3 Reasons Why Health-Care Costs Are Likely to Rise

Then again, I might be too optimistic about the prospects for the economy, and for Obamacare’s success in spurring demand for health-care services. We’ll see which optimistic view wins. Whether you’re optimistic or pessimistic about Obamacare, it’s rewriting the rules for the health-care industry. In the process of doing so, it’s creating massive opportunities for investors to get ridiculously rich. How? By investing in a handful of specific health-care stocks.
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Obamacare to end health plan used by 100,000 New Jerseyans

Insurers including Horizon, which sells the lions share of B&E plans, and AmeriHealth New Jersey dont collect data about these policyholders incomes. But insurers say they will be ramping up efforts to inform customers about their options next month, when the federal and state regulators are expected to announce the rates and products available for next year. The basic and essential customer Many people who buy B&E coverage tend to be self-employed or work for a small, family-owned business, said Mike Munoz, senior vice president of sales and marketing at AmeriHealth. Others include those who have lost their job and have no prospects of finding new work with benefits, said Michael Sheeran, an account executive with Glenn Insurance, a brokerage in Absecon.
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