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What is the Deadline for Enrolling in Obamacare?

mom with kid at doctorHopefully by now you have health insurance in place for 2016. If not and you’re enrolling in Obamacare, sign up as soon as you can.

It is currently too late to enroll in health insurance and have it be effective January 1st. Makes sense, since we are already a few days into January.

You can, however, still sign up to have health insurance for the remainder of the year. The deadline and absolute latest you can sign up for Obamacare is January 31st. And if you wait until that later part of January, your health insurance won’t actually be effective until March 1st, so keep that in mind. If you enroll in Obamacare by January 15th, your coverage will begin as early as February 1st.

So if Obamacare is your choice, enroll now. The sooner the better.

Curious about what Obamacare will cover? Watch this short video.

Want to know even more about Obamacare? Check out my book Easy Healthcare: Obamacare, available as either a paperback book or an ebook.

 

 

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3 Healthcare Predictions for 2016

Empty Road To Upcoming 2016 At Sunset2016 will continue to see healthcare grow and change. As it does, MyHealthSpin will help you find easy, simple answers to your healthcare questions.  

Here are our healthcare predictions for 2016:

  1. More Wearables: More medical “wearables” will be developed with increasingly sophisticated technology to offer less invasive, but effective, monitoring and treatment for health conditions. Many healthcare and technology companies will create mobile apps, wearable sensors, and ways for consumers to access their personal health records. Expect to continue seeing devices and apps that allow you to have a more active role in your healthcare. The market for next generation wearables is expected to increase exponentially.
  1. End-of-Life Care: We predict that end-of-life care will gain more public attention as the issue will continue to occupy headlines. Hospice will increase. Physicians will have more end-of-life care discussions with patients due to increasing drug prices, high deductible plans, and new payment models.
  1. Employers: Employers will start to treat healthcare costs much more seriously. They will have an active role in employee healthcare to manage their healthcare costs. Employers may require monitoring health using online tools, they may choose which doctors and hospitals employees go to, and they may require second opinions before high cost procedures or treatments.

Those are just a few of our predictions for 2016. All of these advances and trends will continue to grow in 2016 and beyond.

I hope MyHealthSpin can help you find simple, easy answers to keep up with the changing healthcare landscape. To get started, get a FREE copy of Easy Healthcare: What You Need First by CLICKING HERE.

Wishing you a wonderful New Year!

 

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Emergency Room or Wait?

How to decide

Sport and fitness injury - Female runner with hurting knee. RunnSomething has happened. Perhaps a loved one fell ill suddenly or just plain fell and got injured. Should you rush to the emergency room? Should you wait until your doctor’s office is open in the morning? 

If you rush to the emergency room, but it turns out to have been something that could wait, you might be out a lot of money in unnecessary medical bills. But if you wait until morning, the issue might become more serious.

How do you know whether to go to the emergency room or to your doctor during regular office hours? This video will help you decide.