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Thursday, September 29, 2016

City OKs health insurance payout of nearly $1M : fdlreporter





As it stated in fdlreporter

City OKs health insurance payout of nearly $1M

City OKs health insurance payout of nearly $1M
City OKs health insurance payout of nearly $1M
Health insurance business (Photo: phasinphoto, Getty Images/iStockphoto)FOND DU LAC - The Fond du Lac City Council voted Wednesday night to buy out a staff pension program with nearly $1 million in city funds, despite a motion to explore giving staffers more money.The move dedicates $15,000 for 66 city staffers upon retirement, or $990,000, intended to cover one year of health insurance that the city is obligated to provide some employees.Cashing out this program now may save the city money in the long run, ending the city's obligation to pay this year of insurance in the future as costs keep rising.


by the same token on cnbc

Selling Obamacare: Millennials get pitch on Twitch for health insurance sign-ups

Selling Obamacare: Millennials get pitch on Twitch for health insurance sign-ups
Selling Obamacare: Millennials get pitch on Twitch for health insurance sign-ups
They said Twitch users, who on average spend more than 100 minutes daily on the platform, will see videos featuring the federal Obamacare marketplaces HealthCare.gov, a "homepage takeover" and streamers that will "amplify our message" throughout the open enrollment season that starts Nov. 1 and runs though the end of January.People who don't sign up for health coverage during that period run the risk of being hit with an Obamacare fine.In addition to the pitches on Twitch, officials said that they were organizing a social media outreach campaign around the theme "#HealthyAdulting," that will be deployed across digital platforms.


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