California’s health insurance exchange extended its deadline for consumers who want Obamacare coverage in effect beginning Jan. 1. Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, said people who start the application process or made some “good faith effort” by Monday will have until Dec. 21 to finish signing up. Monday at midnight was the original…
By Tom Kisken, Ventura County Star, Calif. Tribune Content Agency Dec. 07–Covered California’s first deadline falls at the stroke of midnight Dec. 15. People who meet the cutoff and enroll in a health insurance plan will have coverage effective New Year’s Day. People who are already insured through Covered California but changing plans should have…
Your Annual Out-of-Pocket Maximum – The Maximum Amount You Will Pay Each Year Your annual out-of-pocket maximum is the absolute maximum amount of money you will pay for covered services during a year. One you reach your annual out-of-pocket maximum, your health insurance plan covers your medical costs at 100 percent. Your Copayment- The Cost of…
Over the next few weeks we will go over “The Basics” terms in insurance. So you will have the ability to shop and compare different options, especially when getting new health insurance. Today’s terms is Annual Deductible and Coinsurance. Your Annual Deductible – The Amount you Pay before your Coinsurance Kicks In. Your annual deductible is…
Social Security recipients will receive 1.7 percent bigger checks in 2015, the Social Security Administration announced last week. And some groups of workers will begin receiving benefit statements in the mail with a list of taxes paid and an estimate of their future retirement benefit. Here’s a look at the new Social Security benefits, taxes…
This Saturday is the start of open enrollment for Covered California Healthcare Coverage. If you need health insurance and/or have any questions please feel to call me at 909-570-1103. Don’t get penalized, it is a lot more than you think, see image below: via:NerdWallet Health The cost of the Obamacare penalty in 2014 If you…
I have been getting quite a bit of questions about how does the tax credit work with ACA/Covered California? I found this great short video that explains it. If you have any questions call me direct 909-570-1103 Open enrollment for ACA/Coverage California opens this Saturday, November 15, 2015, if you have questions or would like…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NOVEMBER 10, 2014) BY JEFF STIMPSON The IRS is reminding tax professionals and taxpayers that procedures kick in this January to limit to three the number of refunds electronically deposited into a single financial account or onto a pre-paid debit card. The fourth and subsequent refunds automatically will convert to a paper refund check…
IRS releases rates… See article at: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2014/10/30/irs-announces-2015-tax-brackets-standard-deduction-amounts-and-more/
I think the appeals court got it right, article is below. I believe that PRA and other “debt” buyers are committing fraud. Oh, and so are the creditors that sell the bad debt. When an original creditor gets rid of the debt by charging it off, they get paid through insurance and also that tax…