Email or call 941.0450 to reserve a spot.Īlso upcoming: Rehmann will host a free Health Care Reform Strategic Workshop on Fri., May 3, 8:30-11:30 a.m., also at the Traverse City Golf & Country Club. at the Traverse City Golf & Country Club. We are totally non-political.”Īre you a small business owner wondering if you should get rid of your current health insurance plan and go through the “exchange?” Curious if you are eligible for tax credits? Concerned about penalties? Ford Insurance’s “Health Care Reform And You” will be held Wed., Apr. But we won’t be saying, ‘Here’s the way it must be done’.
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Opportunities for increased health care access and coverage as well as new revenue for tribes is a message the Baileys are excited to share.Īdds Bailey, “We’ll be assisting tribal nations on how to increase opportunities to meet health care needs and also on ways to generate a new revenue stream. “We have been asked to meet with a select number of tribes in the Midwest, but after that we’ll go from Alaska to Florida.” “Our training is specific to American Indian/Alaska Natives,” Bailey says. Through a contract with Indian Health Services, 7th Legacy Consulting, which specializes in tribal outreach, communications, training, and fundraising, is now part of the Tribal Education Outreach Consortium, focused specifically on the Act’s impact on Indian country, explains Derek Bailey. Meanwhile, a Traverse City-based consulting firm founded by Derek Bailey, former chairman of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, and his wife Tanya will soon be one of only about 20 firms nationwide licensed to train Indian tribes on the Affordable Care Act. “It seems like all I do.” So what does she think of all she’s learned? “I’m sill looking for that rainbow,” she says, adding that for the most part everyone’s health plan is going to change and everyone is going to pay more. “When we talk to our customers, the reform bill almost always comes up,” says Witkop. The timing is critical, as the bulk of the changes go into effect less than nine months from now: January 2014. The duo will attempt to do just that when they lead a free “Health Care Reform And You” seminar later this month, three years after the bill was signed into law.
It’s a moving target everyday and a very fast moving one.”Īdds Witkop, “I see a ton of confusion, a ton of misconceptions. “I have never seen so much change occur so rapidly as this. health care system since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965 – actually says, but to also interpret its impact for their clients.įor McDonnell, who will mark 33 years in the business this June, staying on top of the Act has been a challenge. She and agency principal Jim McDonnell have been leading the charge at Ford to not only understand what the bill – which represents the most significant regulatory overhaul of the U.S. Soon she’ll be an official expert – one training class away from adding the “Health Care Reform Consultant” designation to her list of credentials – and quite possibly the only one in the area. “I’ve studied it way more than the average person,” says Witkop, a 27-year-veteran of the insurance industry and agent with Ford Insurance in Traverse City. Laverna Witkop hasn’t read every word of the 2,300 or so pages of the Affordable Care Act, but she’s come darn close.
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