FAQs

Participation in the programs requires an active membership in The Missouri Bar. The Insurance Marketplace is also available to Members’ employees, and all eligible dependents of Members and Members’ employees.

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The Member Group plans allow individual members of The Missouri Bar the opportunity to purchase insurance at group rates with benefits tailored exclusively for attorneys needs. These plans offer benefits and group rates that are not always obtainable for an individual in the open marketplace. Many of the Individual/Specialty programs offer premium discounts, unique added value services, and underwriting concessions as a result of The Missouri Bar’s sponsorship.

Many of the plans for members are also available to your employees. The member group plans work very effectively as an employer paid or even voluntary employee benefit for your firm. Plans that are voluntary allow you and your employees to enroll without minimum participation requirements, which would typically be required in order to offer a group plan as an employee benefit. The group plans work great as a benefit to offer your employees group-style benefits and group rated plans on a voluntary basis.

Most plans can be billed directly to your employee as an individual or can be billed to the firm. List billing is also available for firms when enrolling multiple employees into the plans.

We provide an online form to cancel your coverage.

Most health insurance plans available on the public exchange (known as Qualified Health Plans) will also be available, at the same rates, through The Missouri Bar Insurance Marketplace. The Insurance Marketplace has additional plans that will not be available through the public exchange. This is because some insurance providers have chosen to limit the number of plans they offer on the public exchange or have chosen not to participate in the public exchange. Both the public exchange and Insurance Marketplace will have dental plans available. Plans available on the Insurance Marketplace that will not be available on the public exchange include vision, disability, AD&D, and additional supplemental products and services.

It’s an online marketplace where members, and their employees, can compare and purchase products and services from insurance providers that compete for business within the marketplace.

As part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), beginning in October 2013, lower and middle-income people under age 65, who are not eligible for coverage through their employer, Medicaid, or Medicare, can apply for tax credit subsidies available through the public exchange. Our online calculator, within the Insurance Marketplace, will help you estimate if you potentially qualify for a tax-credit. If you do, our enrollment counselors are available to assist and guide you through the tax-credit application and for coverage on the public exchange.

Beginning with new coverage effective dates of January 1, 2016, most health insurance plans can’t refuse to cover you or charge you a higher premium because of a pre-existing health condition. This will be the case regardless of whether you purchase your plan on the public exchange or The Missouri Bar Insurance Marketplace.

No. Under the Affordable Care Act, businesses with fewer than 50 full-time equivalent employees are not required to provide health insurance to their employees. And, those employers will not face tax penalties if they decide not to offer their employees’ group health insurance. An alternative concept to offering group insurance is for small employers to offer their employees additional pay to assist them in purchasing coverage on the public exchange or The Missouri Bar Insurance Marketplace.

Most people don’t realize their chances of becoming disabled are greater than they realize.

The Council for Disability Awareness provides a useful website to assist the America public. The CDA is a non-profit organization committed to informing and educating the American public about the widespread and growing frequency of disability, and the financial impact it can have, provides.

Yes. Disabilities due to mental and nervous disorders and alcohol or drug abuse are covered under this plan for a lifetime maximum of two years.

Yes. This plan offers competitive group rates. The premiums for this plan are specific to this group plan and are based on the size, benefits, and claims experience of this group plan. You are protected from individual rate increases. Your rate will only change when you enter a new age-rating category or if rates increase for all participants in the group. Since it’s inception, the group plan has never had an increase in group plan rates and has twice had an overall decrease in rates.

You can search online for a PPO dental provider.

You must be a present member of The Missouri Bar or an employee of a member of The Missouri Bar. Dependent coverage is available to lawful spouses, domestic partners, and unmarried dependent children under age 30.