2016 rate increases of ten percent or more. Proposed rate increases under that threshold don’t show up on Healthcare.gov’s rate review tool. One of the three carriers, Time Insurance Co, had proposed rate increases in excess of 70 percent for next year, but in early June the carrier’s parent company, Assurant, announced that they’re exiting the individual market nationwide, and will not participate in the 2016 open enrollment period.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona has proposed an average rate increase of 21.4 percent for their individual plans, although that request has yet to be approved by regulators. Health Net has also proposed double digit rate hikes for their individual plans (11 percent for PPO plans, and 26 percent for HMO plans). Cigna appears on the list of carriers with rate increase proposals of at least ten percent, but it’s for a plan sold outside the exchange.
At ACAsignups, Charles Gaba has calculated a proposed weighted average rate increase of 12 to 14 percent for the entire ACA-compliant individual market in Arizona, but with several assumptions and caveats included.
Regulators are reviewing rate proposals, and final rates will be announced in advance of the open enrollment period that begins November 1. Open enrollment for 2016 will continue until January 31, and it will be important for enrollees to shop around during open enrollment, as premium fluctuations canimpact subsidy amounts.
Arizona health insurance exchange / marketplace
Four carriers dropping PPOs in favor of HMOs for 2016
Ten of the 13 carriers in Arizona’s exchange have proposed rate increases of less than ten percent for 2016. The CO-OP, Meritus, is among them, unlike many other CO-OPs across the country that are raising premiums substantially for next year. Meritus did recently stop allowing year-round enrollment outside the exchange; enrollees must now have a qualifying event to enroll in a Meritus plan outside of open enrollment (on or off exchange) as is the case with every other carrier.
PPO plans are becoming much more rare in Arizona in 2016. Aetna, Cigna, Meritus, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona are all switching to HMO-only plans in the Arizona exchange in 2016. Current PPO enrollees with those carriers will be mapped to the most similar HMO available, but will also have an opportunity to shop around and enroll in any available plan during the open enrollment period that begins November 1. Health Net and All Savers will still offer PPO options for consumers who prefer a broader network.
The trend towards more narrow networks (HMOs and EPOs) is common across the country as insurers look for ways to constrain costs while complying with the ACA’s regulations.
Proposed 2016 rates
Only three individual-market carriers in Arizona’s exchange – out of a total of 13 – have requested 2016 rate increases of ten percent or more. Proposed rate increases under that threshold don’t show up on Healthcare.gov’s rate review tool. One of the three carriers, Time Insurance Co, had proposed rate increases in excess of 70 percent for next year, but in early June the carrier’s parent company, Assurant, announced that they’re exiting the individual market nationwide, and will not participate in the 2016 open enrollment period.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona has proposed an average rate increase of 21.4 percent for their individual plans, although that request has yet to be approved by regulators. Health Net has also proposed double digit rate hikes for their individual plans (11 percent for PPO plans, and 26 percent for HMO plans). Cigna appears on the list of carriers with rate increase proposals of at least ten percent, but it’s for a plan sold outside the exchange.
At ACAsignups, Charles Gaba has calculated a proposed weighted average rate increase of 12 to 14 percent for the entire ACA-compliant individual market in Arizona, but with several assumptions and caveats included.
Regulators are reviewing rate proposals, and final rates will be announced in advance of the open enrollment period that begins November 1. Open enrollment for 2016 will continue until January 31, and it will be important for enrollees to shop around during open enrollment, as premium fluctuations canimpact subsidy amounts.
eagle1462010
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2015 Obamacare subsidy calculator
Will you owe a penalty under Obamacare?
Full penalty not yet in place..............my penalty will be a little over $1,000 dollars...........
Have them use this place to see if they get subsidies.........and use the second link to see what penalty they will get if they don't get the insurance...........to explore their options.
Will you owe a penalty under Obamacare?
Full penalty not yet in place..............my penalty will be a little over $1,000 dollars...........
Have them use this place to see if they get subsidies.........and use the second link to see what penalty they will get if they don't get the insurance...........to explore their options.
it's called b.s.
compassion would be paying them enough so they could purchase insurance. compassion would mean offering them a group policy through the company.
compassion is not mislabeling employees as independent contractors so you can screw them over.
eagle1462010
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You talk about compassion?????????????????
Tell me where the $2500 a year savings are..................That was promised under the ACA when it increased rates nation wide.................I'll tell you where it is............under the Bronze plan it saved me that much a year................But you need to get run over by a semi to use it..........It pays jack squat unless you need surgery or have a major illness...........the plans are for catastrophic health issues.......Major surgeries..........and so on................They don't pay for the visits until you pay the high deductibles...........
broken keyboard?
eagle1462010
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To me, his 1099's under the law, would be classified as employees...........
Given that he could get fined by the IRS for it...............I'm not sure on the classification.........
He could go through a temp agency, and avoid the headache, but operational costs would go up...........But it would allow him to continue them on 1099's.
Given that he could get fined by the IRS for it...............I'm not sure on the classification.........
He could go through a temp agency, and avoid the headache, but operational costs would go up...........But it would allow him to continue them on 1099's.
eagle1462010
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Nooooooooooope..........just my usual style of posting.............
Rates have went up for all.........including the ACA coverage............and my post is accurate........
aren't they then employees of the temp agency? he 1099's the agency?
rates were going up before the aca. sounds like these guys never had health care.
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Valid point.............The purpose of going through the temp is to avoid the paperwork to get labor.........So I would imagine that he would have to sign a contract for labor at the Temps Rates............He could threw the contract get the Temp to agree to hire the workers he currently has now............
Good point though.
eagle1462010
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Probably. But the rates exploded on my costs after the ACA...........They were already very high.
Even under the ACA the rates continue to climb...........including the plans at the exchanges.
The ACA was supposed to fix that...........Has it?
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