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Category Archives: Individual Insurance
ACA Open Enrollment 2016 Ends January 31st
Open enrollment for individual health insurance plans comes to a close at the end of January for 2016. So, Sunday 01/31 is the last day people can purchase health insurance with out a special exception. I am going to post something I read in the Houston Chronicle on Sunday 01/24, that included some news on what […]
Humana PPO Plan Added Dec 09 for 2016 for Parts of TX
A HumanaOne plan, TX Bronze 6450 ChoiceCare PPO + Children’s Dental, has been added for 2016 coverage in parts of Texas that were previously not included. This was announced on 12/09/2015. This is good news for The Houston and central Texas areas. Where there is going to be less options for PPO plans to individuals […]
ACA Individual Health Fall Open Enrollment 2016
O.K. the 3rd Open Enrollment for individual and family coverage (2016 coverage) has started. Open enrollment for individual & family ACA health insurance plans is Nov 01, 2015 – Jan 31, 2016. (link for 2016 timeline). and YES, this is for plans ON and OFF the Marketplace. 12/15/2015 deadline for coverage to start 01/01/2016 […]
2016 Memorial Hermann Individual Health Insurance
Memorial Hermann (the Houston area hospital concern ) has been in the group insurance market for a few years now. The company is moving into the individual and family market starting January 2016. The MHHI plans are only OFF marketplace. ( ie that is NOT on Healthcare.gov) Memorial Hermann Health Insurance (MHHI) has a limited […]
Life Insurance Awareness September 2015 (LIAM)
September is Life Insurance Awareness Month (LIAM). This is a public service and marketing campaign, by LifeHappens.org along with a large contingent of life insurance companies in the USA. LIAM is a call to get people like you to make sure you are protecting the future for the people you love and care about. If you were to die […]
Blue Cross Blue Shield of TX Health Insurance Tools
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas or BCBSTX is arguably the latest Health Insurer in Texas. I will try to point out and list links to some useful web pages. Blue Cross Blue Shield (association) What is it from Wikipedia. Blue Cross Blue Shield has implemented Benefits Value Advisory or Customer Service (CS), , for […]
Investing Autopilot from Wealthtrack TV
I saw an interesting program on public TV back on June (06/21) 2015 called weathtrack. The show was on the automation of individuals investments. At first it sounded crazy. But watch the show because there are some good sound reasons why it’s not. I think some (or even a good portion) of a persons investments should be […]
Marketplace for Texas 2015 Via Aetna
In this post you will find links to excellent information on the federal marketplace for Texas residents from the Aetna website. Aetna has a section on there website titled “Reform Explained.” See this link for a video on “what is a health insurance exchange” (and a transcript of the marketplace). Also seee the Aetna overview […]
Disability Awareness Month is May 2015 (DIAM)
Every May is Disability Awareness Month (DIAM) . During May of every year the insurance community makes an effort to educate people in the USA about disability and disability insurance (DI) Life Happens.org – DI – It’s Not what you think (a video via YouTube) I believe that we all need to plan […]
Retirement Planning and Saving Tips for 2015
As I was taught to do in most parts of life, plan for the worst but hope for the best. This is what we all need to do in regards to planning and saving for retirement. I have read a few thing that I will refer to below: The first is a nice segment on Weathtrack (Houston […]
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