AIS offers a wide range of products. We say this thousands of times and it's still true: we do things differently here, better in fact. One of those things we offer is graphic design, illustration, web development, and hosting. I guess that's a lot of things...
But it's all offered through AIS ACCESS, and we take it seriously. Our day to day consists of building, updating, and maintaining websites, putting together customized marketing material, logos, and writing news items.
This fishtank can be what you want it to be- prior to it we had our Chinese New Year style which was no longer the hot topic. Our design is a hot topic. If you do not have a website, if you have a website that is 'under construction,' or if you have a website you're afraid to tell people about, call us. With some of the most affordable pricing and the most competitive service and quality, it should be clear that our goal is to help you thrive as a business.
]]>Health Net's dispute is that the SFTLA is not a guaranteed association (more than 1000 members) and therefor the group does not qualify for insurance. The argument is that Health Net never stipulated that it would not issue insurance to smaller groups. Because Health Net could not supply evidence that such issuance is illegal, the appeals court said that the lower court ruled correctly.
]]>The law may not be construed to expand the requirements of federal law in regard to COBRA, thus COBRA does not necessarily afford DPs continuation rights.
Compliance
* DPs may be covered today, either in a limited fashion or as any other dependent with underwriting approval
* The insurance company must offer DP coverage (as described above) to the group
* The group can accept it or not, at its discretion
* Effective January 1,2002
The provision in AB 1401 that extends continuation coverage to 36 months will affect your employees who elect federal COBRA on or after January 1, 2003. The additional continuation will be priced at the CalCOBRA rate of 110% of that for covered employees. To illustrate, employees who terminate employment and elect COBRA are eligible for a continuation coverage for up to 18 months at 102% of the premium for covered employees. If they elect the additional continuation mandated by AB 1401, they may remain covered for an additional 18 months at 110% of the employee rate
]]>Recent studies show that fewer than 100,000 U.S. workers are on consumer driven plans. With many companies adopting a wait and see attitude, "Consumer-driven health plans won't become a standard offering by employers until 2005," says Blaine Bos, a consultant with New York employee benefit company, William M.Mercer. He went on to say, "Most are sitting back and waiting to see proof that these plans actually have a positive effect on the bottom line." Employers are timid about thrusting consumer-driven products on their employees because healthcare is sacred and employers are afraid of any backlash.
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