• The state-run exchange in Washington reported that 78% of their enrollees are now receiving premium subsidies, versus 61% before the ARP was implemented. (healthinsurance.org)
  • The latest battle, which the Supreme Court hears Wednesday, is over whether people who buy insurance through federally run exchanges are eligible for subsidies. (hawaiipublicradio.org)
  • Now opponents of the law are challenging it again, this time contending that the text of the law does not authorize subsidies to make mandated insurance affordable in 34 states. (hawaiipublicradio.org)
  • Those words stipulate that for people who cannot afford health coverage, subsidies are available through "an exchange established by the state. (hawaiipublicradio.org)
  • And the Internal Revenue Service issued this regulation, saying that subsidies would be available to people who signed up on exchanges in every state, whether state-run or federally run. (hawaiipublicradio.org)
  • That was the whole design of the law, the IRS says, noting that Congress never even discussed limiting subsidies to state-run exchanges. (hawaiipublicradio.org)
  • It says, you get subsidies if you make a purchase on an exchange established by the state," says Carvin, but the IRS wrote a rule authorizing subsidies for federally run exchanges as well. (hawaiipublicradio.org)
  • Florida is one of many states where subsidies would end if the Supreme Court rules the law doesn't allow them for plans sold through a federally run marketplace. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • Health insurance actuaries are pushing HHS to allow plans to revise their rates for 2016 coverage if the U.S. Supreme Court invalidates the Affordable Care Act's premium subsidies in federally run exchanges. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • Many think tanks and policy experts have said without subsidies under the healthcare reform law , people would be unable to afford their health coverage and drop it. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • Longer term, premiums for federal exchange plans are expected to rise by 45% , and enrollment would drop by 70% if the subsidies are struck down, according to research from the RAND Corp. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • The plain text of the statute is clear that subsidies can only be applied to the state-run exchanges. (joshblackman.com)
  • Yesterday, two U.S. Appeals Courts issued conflicting rulings on the legality of the Affordable Care Act's premium tax subsidies in the federally-run Marketplace, HealthCare.gov. (peoplekeep.com)
  • First, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in a 2-1 decision ( Halbig v. Burwell ) that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) lacked the authority to allow subsidies to be provided in Exchanges not run by the states. (peoplekeep.com)
  • The panel ruled in King v. Burwell that Congress always intended to allow subsidies to be provided in both the state- and federally-run Exchanges. (peoplekeep.com)
  • If you are in a state with a state-run Exchange, there is no impact as the rulings are challenging the legality of the premium tax subsidies through the federally-run Exchange only. (peoplekeep.com)
  • If you are in a state using the federally-run Exchange, the subsidies will likely stay in place until a final legal decision is made on the matter. (peoplekeep.com)
  • Basically, each state was expected to set up its own exchange, in order to receive the premium assistance subsidies. (forbes.com)
  • only exchanges "established by a State" are eligible for federal subsidies. (forbes.com)
  • The Obama administration, as is its wont, simply ignored the text of the ACA and authorized the flow of hundreds of billions of dollars in Obamacare subsidies through the federal exchange. (forbes.com)
  • On the other hand, if the Court agrees with the challengers, that would mean the end of Obamacare premium subsidies in states with federally-run exchanges. (forbes.com)
  • Only 14 states set up their own exchanges, meaning that such a ruling would affect subsidies in the other 36. (forbes.com)
  • Yet it's also true that for Americans who don't get insurance through work, and who make too much money to qualify for federal subsidies, the cost of health coverage is about to soar dramatically, with premiums sometimes rising $1,000, even over $2,000 for the year. (money.com)
  • It's not impossible for someone who's still uninsured to get health insurance -- buying directly from private insurers or enrolling through an employer are still possibilities -- but the opportunity to qualify for subsidies as outlined by Obamacare is now in the past. (fool.com)
  • We encourage issuers and [federally qualified health centers], as well as other [essential community providers], to develop mutually beneficial business relationships that promote effective care for medically underserved and vulnerable populations," CMS wrote in a letter to insurers who intend to sell on the ACA's federal exchange . (medpagetoday.com)
  • As you will see below, Obamacare is causing millions of Americans to lose their current health insurance policies, it is causing health insurance premiums to explode to absolutely ridiculous levels, and it is systematically killing jobs even though the employer mandate has been delayed for a while. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)
  • And now Obamacare is going to bring the entire U.S. health care system to its knees. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)
  • So if your health insurance company allows you to stay on your current health insurance plan that does not meet the requirements of Obamacare, it is technically breaking the law . (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)
  • Under the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often called Obamacare, health insurance marketplaces must be available in every state in 2014. (assinews.it)
  • The slapdash way in which Obamacare was passed in 2010 led to a discrepancy in the way Obamacare's exchanges were set up. (forbes.com)
  • The landmark law, better known as Obamacare , has meant that 20 million previously uninsured people now have health coverage. (money.com)
  • According to the independently run, impressively comprehensive website ACASignups.net , the average increase for individual plans purchased through Obamacare marketplaces will be about 25% next year. (money.com)
  • These helper-bees have always been envisioned as an essential cog in the foremost function of Obamacare - educating and enrolling 16 million uninsured Americans either in Medicaid or private insurance plans. (stateline.org)
  • Beginning Jan. 1, Obamacare will require almost all Americans to have health insurance or face tax penalties. (stateline.org)
  • It does not embrace or reinforce the provision of ObamaCare that bans preexisting conditions exclusions in insurance policies. (freedomworks.org)
  • The slush fund will also be used to gin up public support for ObamaCare and boost enrollment in exchanges. (freedomworks.org)
  • H.R.1549 should be viewed as a tactical maneuver in a larger war, cannibalizing the implementation of ObamaCare exchanges in order to gain leverage in the larger fight for health care freedom. (freedomworks.org)
  • If ObamaCare kicks in, they will have access to "free" health care coverage from the government. (freedomworks.org)
  • The deadline to enroll for health insurance on your state's marketplace exchange via Obamacare (also known as the Affordable Care Act) has officially passed. (fool.com)
  • With the deadline past, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Thursday released its final snapshot of the Obamacare enrollment period, including the 38 states covered by the federally run HealthCare.gov and the one dozen individually operated state marketplaces. (fool.com)
  • The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administers Medicare, the nation's largest health insurance program. (cdc.gov)
  • Starting in 2015, health plans' provider networks must contain at least 30% of that area's "essential community providers" -- safety-net and other providers who serve mostly low-income or disadvantaged populations, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said Friday. (medpagetoday.com)
  • The participating plans and rates have been published, which Kominski called a "major milestone," and hiring has been greenlighted for exchange call centers that will sell coverage. (medpagetoday.com)
  • People without a lot of money have been accessing care through federal and rural health centers. (managedhealthcareexecutive.com)
  • Getting insurance only means that they will be using more private providers instead of federally funded health centers. (managedhealthcareexecutive.com)
  • Rhode Island has received multiple grant awards to build its Health Insurance Marketplace. (cms.gov)
  • Get Covered Illinois is the health insurance marketplace for the U.S. state of Illinois. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Health Insurance Marketplace and the state-based exchanges were established following the enactment of the ACA. (cdc.gov)
  • The Health Insurance Marketplace is the name for the federally run exchange. (cdc.gov)
  • In some states, the Marketplace is run by the state. (cdc.gov)
  • You can click on a state on health insurance marketplace map to see our overview of how premiums are changing for 2021. (healthinsurance.org)
  • Nearly 6.8 million Americans have access to quality, affordable health coverage for 2015 through the Federally Facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace," said HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell. (ajc.com)
  • That's a marketplace of health care plans, required under the Affordable Care Act, that must be in place by January 2014. (wrti.org)
  • But while Florida hasn't done anything to set up a federally mandated health care exchange, it has created something that looks pretty similar - an insurance marketplace run by an independent nonprofit agency set up by the state, Florida Health Choices. (wrti.org)
  • The insurance marketplace was created by Florida to help small businesses find affordable health coverage for employees. (wrti.org)
  • CMS also said Friday health plans selling on the federally run exchange or marketplace should have up-t0-date provider directories online for consumers. (medpagetoday.com)
  • The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which is overseeing the exchange effort, said that it is confident the marketplace will be competitive. (assinews.it)
  • Every state will have its own insurance marketplace where uninsured Americans can compare and purchase private health insurance, choosing from plans that meet federal specifications. (stateline.org)
  • And while the federally-run exchanges are behind schedule and some states appear to be too , California's consumer insurance marketplace, called Covered California, appears to be on target for open enrollment to begin in October. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Major medical health insurance plans through the Marketplace are the most affordable type of coverage. (majormedicalhealth.com)
  • On Oct. 1, 2013, when the ACA's website launched to enroll Americans in health insurance through federally run exchanges, it was Adriana's face that greeted them. (go.com)
  • Last week, Barack Obama decided to allow Americans to keep their current health insurance plans for one more year. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)
  • A major premise of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was that Americans who need to buy their own health coverage in the individual market should be able to obtain coverage - regardless of their medical history - and that the monthly premiums should be affordable. (healthinsurance.org)
  • And although they have worked quite well for some Americans, there have been others for whom ACA-compliant health coverage was still unaffordable. (healthinsurance.org)
  • It's a technical argument about the wording of the law but, if it prevails, most experts say the result would be a chaotic unraveling of a system that in the past year has extended health insurance to more than 11 million Americans. (hawaiipublicradio.org)
  • These new insurance marketplaces are due to open their doors on Oct. 1 to enroll millions of Americans who have not been able to buy coverage on their own. (assinews.it)
  • At least 5 million Americans purchased health insurance coverage during the first open enrollment period through HealthCare.gov and are receiving premium tax credits. (peoplekeep.com)
  • The increases don't apply to the vast majority of Americans, who get health insurance through work-and have their premiums partially covered by their employers. (money.com)
  • With the Affordable Care Act, more Americans will have the opportunity to purchase dental insurance on the new health care exchanges starting Oct. 1. (dentalproductsreport.com)
  • For millions of Americans, the face of health reform will be a friendly, eager-to-please customer service representative on the health insurance exchanges whose title will be "navigator. (stateline.org)
  • In doing so, the Democrats were implicitly admitting that preex pools are a practical way to help the one percent of Americans who simply can't access affordable health insurance due to a preexisting medical condition. (freedomworks.org)
  • Utilization could run steady, except in one subpopulation of covered Americans in the Medicaid expansion-the childless adults who are not working and need treatment for behavioral health conditions. (managedhealthcareexecutive.com)
  • BOISE - The numbers are in from the YourHealthIdaho insurance exchange open enrollment period, and it turns out that 76,061 Idahoans signed up for health insurance plans through the exchange, nearly double the expected number. (spokesman.com)
  • Though the open enrollment period is over, exchange officials said people who experience significant life changes, such as getting married, having a baby, adopting a child, changing employment, moving to a new state or losing a spouse or child, still can sign up outside the open period. (spokesman.com)
  • A list of the open enrollment deadlines for enrollment in 2024 ACA-compliant health insurance in every state. (healthinsurance.org)
  • Open enrollment runs from November 1 to January 15 or January 16 in most states, but some state-run exchanges have different schedules. (healthinsurance.org)
  • The numbers speak for themselves: Exchange enrollment has likely reached a record high of nearly 13 million people in 2021, after more than 2.5 million people enrolled during the COVID/American Rescue Plan enrollment window , which ended this month in most states . (healthinsurance.org)
  • The state-run exchange in Nevada reported that people who enrolled or updated their account since the ARP was implemented are paying an average of $154/month in after-subsidy premiums, whereas the after after-subsidy premium at the end of last winter's open enrollment period (pre-ARP) was $232/month. (healthinsurance.org)
  • With a month left in the enrollment period for the Obama health law, new numbers for the 37 states that use the federal exchange show an increase from every state in the number of people signing up for health insurance coverage. (ajc.com)
  • That's a number that does not include enrollment figures from the states which run their own health exchanges - that group includes California, which had over 1.4 million signups in 2014. (ajc.com)
  • Cori Uccello, a senior health fellow at the American Academy of Actuaries, said the group's letter had nothing to do with that announcement, nor does it address the bigger issues of lower enrollment or higher costs. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • Idaho and New Mexico intend to switch from the federally-run Exchange to a state-run Exchange by the 2015 open enrollment period starting in November. (peoplekeep.com)
  • Health insurance exchanges were established as a part of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to enable individuals to purchase health insurance in state-run marketplaces. (wikipedia.org)
  • These examples highlight the improved affordability that the ARP has brought to the health insurance marketplaces. (healthinsurance.org)
  • They warn that without leeway to adjust premiums in health plans sold in those marketplaces, the solvency of some insurers "could be threatened. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • Many of them have purchased insurance through state or federally run marketplaces. (money.com)
  • But insurance companies have been abandoning these marketplaces left and right because they say it's difficult to turn a profit, and the insurers that remain are asking for steep price increases all over the country. (money.com)
  • The IHS operates a comprehensive health service delivery system for approximately 75% of the nation's American Indians and Alaska Natives. (cdc.gov)
  • In one corner is the Obama administration, backed by the nation's hospitals, insurance companies, physician associations and other groups like Catholic Charities and the American Cancer Society. (hawaiipublicradio.org)
  • The nation's largest health insurers are far from leaping at the chance to join new state health insurance exchanges under President Barack Obama's reform law, making it likely that some markets will have little or no competition next year. (assinews.it)
  • The state has the nation's largest health insurance market and 5.6 million uninsured, representing 18% of residents under 65, according to federal and state estimates. (medpagetoday.com)
  • He discussed the number of enrollees through the state online health care exchanges, rates for 2015, what some of the larger insurers are doing in the state exchanges, public opinion of the health care law, and what might happen when exchange enrollees start to use their insurance. (c-span.org)
  • Sixteen states that use HealthCare.gov have more participating exchange insurers for 2021 than they had this year. (healthinsurance.org)
  • As we discussed last week , several of the states that run their own exchanges are also seeing an increase in the number of participating insurers for 2021. (healthinsurance.org)
  • Also on Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that insurers will be barred from discriminating against same-sex couples beginning in 2015. (medpagetoday.com)
  • But health insurers, some of whom fought the law before it was passed and continue to lobby to reverse parts of it, are wary. (assinews.it)
  • In recent days, executives at the four largest U.S. health insurers say they are likely to sell insurance plans on less than a third of the exchanges, reluctant to venture out beyond the states where they already offer coverage. (assinews.it)
  • As a result, heavily populated states where many insurers already sell plans now, such as California and New York, will have competing products for the exchanges when health reform takes full effect on Jan. 1. (assinews.it)
  • States can choose whether to opt for a "clearinghouse" type exchange where all insurers are welcome to apply, while others have decided to take a more active role in choosing who can sell plans. (assinews.it)
  • On Tuesday, the government said it would give insurers three more days to file their applications for the federally run exchanges. (assinews.it)
  • 4. Is it common for health insurers to not offer dental care as part of comprehensive health insurance? (dentalproductsreport.com)
  • The trade organization for insurers in the state, the California Association of Health Plans, has criticized suppression of competition and limits to consumer choice. (medpagetoday.com)
  • WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is seeking to broaden the provider networks offered under the health plans sold in the Affordable Care Act's insurance exchanges. (medpagetoday.com)
  • The Obama administration unveiled new application forms for health insurance benefits last April in an attempt to simplify signing up for benefits under the federal health care overhaul. (stateline.org)
  • I think it was a brilliant stroke by the Obama administration to cover everyone up to 26 years old on their parents' health plans," says Hall. (managedhealthcareexecutive.com)
  • Connect for Health Colorado or Covered California in California). (cdc.gov)
  • The state-run exchange in California reported that consumers with household incomes between 400% and 600% of the poverty level are saving an average of almost $800/month on their premiums. (healthinsurance.org)
  • California is definitely on forefront of moving forward with implementation of the Affordable Care Act, specifically with the establishment of its health benefit exchange," noted Gerald F. Kominski, PhD, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. (medpagetoday.com)
  • California is one of only 16 states, along with the District of Columbia, that has opted to run its own ACA-mandated exchange for individuals and small businesses to purchase coverage next year. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Among the states, "California has allocated the most resources at this point," Caroline Pearson, a director at the Washington consulting firm Avalere Health, told MedPage Today . (medpagetoday.com)
  • Just getting the insurance card won't necessarily mean good access to services for those patients, though, was the worry expressed by many, including Lisa Folberg, vice president of medical and regulatory policy for the California Medical Association. (medpagetoday.com)
  • A New Hampshire hospital threatened a lawsuit when the only health insurer participating on the state's exchange excluded the hospital from its plan . (medpagetoday.com)
  • In Michigan, for example, state officials just approved price hikes of 16.7% , on average, for individuals purchasing health insurance in 2017 through the state's Affordable Care Act exchange. (money.com)
  • According to Kaiser Health News, Justice Department officials plan to seek an en banc review from the D.C. Appeals Court, meaning that the panel's full contingent of 11 judges would hear the case. (peoplekeep.com)
  • Kaiser Health News has put together a Q&A on the recent rulings. (peoplekeep.com)
  • This program targets uninsured children under 19 with family incomes below 200% of poverty that are not currently eligible for Medicaid or covered by private insurance. (cdc.gov)
  • Adriana responded to an email from someone at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency responsible for the Affordable Care Act's rollout, about having photos of her and her family taken for free in exchange for allowing the photos to be used to market the new health care law. (go.com)
  • While basic Medicaid benefits will not be contingent on working at least 80 hours per month, public health experts have criticized Nebraska's program for being too complex, for enrollees and administrators alike. (healthinsurance.org)
  • The law was designed to achieve about half of its coverage expansion by expanding Medicaid, the 1965-vintage single-payer health care system for the poor. (forbes.com)
  • About a third of these children will be covered through their parents' employer-sponsored insurance, while about another third will be covered through Medicaid. (dentalproductsreport.com)
  • These exchanges will also inform people if they qualify for a federal subsidy to pay for their coverage and whether they also qualify for Medicaid benefits and how to sign up for those. (stateline.org)
  • Up to 4 million Californians are expected to actually get insurance through the provisions of the law that go into effect January 2014, including the health insurance exchange program, Medicaid expansion, and most other provisions anticipated to have the biggest impact on the healthcare profession. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Dowd said it's not yet clear just how many Idahoans must enroll to make the exchange self-supporting, but said the latest numbers are "very, very encouraging that we are on the right trajectory and on the right path to have a financially sustainable exchange. (spokesman.com)
  • If you lose your plan, you'll have a chance to enroll in a new plan, either on or off the exchange in your state. (healthinsurance.org)
  • Opponents have maintained Idaho should take no part in health care reform, even though failing to start a state insurance exchange would have meant Idahoans would have gotten a federally run exchange instead. (spokesman.com)
  • A key principle of Obama's health reform is that individuals will have a robust offering of insurance plans to choose from, and that competition for new customers in each state will help keep prices down for consumers. (assinews.it)
  • They have also become the latest target in the continuing partisan war over health reform. (stateline.org)
  • They are also asking for communications between those organizations and federal agencies and groups that promote Obama's health reform. (stateline.org)
  • Most of those families simply cannot afford to pay much higher health insurance premiums for new policies that also come with much larger deductibles and significantly increased out-of-pocket costs. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)
  • How much are consumers saving on health insurance premiums? (healthinsurance.org)
  • Washington's exchange also noted that 15% of their enrollees are now paying $1/month or less for their coverage, versus only 5% whose premiums were that low pre-ARP. (healthinsurance.org)
  • Using higher deductibles, as well as co-pays or co-insurance, high-deductible health plans are often combined with Health Savings Accounts to provide heath coverage at lower premiums for patients and/or employers. (managemypractice.com)
  • The other half of the coverage expansion would be brought about, according to the law, by creating regulated private insurance exchanges, in which those with lower incomes would have their premiums subsidized by the government. (forbes.com)
  • And the cost of stand-alone coverage won't count toward the medical out-of-pocket limit built into the health care insurance policy, nor will the premium tax credits families receive to help them purchase coverage always be calculated to include premiums for stand-alone plans. (dentalproductsreport.com)
  • Members of federally recognized Indian tribes and their decedents are eligible for services provided by the Indian health Service (IHS). (cdc.gov)
  • Speculation swirled that Adriana might not be a legal resident of the United States, and therefore not even eligible for the health care exchanges. (go.com)
  • more than 80% of Maryland's current exchange enrollees are subsidy-eligible. (healthinsurance.org)
  • Since its inception, over 388,179 Illinois consumers have gained health insurance coverage. (wikipedia.org)
  • A health insurance company that provides exchange coverage in a particular state. (cdc.gov)
  • Medicare Part A Medicare Part A provides coverage for inpatient hospital services, skilled nursing facilities, home health services, and hospice care. (cdc.gov)
  • Understanding how small differences in projected income can have a large impact on your health plan costs can be key to obtaining affordable coverage. (healthinsurance.org)
  • There are 181 health insurance companies that will offer 2021 coverage in the exchanges in the 36 states that use HealthCare.gov. (healthinsurance.org)
  • Starting next year, if an insurance company offers coverage to opposite-sex spouses, it cannot choose to deny that coverage to same-sex spouses," Matthew Heinz, MD, the department's outreach director for providers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals, wrote in a blog posted on the HHS website . (medpagetoday.com)
  • In other words, insurance companies will not be permitted to discriminate against married same-sex couples when offering coverage. (medpagetoday.com)
  • An acronym for "High Deductible Health Plan", an HDHP is a type of insurance coverage where more of the initial cost of care is shifted to the responsibility of the patient. (managemypractice.com)
  • As health insurance costs continue to rise, HDHPs are becoming more popular as a coverage model. (managemypractice.com)
  • The headlines "do not reflect what these consumers actually pay because tax credits reduce the cost of coverage below the sticker price and shopping helps consumers find the best deal," U.S. Department of Health and Human Services press secretary Jonathan Gold said recently, in a statement that's typical of the administration's response to news of skyrocketing insurance prices. (money.com)
  • One part of the Affordable Care Act is intended to improve dental coverage for children, an extension of efforts by public health advocates that followed the 2007 death of a Maryland boy named Deamonte Driver, who was killed by a bacterial infection that spread from an abscessed tooth to his brain. (dentalproductsreport.com)
  • Small-business coverage is offered through the SHOP Exchange. (majormedicalhealth.com)
  • It is a subsidy for sick people, to help them obtain private health insurance coverage. (freedomworks.org)
  • The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA) created Medicare + Choice, Part C of Medicare, which expands the range of private health plans that may contract with Medicare to provide care to Medicare beneficiaries. (cdc.gov)
  • Medicare Advantage is intended to increase beneficiary participation in Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) and other private plans. (cdc.gov)
  • Jon Gabel talked about the the impact of the Affordable Care Act thus far on health insurance plans. (c-span.org)
  • I understand that many people are upset by the notices they have recently received from their health plans and they may not need the new benefits [in the Affordable Care Act] today," he said. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)
  • Univista Insurance enrolls people in Affordable Care Act plans in Miami. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • Rate filings for 2016 federal exchange plans are due May 15. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • Insurance companies, then, would have to raise rates because only the sickest people would keep their plans. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • The change is a reaction to complaints this year that health plans' provider networks were too limited and hindered patients' choice of where they could seek care. (medpagetoday.com)
  • CMS stated that health plans must show evidence that they have reached out to such providers with a contract for services. (medpagetoday.com)
  • These include a lack of clarity about the kind of prices they can charge and the number of plans they can sell on each exchange, the expectation that the program is only expected to reach about 7 million people nationwide in its first year and uncertainty over whether all of the exchanges will be ready in time. (assinews.it)
  • Aetna on Tuesday said that it was not planning a "land grab" when it comes to expanding through the exchanges and has submitted applications to offer plans in 14 states. (assinews.it)
  • WellPoint, which operates Blue Cross Blue Shield licenses in 14 states, said it plans to enter exchanges in those states, but that there is uncertainty around timing of the overall rollout of exchanges. (assinews.it)
  • WellPoint Chief Financial Officer Wayne DeVeydt said in an interview that the company is still waiting to hear how the states will handle pricing and ratings of applicants, how many competitors will be allowed on the exchanges in some states that plan to limit numbers and how many plans they can offer in others that are more permissive. (assinews.it)
  • It has plans to run 33 exchanges, while 17 states have said that they will run their own. (assinews.it)
  • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has rejected a Senate proposal floated in recent days to create privately-run healthcare cooperatives in place of government-run insurance plans. (blogspot.com)
  • Co-ops would not be controlled by the government but would compete with private, for-profit health plans. (blogspot.com)
  • Several of the least expensive Part D plans are SilverScript SmartSaver, Wellcare Value Script, Blue Cross MedicareRx Choice, Mutual Of Omaha Rx Essential, Clear Spring Health Premier Rx, Clear Spring Health Value Rx, AARP Medicare Rx Walgreens, and Cigna Saver Rx. (majormedicalhealth.com)
  • Preventative expenses continue to be covered at 100% for Exchange plans. (majormedicalhealth.com)
  • Plans must predict their health status and health needs to determine their relative risk. (managedhealthcareexecutive.com)
  • The phrase "Exchange established by the State under [42 U.S.C. § 18031]" therefore, standing alone, could be read to refer only to state-run Exchanges. (joshblackman.com)
  • In sum, the Court finds that the plain text of the statute, the statutory structure, and the statutory purpose make clear that Congress intended to make premium tax credits available on both state-run and federally-facilitated Exchanges. (joshblackman.com)
  • the Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act would give HHS two business days to notify consumers affected by a data breach on any of the federally or state-run exchanges. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • The exchange enables people and small businesses to purchase health insurance at federally subsidized rates. (wikipedia.org)
  • State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has rejected President Obama's proposal to allow insurance companies to extend health insurance policies for people who have received notices that their policies will be cancelled at the end of the year. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)
  • Things are getting crazy out there, and the number of people that are losing their health insurance policies is absolutely stunning. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)
  • But there's been much less examination of the people who would steer Romney's Department of Health and Human Services and the policies they'd carry out. (thehealthcareblog.com)
  • As Domenech notes, Jindal also "was a state secretary of health when most people were getting their diplomas" - Jindal ran Louisiana's HHS department when he was just 24 years old - and his executive experience would serve him well in a role that oversees an $800 billion budget and 75,000 staffers. (thehealthcareblog.com)
  • If the Supreme Court agrees with the challengers' interpretation, millions of people would quickly lose their health insurance and the individual insurance market could collapse in 34 states. (hawaiipublicradio.org)
  • Many people will receive up-front financial assistance to make insurance more affordable, plus many will be new or first time customers for insurance companies," said Erin Shields Britt, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services. (assinews.it)
  • We do think the uptake may be slower than maybe people thought six months ago or a year ago in terms of what is going on in the first year with the exchanges," Aetna Chief Financial Officer Shawn Guerin said in an interview. (assinews.it)
  • These exchanges, which will enable all individuals and small businesses to buy health insurance, are expected to bring in up to 24 million people by 2016, according to the Congressional Budget Office. (assinews.it)
  • People getting health care through new exchanges have to submit a great deal of personal information. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • The exchange population, and that group will be a mixed bag from people in the high-risk pool to young, healthy adults. (managedhealthcareexecutive.com)
  • In contrast, there won't be a lot of marketing directed toward those with chronic conditions or older people, who might be expected to seek out insurance regardless of marketing messages. (managedhealthcareexecutive.com)
  • Others dispute that, saying the health care overhaul will bring down costs for consumers and business. (wrti.org)
  • The lawsuit claims the language ("an exchange established by the state") in the Affordable Care Act doesn't allow the federal government to provide tax credits to low- and moderate-income health insurance consumers using the federally run exchanges operating in more than 30 states. (insurance-forums.com)
  • States are weighing in on federally provided "navigators" who will help consumers. (stateline.org)
  • On top of this, approximately 3.1 million consumers enrolled in exchanges operated by the states. (fool.com)
  • 2014-04-21T08:34:50-04:00 https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvODVkXC8yMDE0MDQyMTA4MzUyMDAwMV9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ== Jay Hancock talked about health insurance industry response to the Affordable Care Act. (c-span.org)
  • Jay Hancock talked about health insurance industry response to the Affordable Care Act. (c-span.org)
  • For states that didn't set up their own exchanges, the Affordable Care Act authorizes the creation of a federally-run exchange as a backstop. (forbes.com)
  • Eventually, if the law isn't struck down by the Supreme Court, McQueeney will be able to shop for competitively priced health insurance policies through Florida's exchange. (wrti.org)
  • Because of the predicament, the health practice council of the American Academy of Actuaries penned a letter (PDF) Tuesday to HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell asking her department to consider two options if the plaintiffs win the case. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • Congress enacted the State Children's Health Insurance Program as part of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. (cdc.gov)
  • Why would Congress have inserted the phrase "established by the State under [42 U.S.C. § 18031]" if it intended to refer to Exchanges created by a state or by HHS? (joshblackman.com)
  • The Court therefore concludes that "Congress has directly spoken to the precise question" of whether an "Exchange" under 26 U.S.C. § 36B includes federally-facilitated Exchanges. (joshblackman.com)
  • Plaintiffs' theory is tenable only if one accepts that in enacting the ACA, Congress intended to compel states to run their own Exchanges - or at least to provide such compelling incentives that they would not decline to do so. (joshblackman.com)
  • The problem that plaintiffs confront in pressing this argument is that there is simply no evidence in the statute itself or in the legislative history of any intent by Congress to ensure that states established their own Exchanges. (joshblackman.com)
  • If you believe the Democrats spin, the problems are the fault of insurance companies and "Congress. (blogspot.com)
  • A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services said that Adriana's photo was removed because 'Healthcare.gov is a dynamic website,' not because she requested it. (go.com)
  • This week, CMS published its annual report of insurer participation and premium changes for the 36 states that use the federally run exchange (HealthCare.gov). (healthinsurance.org)
  • A majority of states have declined to establish their own exchanges, so HHS stepped in, and created Healthcare.gov. (joshblackman.com)
  • Currently, 36 states are using the federally-run Exchange (HealthCare.gov). (peoplekeep.com)
  • An exact name of a health plan in the exchange (e.g. (cdc.gov)
  • Although the co-op plan originated in the Senate, resistance to the initial proposal quickly materialized on Capitol Hill, in part because of pressure from insurance industry lobbyists. (blogspot.com)
  • and Maria Cantwell (Wash.) have been reluctant to sign onto a robust government-run insurance plan, which liberals favor. (blogspot.com)
  • They have been getting health insurance as adults where before they might have been uninsured, so that when they age out of the plan, the expectation is that they need health insurance. (managedhealthcareexecutive.com)
  • Exchange officials are estimating that Idahoans are saving $4.4 million on their health insurance due to the lower fee for the state exchange. (spokesman.com)
  • An extra 970,000 enrollees are expected to be added in 2013-2014, rising to 1.63 million in 2014-2015 to the 8.4 million individuals already on Medi-Cal, Anthony Cava, a spokesperson for the state Department of Health Care Services told MedPage Today . (medpagetoday.com)
  • Idaho's exchange currently is operating on millions in federal grant funding, but starting in 2016, it must become self-supporting, relying entirely on fees. (spokesman.com)
  • Given the close race - as of press time on Wednesday, most polls had the presidential race neck and neck - there's been growing scrutiny of Republican health proposals. (thehealthcareblog.com)
  • The government contends that those words refer to any exchange, whether it is set up by the state itself or an exchange run for the state by the federal government in accordance with individual state insurance laws and regulations. (hawaiipublicradio.org)
  • Health insurance regulations differ in each state. (peoplekeep.com)
  • if they choose not to do so, the federal government would run one for the state. (wikipedia.org)
  • The federal government has stuck by that Jan. 1 deadline, even as it contends with the tight deadlines and technology requirements to get the exchanges going. (assinews.it)
  • All states were given the opportunity to run their own, but 34 have chosen to let the federal government do so or to partner with the feds. (stateline.org)
  • Illinois has opted to let the federal government run its exchange, which brings fewer federal dollars for consumer outreach. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Meanwhile, ex-FDA and CMS head Mark McClellan is "the first name that comes to mind for many Republican health policy folks," Politico's Jennifer Haberkorn wrote earlier this year . (thehealthcareblog.com)
  • Those 34 are the states, mainly Republican-run, that declined to set up an exchange themselves. (hawaiipublicradio.org)
  • Pafford says Scott and Republican leaders in the Legislature are so committed to stopping the federal health care law in court that they refuse to accept any federal dollars or take any steps to begin implementing it. (wrti.org)
  • But defendants provide a plausible and persuasive answer: Because the ACA takes a state-established Exchange as a given and directs the Secretary of HHS to establish such Exchange and bring it into operation if the state does not do so. (joshblackman.com)
  • If the U.S. health care system was a separate country, it would be the 6th largest economy on the entire globe all by itself. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)
  • Everything you always wanted to know about the Health Care system. (thehealthcareblog.com)
  • The "Closet" is the traditional model where a server is installed, often into an extra closet where the phone system is also kept that runs the Practice Management and/or Electronic Medical Record software on the desktops in the practice. (managemypractice.com)
  • But the federal law doesn't bar states from passing their own laws on navigators, including those that have set up their own exchanges, as long as they don't interfere with the implementation of the reforms. (stateline.org)
  • Supporters of the health care law suspect that some of these actions are meant to stymie the reforms. (stateline.org)
  • She believes the new health care law could bring down her employee health care costs, but Florida Gov. Rick Scott disagrees, and he's leading the battle to strike down the law in court. (wrti.org)
  • PCIP is a federal version of the high-risk pool (or as I prefer to call it, preexisting-conditions or preex pool) subsidy that is employed in more than half the states to help private insurance markets work better. (freedomworks.org)
  • Especially considering the fact that he promised us over and over that if we liked our current health insurance policies that we would be able to keep them permanently. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)
  • But I have serious concerns about how President Obama's proposal would be implemented and more significantly, its potential impact on the overall stability of our health insurance market. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)
  • Meanwhile, Troy recently told Health Affairs that he's concerned about restrictions on the pharmaceutical industry, warning that overly exacting safety standards can protect the public but go too far in hampering market innovation. (thehealthcareblog.com)