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Category Archives: Heathcare Reform

Health Care Reform Status February 2011

Health Care Reform Status February 2011

By admin on February 28 2011 | | Leave a comment

I often get asked “what is the status of the Health Care Reform law”?   This topic is known by several different names as I have listed below: Health Care Reform (HCR) – Affordable Health Care (AHC) – Affordable Care Act (ACA) Affordable Health Care for America Act (AHCAA) (H. R. 3962) (the House bill) [...]

C-SPAN Healthcare Reform Video

C-SPAN Healthcare Reform Video

By admin on February 23 2011 | | Leave a comment

The following video from C-SPAN’s morning show, “Washington Journal,” presents the status of healthcare reform from NPR healthcare reporter, Ms. Julie Rovner.  It shows the status as she sees it as of 01/09/2011 and is about 30 minutes long. Julie Rovner talks about the implementation of the Health Care Reform Law and took viewer calls [...]

Health Insurance Small Business Tax Credit

Health Insurance Small Business Tax Credit

By admin on December 16 2010 | | Leave a comment

The Small Business Tax Credit from the Health Care Reform Bill was signed into law on 3/23/2010. So how does the small employer health care tax credit work?  As with most tax issues there is no short answer.  In this post  I will provide information and resources to help you and your tax professional navigate [...]

Health Care Reform

Health Care Reform

By admin on July 28 2010 | | Leave a comment

Two documents with some good information on the changes coming due to Health Care Reform law arrived in my email. I would like to share this with my clients and others in Texas. This information came to me from the good people at Humana Health Insurance. The first has to do with the so called [...]

Federal Healthcare Plan for Pre-existing Conditions

Federal Healthcare Plan for Pre-existing Conditions

By admin on July 9 2010 | | 2 Comments

Confusion about the new Federal Health Insurance Law is the only thing about it I am certain of ? I will try to stay out of the partisan politics of the new law and work to focus my comments in this Blog to giving information that can help people in Texas with Health Insurance. I [...]