Entries by Rebecca Yates

Improve Your Employees’ Health

We are excited to offer  Engage Wellness to enhance health insurance plans you are already offering.   Engage Wellness is a great way for businesses with group health plans to save money through tax savings while gaining healthier employees through benefits like:   Direct Primary Care Telemedicine Care Management Supplemental Benefits Personal Health Dashboard Employee […]

Reflections on Ark Insurance 10 Year Anniversary

I quit my job in the fall of 2009. The next week my daughter and I contracted H1N1. I spent the first actual week of ‘self-employment’ (it was unemployment at that point, let’s be honest!) in quarantine for a pandemic in the middle of the worst recession our country had ever seen. Sound familiar? I […]

Did you lose your job? Don’t lose your health insurance.

If you lose your job you need to act fast to get the insurance figured out. There are multiple options for people who have recently lost insurance, but you only have 60 days to enroll through the federal exchange. COBRA may not be the only option and you may even qualify for Medicaid. Let us […]

Offering Health Insurance is Good Way to Attract Millennials as Employees

  A survey conducted by Anthem Life Insurance Company suggests that one in three millennial workers turned down a prospective job offer either due to insufficient health insurance coverage or none being offered at all.   As more millennials are entering marriage and purchasing homes, etc., concerns are shifting. Disability coverage is now part of […]

You may qualify for health insurance assistance

Below is the table that the federal government uses to determine health insurance assistance. If your income falls between 135% and 400% of the federal poverty level for your family size you may qualify for assistance with your premiums.

Huntsman Mental Health Institute Coming to University of Utah

  The University of Utah President Ruth Watkins, announced on November 4, 2019  the Hunstman family has pledged $150 million to establish a mental health institute at the University of Utah.   “Suicide is increasing as a cause of death,” said Michael Good, University of Utah senior vice president for health services, CEO of University […]

Yoga can Benefit both your Mental and Physical Health

  The practice of yoga has been around for centuries. Originating in India, yoga was introduced to America in the late 1800’s. Since then, yoga has grown in popularity, and people who practice yoga are now in the millions, in fact, yoga can now be found in schools, hospitals, senior centers, prisons and office spaces. […]