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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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Early Retirees and Schools May Benefit from the Health Exchanges

Since the passing of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the healthcare industry in the U.S. has undergone - and will continue to undergo - drastic changes. One of the main tenants of the legislation is...

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What’s next? Your ACA 2014 To-Do List

December 6, 2013 by Bill Enright

Even though the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Pay or Play Penalty has been postponed until January 1, 2015, it doesn’t mean we get a one-year break from the other...

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Health insurance coverage in NE varies by location

As communities across the U.S. gear up for an influx of insurance shoppers in December, just two months after Healthcare.gov's rollout and within days of the administration's website repairs,...

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NJ health insurance companies to decide fate of canceled policies

Insurance regulators in New Jersey announced Nov. 26 that companies will have the power to decide the fate of thousands of customer health care policies. Many policyholders canceled under the...

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Healthcare.gov looking for new CEO

Democrats from Capitol Hill have asked President Obama to begin looking for the next Jeff Zients, current CEO of the widely criticized Healthcare.gov website, according to Politico.  

Zients is...

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Healthcare in KY "going well"

As part of the nation is engaged in discussions on the technological fumble that was the Affordable Care Act's rollout, residents of Kentucky have been acquiring insurance policies smoothly,...

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Public workers may take advantage of exchanges

With the launch of the federal and state health insurance marketplaces, public sector workers have additional insurance options - and Kaiser Health News suggests many will take advantage of the...

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New insurance campaign asks citizens to listen to their mothers

A new insurance campaign for the Affordable Care Act is trying to boost enrollment numbers by appealing to the ultimate source of familial wisdom: Mothers, according to the New York Times. 

New...

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PA to offer health care outreach program

A new nonprofit group, Enroll America, has partnered with the Obama administration to assist citizens in becoming more informed and educated on new Affordable Care Act healthcare provisions,...

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More traffic to health insurance exchanges likely in December

The challenge is on to debug the HealthCare.gov insurance exchange website by the end of November, according to National Public Radio. 

Not only did federal officials promise the government...