The US Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday that the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) marketplace in Delaware, Illinois, Missouri, New jersey, and Ohio launched facilitated by the federal government. While small businesses in these countries, the measures will not be able, on 15 November, to buy up open enrollment 2014, the early market deployment is for small companies, agents and brokers allow pre-enrollment functions SHOP try.
background on the marketplace SHOP
as part of the health insurance marketplaces of the ACA, there is an option for small businesses, the SHOP marketplace called. This is a new way for small businesses with fewer than 50 employees to acquire a traditional group health insurance.
Part of the appeal of the marketplace SHOP fitness for the small business tax credit. The small business tax credit was created to support small businesses, to employees health insurance offers
The tax credit of up to 50 percent of a small business is worth "contribution to the employee premium costs. However, the conditions for credit very be strict. Moreover announced the IRS only that there be a reduction in the small business health care tax credit for tax-exempt employers.
Early SHOP access for small businesses
the announcement of Rhett Buttle, Director of private sector engagement, explained that the early access launched Monday in Delaware, Illinois, Missouri, New jersey and Ohio.
Although the Open not officially begin enrollment period until November 15, 2014 assign small
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establish a market SHOP account
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: employer in the five states that were granted early access, Healthcare.gov be in be to use the situation, an insurance agent or broker to their account
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an employer eligibility application is complete
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from an eligibility determination obtain federally facilitates SHOP
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Post a staff
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Browse plans and prices, if available after the announcement
are managing, events held in the five early access States feedback from the small business representatives, agents, brokers receive, and assistive ters who participated during the month of October.
Moreover Buttle says that to be on the ground in each of the five countries has allowed them, small business owners, employees, agents and brokers to provide practical technical training. Buttle said that "a lot of small companies and their agents and brokers, the new features like and were eager to learn the word about the new fashion and disseminate to see, compare and their employees signing up online. "
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