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Employee Benefit News for School, City and County Employers

Valerie Ortiz

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Over the past 20 years, Valerie Ortiz has worn many hats at National Insurance Services. She currently heads up NIS’ Marketing Team where she helps to create and execute employee benefit communications based upon our public sector clients’ needs. Valerie brings order to the chaos and has a zeal for detail and a talent for organization.

Recent Articles by Valerie Ortiz

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Could the ACA end employer-provided health insurance benefits?

More than 8 million Americans received health insurance through the federal and state marketplaces. According to USA Today, President Barack Obama recently expressed his optimism about the success of...

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HealthCare.gov remains under construction

The first open enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act is now wrapped up, but while the federal insurance website looks to be up and running, contractors continue to work on it in the...

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CMS wants to make it harder to become a navigator

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently proposed to put more restrictions on navigators of the federal and state health insurance exchanges, according to Modern Healthcare.

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Study: Health plan cancelations under ACA may have been unavoidable

Some have blamed the Affordable Care Act for the recent cancelations of nongroup health insurance plans, but a new study highlighted that these are just normal parts of the insurance benefits market.

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Census survey adjustments could skew health insurance data

While there are many studies emerging on how many Americans signed up for health insurance benefits through the federal and state-run marketplaces, past research into health insurance demographics...

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Survey: More than half of Americans opposed to ACA

According to a new Gallup poll, only 43 percent of Americans support the Affordable Care Act, with the majority of people disapproving of the healthcare reform legislation's impact on health...

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Americans didn't see another extension to enroll in insurance benefits

President Barack Obama's administration said on April 15 that Americans who didn't sign up for insurance benefits by midnight that day would not be able to do so until the next open enrollment...

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MD's failed insurance exchange will be reconstructed

Maryland is one of the states that faced numerous technical difficulties with its health insurance exchange website's roll out. However, The Washington Post reported Gov. Martin O'Malley recently...

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New KY budget plan will benefit state workers

Teachers, school district administrative staff and Kentucky employees could receive pay raises and see a fully funded state pension system under Gov. Steve Beshear's newly passed state budget plan.

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More than half of enrollees will pay their insurance premiums in ND

With the open enrollment period for insurance benefits now past, states and insurers are now looking at how many people will actually finish their enrollment by paying their first premiums. According...