Legislation and Policy

Obama Defends ACA, Criticizes “Crazy” Predictions Of Negative Impact. President Obama’s speech on the Affordable Care Act in Largo, Maryland Thursday receives generally sympathetic coverage, calling the President’s remarks “passionate” and “a ringing defense” of the law, though some …

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Public Health and Private Healthcare Systems

Utah Study Group Lays Out Medicaid Expansion Options. The AP  (9/27, Price) reports that a Utah “study group has laid out a handful of options for expanding Medicaid” in that state, even “though Gov. Gary Herbert  (9/27) is still holding off on a decision about expanding the program.” Yest…

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There’s Potential for Fraud in the Exchanges? Who Knew!

We’ve been expressing concern about exchange-related fraud for a while now and this week we were glad to welcome the Obama Administration to the bandwagon. On Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Ed…

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Employer Mandate Delay Casts Doubt On ACA Implementation

The following articles are from NAHU Newswire: Leading the News Employer Mandate Delay Casts Doubt On ACA Implementation. Fallout from last week’s announcement that the Obama Administration planned to delay the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate until 2015 continues. Many national outlets, s…

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Employer Mandate Delayed

Just in case anyone missed the news, the Employer Mandate portion of the PPACA has been delayed until January 1, 2015. On July 2, 2013, the Treasury Department announced that enforcement of the employer shared responsibility payments of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will be …

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Health Benefit Exchange Update

February 1, 2013 The deadline for employers to notify employees of the availability of Health Benefit Exchanges has been delayed from March 1, 2013, to late summer or fall of 2013. The Department of Labor is considering providing model, generic language that could be used to satisfy the notice requi…

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Celebrating 20 Years of Service!

HalSi Insurance Services is celebrating its 20th year in business and would like to thank our clients for their 20 Years of loyal support and patronage. HalSi was founded in 1992 by Sima Ehrich, a dedicated and caring insurance professional. Over these many years, HalSi has expanded its product of…

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Spring Home Maintenance Tips

Spring ahead with these home maintenance tips. ? Inspect your smoke detectors, and make sure that there is one on each floor of your home. Test them monthly, and change the batteries annually or as needed. ? Check the light bulbs in all your fixtures to be sure they are the correct wattage as recomm…

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Valuable Information on the Costs to Rebuild Your Home

Cost to rebuild Cost to rebuild (reconstruction cost) reflects estimated construction material, labor and equipment costs to rebuild your home while maintaining the same size and quality of construction, at today’s prices. Key features that impact the cost to rebuild your home include: Total l…

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New Tucson Insurance Discounts!

Austin Mutual announces new additional discounts for auto insurance policies effective 4/1/12.   Longevity Discount of 1% to 3% will apply to policies which remain continuously in force for more than 48 months.   Transfer Discount of 5% will apply to new policies when the current agent has…

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HalSi Holiday Hours

Everyone at HalSi Insurance wishes you a very Happy Holiday season. Our office will be closed from Friday, December 23rd through Monday, January 2nd; returning on Tuesday, January 3rd. However, we will check emails daily, and will respond as needed. We will also process enrollments and terminations …

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2012 Medicare Open Enrollment

Medicare annual open enrollment period has been moved forward this year. You can make changes to your existing Medicare insurance coverage plans beginning October 15, 2011 through December 7, 2011, which will become effective on January 1, 2012. Please be aware this is earlier than last year’s…

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