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Are you the owner of a small business who offers health insurance to your employees? Heres the link to find out how you can get a 35% tax credit (up to 50% next year) from the IRS. http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=223666,00.html

Small Employers, interested in the key provision of the Health Reform Law?

Here is the timeline and details: http://www.jcminsurance.com/news.jsp

ATTENTION BUSINESS OWNERS: CHANGES IN THE CHILDRENS HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (CHIP) SUBSIDIES REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION

South Carolina employers with a group health plan are now required by federal law to provide each employee with information about eligibility for premium assistance under Medicaid or CHIP.

Employers must provide notification no later than May 1, 2010, and annually thereafter.

A copy of the model notice that employer groups can use to notify employees is attached and can also be found at www.dol.gov/ebsa/chipmodelnotice.doc

If you have any questions, please visit the Department of Labor Web site at www.dol.gov or contact your JCM Insurance Solutions sales representative.

JCM Insurance Solutions is urging its customers to beware of phony telemarketers pitching health insurance deals. In the wake of healthcare reform, buyers need to be wary of scammers who tell them they need to buy a new health insurance policy because of the new law.

The pitches may come in the form of phony e-mails, fraudulent online ads, door-to-door or by way of pushy telemarketers. The scams promise a variety of bogus benefits or enticements such as "medical discount" cards. The consumer ends up making huge payments that entitle the buyer to nothing more than a piece of paper-- the benefits don't exist. Scams of this nature have been identified in other states.

We encourage you to warn your customers to be on the lookout for such scams and to contact you before making any changes.

If you have any questions, please contact your JCM sales representative.

Be viligiant about who you buy your health insurance from. Dont let this scam happen to you! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100406/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_law_fraud

The amount of information about health care reform changes is staggering. If you would like to see how these changes affect both individuals and employers see the attached timeline from the National Association of Health Underwriters http://images.magnetmail.net/images/clients/NAHU_2/attach/How_the_Health_Care_Reform_Legislation_Will_Impact_Your_Employer_Clients_Final.pdf

A positive look at Health Care Reform. Health Care Reform - Great News For Small Business: http://blog.bizcloud.net/2010/03/health-care-reform-the-great-news-for-small-businesses/#more-1847

Health Reform road show

President Barack Obama is hitting the road to sell health reform to the American public, delivering what aides have called a "closing argument." On Monday, he pressed his case in a campaign-style stump speech at Arcadia University, outside Philadelphia. http://www.jcminsurance.com/news.jsp

Get involved. Contact Congress about health reform at MyHealthReform.org.

Since the Presidents Bipartisan Health Care Summit last week, theres been a lot of discussion about what will happen next. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is working on changes to the reform bill passed by the Senate to make it acceptable to the House. She says it will be ready "in a matter of days."

Read more....http://www.jcminsurance.com/news.jsp

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ARe you getting the best value for your healath insurance dollars? Let us compare your current plan to those offered by the top carriers in the state at no obligation. Call 815-6677 to set your appointment.

The President pivots and resets

Most pol watchers agreed last week that the agenda for the State of the Union address was this: The President needed to "pivot" and "reset."



The Democratic defeat in the Massachusetts special election last month was a major setback for President Obama and his agenda--specifically, for what had been called his chief domestic priority, health reform. So the thinking about the State of the Union was that he needed to pivot--that is, change the subject from health reform to jobs and the economy. And he needed to press the reset button--start anew with the American people.

To read more: http://www.jcminsurance.com/news.jsp