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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
If you’re looking online for health insurance, there are lots of results that seem to offer good choices. But dishonest companies are literally banking on your being confused by all those choices. Click here for more.
Affordable Care Act Enrollment Season Begins
The six-week-long Affordable Care Act enrollment season kicked off on Thursday, and this year consumers will find more choices and stabilizing premiums. “From a consumer perspective, the experience should be pretty good,” Kelley Turek, a policy specialist at America’s Health Insurance Plans, told Axios. Here’s what’s new in the ACA’s sixth signup season: Click here for more.
Your Money
You'll be able to sock away more money in your 401(k) next year, so now's a good time to make sure your retirement goals are on the right track. The Internal Revenue Service announced this week that the maximum amount you can contribute to a 401(k) rises to $19,000 in 2019, up from $18,500 this year. Those 50 and older can stash away another $6,000, which is unchanged from this year. Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
Sixth Circuit resurrects TCPA suit over verification fax. A split Sixth Circuit panel revived a putative class action accusing a health-care information technology provider of sending out unsolicited contact information verification faxes. The court found that the plaintiff had plausibly alleged that the communication at the heart of the dispute qualified as an advertisement under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Matthew N. Fulton DDS PC v. Enclarity Inc. et al, case number 17-1380, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Click here for more.