California Moves Toward a Statewide Individual Mandate

In response to the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which eliminated the federal individual mandate penalty  the California Assembly passed a bill to create a statewide individual mandate instead. AB 414 was passed to establish the California Health Care Coverage Shared...

Health Benefit Costs Predicted to Increase in 2020

What’s on the horizon for health benefits in 2020? A report by PwC’s Health Research Institute projects an increase in medical costs that will affect the employer insurance market for the upcoming benefit year. Medical costs have been increasing each year, but at a...

California Healthcare Rates Plan to Increase in 2019

Healthcare premiums are on the rise again, with California healthcare planning to increase by approximately 5 percent in 2019, according to a recent survey by Kaiser Family Foundation. In 2018, employers and workers together have spent, on average, close to $20,000...

Obamacare Premium Rate Hikes are Coming in 2019

Employers and individuals across the country are bracing themselves for the next set of Obamacare premium rate hikes, as recent projections have revealed that premiums could be set to increase by up to 30% or more in some states. California-based healthcare care...