Due to the Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide in 2015, same-sex married couples qualify for the same benefits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as heterosexual couples in all 50 states. But despite that fact, many same-sex partners remain...
Nearly 4 million women in the United States will give birth annually and in 2020 alone, approximately one in nine U.S. women of childbearing age was uninsured. If you are insured, the cost of having a baby will require you to first meet your insurance’s deductible,...
According to NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, an estimated one out of five U.S. adults experience a mental health issue every year. However, many of those afflicted do not seek help for their problems due to a litany of reasons, such as the stigma...
The Biden administration recently announced a proposal from the U.S. Treasury Department to fix an issue that has existed in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) since its inception, the so-called “family glitch.” Under the original ACA, a person or family is...
For many, the pop-culture debate regarding the slap heard round the world at this weekend’s Academy Awards ceremony has resulted in more questions than answers. Today we will get down to the root of one of those questions; just what is alopecia anyway? Alopecia is the...
Due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act was passed in March 2020. This bill required states to halt their standard eligibility checks on current and new Medicaid and CHIP users, which could often result in denials of...
Did you know that approximately 20 million Americans are affected by some type of thyroid disease? But just what is the thyroid, and why does it matter? The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped endocrine gland in your neck just above your collarbone, wrapped around your...
On-Exchange On-Exchange refers the Health Insurance plans that are available to EMPLOYERS on health insurance marketplaces – be it the, Federal Exchange State Exchange or Private Exchange (such asTrueCoverage). You can compare various plans and benefits...