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Speaker: Wilbur Mills (Medicare/Medicare RX)

Sponsor: EBRM

Speaker:  Larry Grudzien (Healthcare Reform)

Click on the following link to see Larry's bio:

http://www.dahuonline.com/files/Larry Grudzien's bio.pdf

Sponsor: Envision Healthcare

Envision Healthcare is a new kind of healthcare company.
We have developed a healthcare solution that brings patients and their provider into the actual financial process of controlling costs. Our plans generally save employers an average of 40% in annual premium while still allowing patients to have a benefits-rich and comprehensive healthcare plan.

On July 26, 2010, the Illinois Department of Insurance will implement the State-Based Systems (SBS) licensing system. 

        SBS will allow producer licensing functions to be completed electronically through a web-based system.  Through SBS, an insurance producer will be able to register immediately, without paperwork delays, and at any time, on any day.

Click the following link for details:

dahuonline.com/files/Producer Licensing Implementation SBS(3).doc

Unum chimes in on the real price of health reform and just who will pay for it.

http://forms.unum.com/StreamPDF.aspx?strURL=/FMS_108688-1.pdf&strAudience=StreamByNumber

Here is a letter that NAHU sent to Sens. Baucus (D-MT) and Landrieu (D-LA) on their Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, specifically regarding a provision allowing the deductibility of health insurance for the purposes of calculating self-employment tax. 

As many know, this has long been a NAHU legislative priority.

Under current law, business owners are not permitted to deduct the cost of health insurance for themselves and their family members for purposes of calculating self-employment tax. This provision would allow business owners to deduct the cost of health insurance incurred in 2010 for themselves and their family members in the calculation of their 2010 self-employment tax.

This legislation may well be considered soon.

More information on the bill can be accessed at the links below:

http://finance.senate.gov/newsroom/chairman/release/?id=b7c67e81-801a-4485-ac7b-5582806a6191

http://finance.senate.gov/legislation/details/?id=da799068-5056-a032-5229-92cebbd2b7a0

Click the following link to see the letter:

dahuonline.com/files/NAHU Self-Employment Tax Equity Support_July 2010 FINAL (2).pdf

On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed comprehensive health reform, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, into law. The following timeline (provided by the Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation) provides implementation dates for key provisions. It reflects provisions in the new law and incorporates modifications to the law included in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 passed by the House and the Senate.

Click Here for the Timeline

Insurance agents still sifting through new health law

April 2, 2010

By JENETTE STURGES This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (Naperville Sun)

If you're feeling bewildered by the health care overhaul, you're not the only one. As the dust settles over the controversial law, local insurance agents are busy figuring out what it means for them and their clients. Click here for the full article

The health care legislation being considered by the House of Representatives and the Senate have a rolling series of effective dates starting immediately upon passage of the legislation and running all the way into 2018. This chart provides an overview on what becomes effective when.

View the chart

Following is a link to the latest release from the IL DOI regarding the extension of the ARRA-COBRA Subsidy: http://insurance.illinois.gov/General/COBRASubsidyFactSheet.pdf