Park City, Utah (PRWEB) August 30, 2013
Today, Zane Benefits, the number one online small business health benefits solution, published new information on who benefits from health insurance marketplaces.
According to Zane Benefits’ website, starting in 2014, health insurance coverage for individuals will become available through new state individual health insurance marketplaces. Most importantly, the individual health insurance tax subsidies will only be available for coverage purchased through a state health insurance marketplace.
The goal of the individual health insurance marketplaces is to make health insurance more affordable and easier to understand. A website will provide a variety of online tools to learn more about the range of health plans that will be offered through the state health insurance marketplace.
For eligible employees, there will be federal financial assistance to help lower the amount employees pay for health insurance premiums.
All state marketplaces will open October 1st, 2013 for open enrollment, with coverage starting January 1, 2014. Employees will be able to shop online, in person, or by phone for health insurance in every state.
Here are five groups of employees who may benefit greatly from the health insurance marketplaces and individual health insurance reforms:
1) Uninsured Employees
Individual health insurance becomes more accessible with easier to understand options.
2) Employees with a Stand-Alone HRA
For employees with a stand-alone HRA through their employer, the health insurance marketplaces provide more health insurance options to employees.
3) Employees Paying a Lot for Their Premium
If employees are currently spending a large portion of their paycheck on their health insurance premium, the marketplaces (and health insurance tax subsidies) may help with premium affordability.
4) Older Employees (But Not Yet 65)
Uprating based on age will be allowed in 2014, but the ratio is controlled by health reform (3:1 compared to 5:1 now). Individual health insurance will likely be more affordable in 2014 than it is today for this age group.
5) Employees with High Medical Expenses
Starting in 2014, annual and lifetime limits on coverage will no longer be allowed by any health plan. The prohibition of annual and lifetime limits on coverage benefits employees with high medical expenses and may help prevent medical bankruptcies.
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