LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION for both STATE and FEDERAL ISSUES
This page will update you on issues that affect the insurance market.
HB 2177
House Bill 2177, a measure that creates an incentive for health insurance providers to directly reduce your premium costs. The measure, which was approved by the Legislature and signed by the Governor, will go into effect on September 21, 2006.
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HB 2177 establishes an incentive for health insurance providers to reduce health insurance premium costs for small businesses and low-income individuals by reducing the amount of premium taxes that the insurance company pays to the State. Small Businesses with two to twenty-five employees that have been in operation for at least one year, and have not provided health insurance in the last 6 months are eligible for the program.
INDIVIDUALS
Arizona resident and been uninsured for at least 6 months, not be currently enrolled in or eligible for AHCCCS, Medicare or any other state or federal health insurance plan and earn LESS THAN 250 percent of the federal proverty level. |
- If you have a family of 1 maximum income earned is $24,499
- If you have 2 in the family maximum income earned is $32,999
- If you have 3 in the family maximum income earned is $41,499
- If you have 4 in the family maximum income earned is $49,999
- If you have 5 in the family maximum income earned is $58,499
- If you have 6 in the family maximum income earned is $66,999
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If you meet the above criteria, call Gerhart Insurance, 247-5509, and we'll direct you to apply for the Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit beginning on September 21, 2006.
There are stipulations and reporting deadlines. So call.
The program is capped at $5 million per calendar year, so space is limited! You may visit the Department of Revenue’s Refund website here.
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COVERAGE FOR ALL
Can you not get health insurance? Can you not afford health coverage for your employees? Are who unclear about public and private health coverage?
Then this is for you. Foundation for Health Coverage Education (FHCE) has launched a "Coverage for All" campaign and created some revolutionary tools to help you provide guidance to the uninsured and help them find the coverage for which they qualify.
You can go to www.coverageforall.org and download your state's matrix.
An Uninsured Help Line was also created to provide one-on-one assistance to callers seeking information about coverage.
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Contact our insurance company in Tucson, Arizona, for more information onour medical, dental, and long-term disability insurance, as well as others.
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