{"id":4106,"date":"2013-07-20T14:59:56","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T19:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/?p=4106"},"modified":"2013-07-15T15:19:29","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T20:19:29","slug":"the-cost-of-changehow-the-affordable-care-act-health-reform-impacts-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/2013\/07\/the-cost-of-changehow-the-affordable-care-act-health-reform-impacts-you\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cost of Change:How the Affordable Care Act (Health Reform) impacts you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bigstock_Health_Care_Reform_7301544.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3195\" title=\"Health care reform\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bigstock_Health_Care_Reform_7301544-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bigstock_Health_Care_Reform_7301544-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bigstock_Health_Care_Reform_7301544.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \><\/a>Health care reform is on many of our minds.\u00a0 After all, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), will be in full swing by January 2014. But many people<br \>\nstill have questions about what the ACA is and how it will affect them.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re going to walk you through the ACA and help you understand how\u00a0 it could affect your premiums, your health insurance coverage and costs.<br \>\nAnd we\u2019ll discuss your options for finding a plan that\u2019s right for you or your small business.\u00a0 Health care reform is on many of our minds.<\/p>\n<p>Watch our informative <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=o84Xz3_BQjc\" target=\"_blank\">Video<\/a> and learn more about the Affordable Care Act and how it will impact you, your family and your business.\u00a0 Our agency will help you make a plan selection through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC <\/a>or Blue Cross products through the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\"> exchange<\/a>.\u00a0 Keep in mind, if you qualify for a subsidy, you will need to select a plan offered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">BCBSNC<\/a> through the exchange and we will be here to guide you through that process.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">health insurance coverage in North Carolina<\/a>, please visit our website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/\">www.nchealthplans.com<\/a> or call our toll free number 888-765-5400 and speak with one of our            professional agents. Our agency provides coverage for health      insurance       in North Carolina through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC). <\/a>You may qualify for a 15% healthy lifestyle discount if you are in excellent health. Call us for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health care reform is on many of our minds.\u00a0 After all, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), will be in full swing by January 2014. But many people still have questions about what the ACA is and how it will affect them. We\u2019re going to walk you through the ACA and help you understand how\u00a0 it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560,14,271],"tags":[525,23,820,561],"class_list":["post-4106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-affordable-care-act-aca","category-bcbsnc-insurance","category-health-care-reform","tag-affordable-care-act","tag-bcbsnc","tag-health-care-reform","tag-you-tube-video-on-the-cost-of-change"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4106"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4111,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4106\/revisions\/4111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}