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Qualifying Health Coverage

the SBA Team August 8, 2019

Any health insurance that meets the ACA requirement for having health care coverage. Individuals with Qualifying Health Coverage do not have to pay the penalty for being uninsured, which applied through the 2018 plan year. Examples: individual plans, including Marketplace plans; job-based plans; Medicare; Medicaid; and the CHIP. Also referred to as MEC.

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Founded in 2002, SBA is a nimble, boutique consulting firm dedicated to solving the benefits-related issues faced by our clients. Our objective, fee-for-service engagements combine the experience of large firms with high-touch service, enthusiastic attention to detail and cost-effective pricing. We take on our clients' most complex retirement, health and other benefits challenges by mobilizing quickly to develop practical, creative and customized solutions that save money, eliminate unneeded effort and improve stakeholder satisfaction. SBA is a Woman-Owned Small Business (certification through the Small Business Administration).

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