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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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MD health exchange needs major overhaul

Maryland is one of the states that has experienced the most issues with its insurance marketplace. The situation has gotten so bad the state's health exchange board fired its central IT contractor...

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Tax deadline may cause enrollment numbers to swell

With the March 31 deadline for purchasing insurance little more than a month away, individuals who don't have insurance benefits have a limited amount of time to secure a health policy without being...

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Exchange enrollment varies between states, study finds

Just over a month away from the deadline in which consumers must secure insurance benefits without incurring a penalty, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed 3.3 million people...

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Healthcare providers generally supportive of ACA, new poll finds

Once the Affordable Care Act is fully established, the insurance benefits that the reform law helps provide will be advantageous for the average American consumer, according to a recent survey of...

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Report: Health status, not age, most crucial aspect of ACA

Young people, once considered a fundamental part to the Affordable Care Act's viability, may not be as integral to the health reform law's ultimate success after all, according to the results of a...

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Poll: Americans largely unaware major provisions of ACA are in motion

While the vast majority of the Affordable Care Act rules governing how insurance benefits are to be made available to consumers are now in effect, few Americans are aware of this fact, according to...

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CBO clarifies controversial statements from latest report

After a highly publicized report from the Congressional Budget Office indicated that insurance benefits gained through the Affordable Care Act may have adverse consequences on the average worker, the...

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Enrollments edge higher in January, HHS numbers reveal

In January alone, there was a more than 50 percent uptick in the number of people who secured insurance benefits through the exchanges, new government data suggests.

Enrollment in the federal and...

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Universal coverage won't be realized for some time, report finds

Though the goal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may be to provide insurance benefits to everyone, it will likely be a "long process" before that goal is reached, according to the ...

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Employer Mandate Delayed For Employers with 50-100 Employees

For those employers with 50-100 full-time employees (who work at least 30 hours per week), the IRS and Treasury Department have postponed the ACA pay or play mandate until 2016.