Top 10 most costly areas for ACA health insurance plans Anyone buying health insurance inside a Colorado resort town may feel as if closing the laptop and schussing the slopes to ease frustration. These areas were just named the foremost expensive for medical coverage beneath the Affordable Care Act (ACA ). Let Insurance. com assist you find affordable health insurance now. Kaiser Health News — which says its findings are depending on recent data coming from the Kaiser Family Foundation, the federal HealthCare. gov website and state exchanges — gives Colorado’s Eagle, Garfield and Pitkin counties (including Aspen and Vail ski getaways ) the very best premiums, at $483 a month. Rural regions of Georgia, Mississippi and Nevada aren‘t far behind, as is really a Connecticut suburb of New York City, all Alaska and the majority of Wyoming. The premiums are driven by lowest price ” silver ” plan, and that is mid-level coverage that almost all consumers are buying with the exchanges. Here will be the 10 most costly areas, depending on monthly premiums, consistent with Kaiser Health News : $483 — Colorado mountain resorts (Eagle, Garfield and Pitkin counties). Also, premiums in Colorado’s Summit County are $462. $461 — Southwest Georgia (Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Crisp, Dougherty, Lee, Mitchell, Randolph, Schley, Sumter, Terrell and Worth counties). $456 — Rural Nevada (Esmeralda, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lincoln, Elko, Mineral, Pershing, White Pine and Churchill counties). $445 — Western Wisconsin (Pierce, Polk and St. Croix counties). $423 — Southern Georgia (Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Clinch, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Early, Echols, Grady, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Miller, Seminole, Thomas, Tift and Turner counties). $405 — Most of Wyoming, but excluding Natrona and Laramie counties. $399 — Southeast Mississippi (George, Harrison, Jackson and Stone counties). Also, the lowest price plan in Hancock County is $447. $395 — All of Vermont. $383 — Southwest Connecticut (Fairfield County). $381 — All of Alaska. The Kaiser report says the lofty premiums in Colorado could be blamed on high costs for medical care in those areas. In other pricey regions, insurers can inquire about more income because there‘s a limited quantity of hospitals and specialists open to patients. ” High individual insurance rates also reflect the extra costs that come when locals are likely to have poor health and where large numbers of individuals lack employer-sponsored insurance, leaving providers with increased charity cases and lower-reimbursed Medicare patients, ” based on the report. Health insurance options beyond the health insurance exchanges The ACA requires the uninsured have coverage from the March 31 deadline or face a penalty. The fine in 2014 is $95 or 1 percent in an individual’s taxable income, whichever is higher. The penalty climbs to $325 in 2015 and $695 by 2016. Subsidies can be found to assist shoulder costs for people who qualify. Consumers are eligible for any tax credit in the event that they earn as much as 400 percent from the federal poverty level — that is $94, 200 for any family of four in 2013. The tax credits aren‘t available for health insurance purchased outside the exchanges. You are able to shop for insurance with the government-run exchange with your state, but additional options : • Can you get it at work? Most employer-sponsored plans meet minimum standards set from the feds ; your boss should have notified you of the by Oct. 1. Bear in mind, though, that almost all employer-based plans have open enrollment in the autumn. Your workplace can provide you with the specific details, including deadlines. • Does an employer’s plan cover spouses or dependents? Most work-based health plans extend benefits to spouses, albeit they are not legally needed to. Again, check along with your employer. Also, anyone under 26 can remain on the parent’s medical plan, even if they should already get access to health insurance elsewhere, do not live with these or are married. • Do you qualify for a government health insurance plan? The ACA says you are covered when you have Medicare or Medicaid ; your children are covered in the event that they receive benefits beneath the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Medicare is typically eligible to anyone 65 or older, possess a disability or end-stage renal disease. Have the ear of a seven-month period (starting three months before your 65th birthday ) to join Medicare in the government’s Medicare. gov site. In case you do not check in then, you are able to enroll from Jan. 1 to March 31 of each and every year. Medicaid eligibility, which is expanded beneath the ACA, is founded on income and family size. Can you qualify? You are able to fill out a credit card applicatoin at the state’s health insurance exchange to see. You may also find out if your children could be covered with the Children’s Health Insurance Program. • Go directly to a health insurer Some companies that provide medical coverage — – including United Healthcare, Humana, Aetna, Cigna and Coventry — are not participating at many of the exchanges. But, in fact, they are still selling health insurance. You will get relevant information by checking out their websites, speaking with their representatives or dealing with an insurance agent. These companies may provide a bigger sort of plans compared to the exchanges, which offer more standardized coverage.

Optimalisasi Lahan Rawa Siap Wujudkan Indonesia Jadi Lambung Pangan

JAKARTA - Untuk mencapai ketahanan pangan dan menjadikan Indonesia sebagai lumbung pangan dunia, Kementerian Pertanian telah mempersiapkan banyak program. Salah satunya adalah optimalisasi lahan rawa yang cukup luas di Indonesia.

Direktur Jenderal Sarana dan Prasarana Pertanian (Dirjen PSP) Kementerian Pertanian, Sarwo Edhy, mengatakan pemanfaatan lahan rawa melalui kegiatan optimalisasi lahan rawa dan rawa pasang surut makin diseriusi di tahun 2019 ini. 

Salah satu contoh keberhasilan Kementan dalam program ini adalah optimalisasi lahan rawa di Desa Jejangkit Muara, Kecamatan Jejangkit, Kabupaten Barito Kuala, Kalimantan Selatan. Tercatat 250 hektar hamparan padi siap panen meramaikan acara Hari Pangan Sedunia (HPS) ke-38 pada 18-21 Oktober lalu.
"Salah satu poin dalam nawacita Pak Presiden adalah melakukan perluasan lahan pertanian, bukan hanya cetak sawah saja. Perluasan lahan pertanian itu artinya menambah luas lahan tanaman, meningkatkan indeks pertanaman, menambah luas lahan baku juga," ujar Sarwo Edhy dalam keterangan resmi, Selasa (19/2/2019).

Tidak hanya 250 hektar saja, lanjut Sarwo Edhy, pihaknya juga berhasil menanam 500 hektar padi di atas lahan rawa di Jejangkit. Sejumlah tanaman pendukung hortikultura dan perikanan juga disiapkan di lokasi tersebut.

Saat ini, masih ada 3.250 hektar lahan rawa yang masih dalam tahap pengerjaan di Jejangkit. Ke-10 area tersebut ia jamin akan selesai dioptimalisasi dan ditanami padi jenis Inpari.

Jadi total lahan rawa di Jejangkit yang akan masuk dalam program optimalisasi tahun ini adalah 4.000 hektar. Dan saat ini masih dalam tahap pengerjaan," jelasnya.
Sarwo Edhy menerangkan, program optimaliasi ini adalah sebagai bentuk motivasi yang diberikan negara kepada petani. Ke depannya lahan rawa yang berhasil dioptimalisasi oleh Kementan akan diserahkan kepada masyarakat secara cuma-cuma alias gratis.

Program ini bukan kali pertama dijalankan oleh Kementan. Karena tahun 2014 lalu, Kementan telah berhasil membuka lahan rawa di wilayah Sumatra Selatan dengan menggandeng pihak swasta lewat program CSR sebab belum ada dana APBN kala itu.
"Kita memotivasi kehadiran negara di tengah masyarakat. Program tersebut kan tidak mesti kembali ke negara, contra post-nya ke negara adalah berubahnya mindset mereka, meningkatnya etos kerja masyarakat dan mereka mampu melakukan kegiatan usaha tani secara baik dan benar dalam cluster yang kita kembangkan," ungkapnya.

Untuk diketahui, Kementan mendeskripsikan potensi lahan rawa di Indonesia mencapai luas 33,4 juta ha yang terdiri dari lahan pasang surut seluas 20,1 juta ha dan rawa lebak seluas 13,3 juta ha. Ini adalah sebuah potensi besar yang belum bisa di maksimalkan. 

Dengan suksesnya mengoptimalkan 750 hektar lahan rawa di Desa Jejangkit Muara. Kunci dari keberhasilan proyek ini adalah disebut adalah sistem pengelolaan air yang dilaksanakan secara optimal.


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