Webinar Today For Members – What Do My Benefits Cover or Not Cover?
Members who have an individual policy with Avera Health Plans have been invited to join us for a webinar regarding their health care benefits. Thursday, November 20, 2014, 7:30 p.m. CST Avera Health...
View ArticleIt’s Back – Individual Health Insurance Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment started Saturday, Nov. 15. Most of the attention during open enrollment focuses on the opening of the Marketplace on healthcare.gov. The attention is deserved — last year’s website...
View ArticleCreating an Easy, Effective and Fun Wellness Plan
I have said it many times: I want to exercise more and eat healthier. We can all make this statement, but if we don’t have a plan, the goal may fail. Setting the goal is just the first step. Know where...
View ArticleFind out how the Affordable Care Act will affect your 2014 tax return
With the 2015 tax filing season slated to begin Tuesday, Jan. 20, the Internal Revenue Service addressed Thursday some of the ways the Affordable Care Act will impact filers preparing their 2014...
View ArticleCampaigns, penalties drive health insurance signup
By REGINA GARCIA CANO More prominent marketing campaigns, fear of potential tax penalties and an overall better understanding of the nation’s health care law drove thousands of South Dakota residents...
View ArticleIt’s Back – Individual Health Insurance Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment started Saturday, Nov. 15. Most of the attention during open enrollment focuses on the opening of the Marketplace on healthcare.gov. The attention is deserved — last year’s website...
View ArticleLast Call: Open Enrollment for Health Insurance Ends Feb. 15
If you want health insurance or want to look for a different plan – you still have time! There isn’t much time left so I won’t waste words. Open enrollment for health insurance on the Marketplace ends...
View ArticleAvera Health Plans to pilot coverage of cancer therapy
The Avera Cancer Institute and Avera Health Plans are expanding a collaboration with Maryland-based biotech company Theranostics Health Inc. The company develops and commercializes molecular diagnostic...
View Article5 Reasons The Affordable Care Act Will Be Good For Americans
“In October, 2013, at the launch of the Affordable Care Act, I predicted that the health insurance exchanges about to go into effect would grow in popularity and improve the health insurance...
View ArticleWellmark wants rate increase of almost 43%
As seen in the Argus Leader May 21, 2015 South Dakota’s largest private health insurance provider wants to hike rates by almost 43 percent for those who signed up for individual insurance plans under...
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