Open Enrollment Is Here: Are You Covered Yet?
Open Enrollment Time - Are You Coverd For 2019? It’s that time of year: the Health Insurance Marketplace’s annual Open Enrollment Period. Now you can evaluate benefits, calculate subsidies and determine the best plan for you and your family. Granted, insurance can get...
Medicare Advantage Plan: Do I need it?
What Seniors Must Know About Medicare Advantage Plans If you're eligible for Medicare , you can opt to receive your benefits through either Original Medicare (Part A and Part B) or the Medicare Advantage Plan, also called Part C. With a traditional Medicare plan,...
Don’t Miss California’s Open Enrollment Dates for Health Insurance
Let a Health Insurance Broker Help You During Open Enrollment If you don’t yet have health insurance in the state of California or wish to switch to a new insurance provider, know that open enrollment for the health exchange is now in full swing. Here at Sackett...
How the Affordable Care Act Helps Small Businesses Insure Employees
Assistance for Small Businesses To Provide Health Coverage When you own a small business, it may sometimes feel that the odds are stacked against you in favor of big corporations. This is certainly true when it comes to providing health insurance for employees. Large...
3 Signs That Covered California Is Thriving
Affordable Care Act Thrives in California Reports of the demise of the Affordable Care Act have been greatly exaggerated. Despite the concerted efforts of the current administration to undermine it, defame it, defund it, and sow confusion and doubt about it in the...
Why We Need To Start Treating the Flu Like the Serious Disease It Is
The Dangers of Downplaying the Flu As a society as a whole, we do not treat the flu seriously enough . This is in large part because it is something that everyone has been exposed to at one point or another. When one is exposed to anything on a frequent basis, be it...
Five Ways Your Small Business Benefits by Providing Employees With Health Insurance
Small Businesses’ Health Insurance Plans are a Win-Win Arrangement Are you considering offering your employees health insurance? If your small business employs 50 or more full-time workers, it’s a matter of compliance. Regardless of your headcount, however, your...
Can Fasting Help You Lose Weight?
Benefits and Risks of Fasting One of the largest industries in the world is weight loss. Advertisers spend millions of dollars promoting products. Consumers spend hundreds of dollars on programs and books that suggest they’re the next thing to lose weight. Fasting has...
New Law Now Requires Hospitals To List Prices Online
Law Mandates Hospitals Post Pricelists Online Health service consumers across the country will now enjoy the ability to view and compare hospital price lists online. A new federal law that went into effect on January 1, 2019, requires hospitals to post their prices,...
How the Apple Watch, AFib and the FDA Changed the Future of Medical Diagnosis
Your Apple Watch Series 4 Is an FDA-Approved Cardiac Monitor The early diagnosis of medical problems is key to making health care more affordable. Seeing your doctor today costs less than a trip to the emergency room next week. Saving money is always good. Your health...