AP-NORC poll reveals that public satisfaction with the U.S. health care system is remarkably low, with fewer than half of Americans (32%) saying it is generally handled well. Only 12% say it is handled extremely or very well. apnews.com/article/covid-…

An excellent primer on the IRS “family glitch” rule by ⁦one of the best in the biz Allison Bell⁩ thinkadvisor.com/2022/10/11/10-…

Employers increasingly are turning to hospitals that have good track records for quality and value to cover high-cost surgeries. They are also steering their employees to lower-cost providers that offer good quality care. news.bloomberglaw.com/pharma-and-lif…

HAFA Board member Trish Freeman named by BenefitsPro as one of the nation’s top insurance agents. Congratulations Trish, a well-deserved honor! Thanks for all you do for HAFA, the agent community, and most importantly, for consumers benefitspro.com/2022/10/21/ann…

UnitedHealthcare plans to offer individual and family health plans in 22 state exchanged in 2023, up from 18 in 2022 and 11 in 2021. The 4 new states for 2023 are Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio healthcaredive.com/news/unitedhea…

There are 3,998 Medicare Advantage plans available for individual enrollment for 2023, up 6% from this year, and the average beneficiary will have 43 plans to choose from (compared with 38 this year); 89% of plans will offer Rx drug coverage for 2023 kff.org/ce28435/

Historically having worked with Medicaid and Medicare Advantage populations, Uber Health is now expanding its services to self-insured employers medcitynews.com/2022/11/uber-h…

The HAFA Family Glitch Calculator is live now on our Website! Dependents who are offered coverage through their spouses employer plan, NOW have the opportunity to purchase insurance on the Marketplace hafamerica.org/family-glitch-…

As many as 18 million enrollees stand to lose Medicaid coverage when the Covid19 public health emergency ends, according to a new RJWF analysis. Many enrollees will transition to other coverage options, but 3.8 million will completely lose coverage healthcaredive.com/news/COVID-19-…

Nearly 16 million people have signed up for #ACA coverage since open enrollment began Nov. 1—a 13% increase over last year, and includes over 3 million new enrollees. Extended subsidies included in the Inflation Reduction Act credited with driving signups healthcaredive.com/news/ACA-open-…

CMS opens 🙄#ACA special enrollment period for those losing Medicaid coverage. Starting March 31, beneficiaries no longer covered by Medicaid's continuous enrollment requirement will be able to get marketplace plans healthcarefinancenews.com/news/cms-opens…

Agents are being targeted by CMS, deemed guilty without being afforded due process or a formal appeal procedure; resulting in the immediate loss of their ability to sell or access their client base—all without substantiated proof of fraudulent activity insurancenewsnet.com/innarticle/cms…