There are so many health insurance coverage options and companies to choose from for getting health insurance - from the Healthcare Marketplace, your employers, or private individual insurance packages. But why is it important to have health insurance and why should you even consider getting...
Haven’t signed up for health coverage for 2015? If you’re considering buying insurance through the HealthCare.gov exchanges, your time is running out. February 15 is your last chance to enroll or make changes for this year’s coverage, and that date is coming up really soon....
By now, you've definitely heard of The Affordable Care Act. This year, in addition to worrying about forms W-2 or 1099 during tax season, most healthcare Marketplace customers have new filing requirements. Starting last year, the law required individuals to have essential health coverage or...
If you're a small business owner with a corporation of 50 or fewer full-time employees looking for health insurance, you may want to consider pursuing insurance through the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) with the Healthcare Marketplace. Not familiar with the SHOP program? Let's...
It's that time of the year again, whether your young student is going out-of-state for college or staying locally, they will need proper insurance coverage. With student tuition being as high as it is these days, you want to minimize university expenses as much as...
When it comes to insurance, we can all agree that you need to interact with your insurance agency to collect the necessary documents in an emergency situation even after the business hours end. But once the office is closed, what are you to do to...
There seems to be good news for the Affordable Health Care Act (ACA). New research conducted by professors at Harvard's School of Public Health shows evidence that a similar program can help reduce mortality rates. The research, first published by Annals of Internal Medicine journal,...
Now that the insurance marketplace exchanges are up and running, it's a great time to talk about buying health coverage. Although there are excellent online comparison and quote tools out there, is always a good idea to have professionals look at your particular situation. AWS...
2014 is an exciting year for health insurance. Four years ago, one of the most controversial pieces of legislation in decades was introduced: The Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare. Whether you agree with it or not, some key parts of the new...
Everyone knows about the Affordable Care Act, but most people don’t really know its goals and all that it entails. This act isn’t something that will start all at once—it has actually slowly been put into place since President Barack Obama signed the act on...
Melinda began her insurance career in 1985 with Alexander & Alexander where she received her Property & Casualty and Life & Health license. Since then she has worked at various agencies in the New Orleans area and in California as a senior account manager for Employee Benefit Plans. While in California, she was also the Membership Director for the Burbank Chamber of Commerce. Melinda joined the AWS team in July of 2015.
Graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a B.A. in Insurance Risk Management and is a graduate of Archbishop Rummel High School in New Orleans. He joined AWS in October of 2008 and has been awarded the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Certification (PPACA). Additionally, he is working towards his Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC), Registered Health Underwriter (RHU), and Registered Employee Benefits Consultant (REBC) designations. He is also a member of the National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU), National Association of Insurance Financial Advisors (NAIFA), and is an active member of the Fore!Kids foundation.
