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Mini meds: Looking beyond 2014 Print E-mail
Brian Robertson, Executive Vice President at Fringe Benefit Group, led a panel discussion at the 2011 Benefits Selling EXPO in Nashville, regarding Mini meds.
Click on the link below to read a few excerpts from the discussion.

http://www.benefitspro.com/2011/04/07/mini-meds-looking-beyond-2014

 
Limited Medical Industry Facing Many Changes as Health Care Legislation Takes Effect Print E-mail
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Limited Medical Industry Facing Many Changes as Health Care Legislation Takes Effect; Fixed Indemnity Supplemental Benefit Plans Still Viable
By:Melinda Hart

Austin – September 23, 2010 – Employers utilizing limited medical plans (also known as limited benefit plans or mini-meds) are facing many changes, beginning as soon as today when grandfathered group health insurance plans begin to renew. Fringe Benefit Group is providing answers and resources about the future of limited medical plans for employers and the insurance advisors who serve them at www.frameworkhealthplan.com.

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Health Care Reform and Limited Medical Plan Print E-mail
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Health Care Reform and Limited Medical Plan
By:Brian Robertson
Health care reform leaves many brokers with questions about the future of limited medical plans, especially its impact on their clients.
 
Is it Over for Limited Medical? Print E-mail
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National Underwriter Print E-mail
Fringe Benefit: Limited Benefit Products Can Survive ACA
 
 
Robertson: ACA To Shut Out 60% Of Limited Benefit Products Print E-mail
Insurers will have to scramble to revamp policies aimed at helping U.S. residents fill health coverage gaps, according to a limited-benefit market executive.

Brian Robertson, executive vice president of Fringe Benefit Group Inc., Austin, Texas, talked about the prospects for limited-benefit health insurance products in an interview expanding on a commentary his firm released earlier this week.

 
 
Big Changes Ahead for Limited Medical Plans Print E-mail
Fixed-indemnity-style limited medical plans that do not issue creditable coverage letters or represent themselves as a “true group health insurance plan” ...

Read more here:  www.shrm.org/hrdisciplines/benefits/.../LimitedPlans.aspx

 
Big Changes Ahead for Limited Medical Industry as a Result of Health Care Reform Print E-mail

Austin – May 11, 2010 – With the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Americans face a new era in health insurance. While there is still much guidance to come from the government, Fringe Benefit Group today announced it is providing answers and resources about the future of limited medical plans for employers and the insurance advisors who serve them at www.frameworkhealthplan.com.

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Is this the end of the road for limited medical plans? Print E-mail
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Podcast – April 2009
 
Limited Medical in the Cross Hairs Print E-mail
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Benefits Selling – December 2009
While the health care reform debate rages, keep a clear head and work toward making sense in 2010
 
Fringe Benefit Group Expands Limited Medical Plan Offering with Addition of Coinsurance-based Plan; Framework Health Plan EI Series is Now Available Print E-mail

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Press Release - October 2009
Framework Health Plan (www.frameworkhealthplan.com) offers employers a
coinsurance based limited medical plan which has the affordability of a limited medical
benefit plan with many of the traditional features of a medical insurance program,
including a wide variety of co-pays, co-insurance and deductible options.

 
Health Care Costs Make Limited Medical Benefit Plans More Attractive Print E-mail

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Consumer Directed Health Care - April / May 2009
Have you considered limited medical as a health care solution?

 
Limited Medical Layered over High-Deductible Plans Can Provide Clients with Safe Passage through Insurance's Rocky Seas Print E-mail
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Health Insurance Underwriter - March 2009
Safe Passage through Insurance's Rocky Seas
 
Limited Medical Plan Opportunities: Do Brokers Care Or Are They Over Them? Print E-mail
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Broker World - June 2008
Five points brokers need to consider.
 
Limited Medical Plans Print E-mail
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Advisor Today - March 2008
There is no limit to the sales advantages these affordable plans can provide.
 
Improving Enrollment and Reducing the Administrative Burden of a Limited Medical Plan Print E-mail
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HIU - March 2008
Improving Enrollment and Reducing the Administrative Burden of a Limited Medical Plan
 
National Focus on Limited Medical Highlights Industry Growth Print E-mail
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HIU - October 2007
USA Today recently ran a feature story on limited medical benefit plans. Framework Health Plan's Brian Robertson responds.
 
Slash the Paperwork Print E-mail
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Benefits Selling - March 2007
Reducing the administrative burden of limited medical plans will help brokers overcome employer objections.
 
Group Needs From an Insurance Perspective Print E-mail
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Benefits Selling - September 2005
Different types of workers require different kinds of medical coverage.
 
Limited Medical Benefit Plans Print E-mail
HIU - September 2005
How to differentiate between the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
 
Limited Medical Programs: We're Not in Kansas Anymore! Print E-mail
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Broker World - April 2005
As healthcare costs continue to rise, limited medical programs have become a popular vehicle for offering affordable health coverage to hourly, part-time and/or seasonal employees.
 


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