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Coventry Health Care seeks double-digit price hike for health plans

August 3, 2015 Posted by The Mission Center - No Comments

Coventry Health Care is seeking approval for double-digit premium increases for its 2016 individual health plans, according to rate information made public Monday by the federal government.Insurance brokers had considered the health plans sold by the Maryland-based insurer to be among the cheapest w ...

Missouri Small Businesses Need Health Care Flexibility

July 30, 2015 Posted by The Mission Center - No Comments

By Wayne Hansen, Wayne’s Heating & Cooling & Appliance, Moberly, MO – The Missouri TimesAs a second-generation small business owner, I can attest that things aren’t the way they used to be. Our family-owned company faces greater challenges today than at any time in the more than 50 y ...

Supreme Court Decision to Uphold Healthcare Tax Credits a Boon for Entrepreneurship

June 25, 2015 Posted by The Mission Center - No Comments

June 25, 2015 – Small Business MajorityStatement by John Arensmeyer, Founder & CEO of Small Business Majority, on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling today to uphold the Affordable Care Act tax credits in federally-run health insurance marketplacesWe’re pleased the U.S. Supreme C ...

Come Learn About New Features of the Small Business Health Options Program

October 1, 2014 Posted by The Mission Center - No Comments

Come Learn About New Features of the Small Business Health Options Program,SHOP Early Access and Online Enrollment for 2015The Health Insurance Marketplace invites small business owners, agents, brokers and assisters to preview new online features of the SHOP Marketplace—in advance ...

The Mission Center Joins Health Insurance Literacy Team

May 21, 2014 Posted by The Mission Center - No Comments

Published May 21st, 2014St. Louis, Mo. – Health Literacy Missouri (HLM) has received a $499,998 grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) to pioneer new methods for increasing health insurance literacy across the state.HLM, along with three community partners, The Mission Center, The Int ...

What the Healthcare Law Means For Your Missouri Small Business

January 23, 2014 Posted by The Mission Center - No Comments

Join Small Business Majority on Tuesday, January 28th for a webinar focused on understanding the implications of the Affordable Care Act on small businesses in Missouri.This webinar will focus on both federal and state provisions to help local small business owners understand how the law will affect ...

Missouri co-op slashes nonprofit care premiums

November 8, 2013 Posted by The Mission Center - No Comments

For Mary Rogers, executive director of Sherwood Forest Camp, providing health insurance coverage to her small staff became a burden — and in 2010, she reached a breaking point.Year after year, she experienced shocking rate increases, sometimes upwards of $10,000, and needed an alternative so she ...