• 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)
  • Last week, the federal government granted conditional approval of insurance exchanges in another eight states and the District of Columbia, where significant progress has been made in setting up those health insurance marketplaces. (healthday.com)
  • The various bills making their way through Congress would, as the president explained, provide some consumer choice by establishing large marketplaces where people could easily compare insurance plans and pick the one that best suits their needs. (docudharma.com)
  • The same thing is true for states that operate their own Health Insurance Marketplaces. (nyhealthinsurer.com)
  • A primary mission of the Affordable Care Act is to provide universal health coverage through the creation of health insurance exchanges or marketplaces. (physicianspractice.com)
  • Coverage through the marketplaces and the expanded Medicaid program (where approved by individual states) will begin Jan. 1, 2014, when insurance market rules also go into effect. (physicianspractice.com)
  • The guidance is from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services , which oversees the insurance marketplaces set up by the Affordable Care Act. (wfdd.org)
  • These new health insurance marketplaces are designed to provide uninsured (and in some cases underinsured) individuals and small businesses with the ability to purchase affordable health insurance coverage for themselves and their employees respectively. (georgetown.edu)
  • They're most often described as online marketplaces that let consumers compare and purchase health insurance. (npr.org)
  • In 2014, state and federally administered health insurance marketplaces (or Exchanges) were established to provide additional access to private insurance coverage, with income-based premium subsidies for low- and middle-income people. (who.int)
  • According to Weil, if healthy people don't sign up, insurance premiums could jump, undermining one of the Affordable Care Act's goals of making health insurance affordable. (marketplace.org)
  • Eighty-six percent of people enrolled in exchanges receive government subsidies to pay their premiums," Herrick said. (heartland.org)
  • The impact of the new numbers isn't clear because the Obama administration has not released details of how many consumers failed to pay their premiums and thus were dropped by their health plans. (propublica.org)
  • People shopping for their own health plans are particularly likely to seek plans with low premiums, as their coverage is not being subsidized by an employer. (beckersspine.com)
  • Nine out of 10 Pennie customers qualify for financial savings, meaning most are eligible for subsidized monthly premiums on their health insurance. (pahouse.com)
  • But officials said Thursday at a meeting of the Delaware Health Care Commission that they still don't know how much the premiums for the various insurance plans in the exchange will cost, and that they probably won't know until enrollment actually begins. (ajmc.com)
  • For example: A 40-year-old pre-school teacher making $30,750 - or 250 percent to 300 percent of the federal poverty level - would be required to pay 8 percent to 9.5 percent of her income for healthcare premiums on the exchange. (physicianspractice.com)
  • Health insurance exchanges are intended as one-stop shopping sites for people buying their own health coverage to compare plans, enroll and qualify for tax credits to reduce premiums. (govtech.com)
  • If you can't afford to purchase health insurance , under the health care reform bill you can see if you are eligible for subsidies from the government to help you pay the premiums on the insurance you purchase. (financialhighway.com)
  • And it is worth noting that the health care reform bill requires insurers that offer plans on exchanges to charge the same premiums on comparable plans outside the exchanges. (financialhighway.com)
  • Insurance companies can set their own premiums and they can decide which plans of declining coverage (in declining levels of expense and offers encompassing "platinum," "gold," "silver," and "bronze") they will offer. (financialhighway.com)
  • Healthy CT, the new co-op insurer created with federal support under the ACA, has revised their proposed premiums for the CT Health Insurance Exchange, Access Health CT. (cthealthpolicy.org)
  • HealthyCT's lower individual premiums, down 36% from their original proposal, resulted from new data about the likely health of enrollees in the exchange. (cthealthpolicy.org)
  • This is especially true now that the cost of cost-sharing reductions is being added to premiums in most states, by typically only to silver plan premiums, and often only on-exchange - ask your broker about this if you don't qualify for premium subsidies. (healthinsurance.org)
  • Because the majority of family fanners purchase individual health insurance coverage, and because they engage in a high-risk occupation, fanners often spend much of their disposable income on monthly premiums and out-of-pocket medical expenses. (cdc.gov)
  • Farmers must also pay premiums for crop insurance, property/casualty insurance, and liability coverage, to name a few. (cdc.gov)
  • If claims are found to be lower in certified CSF fanners, future incentives may be subsidized through lower premiums on health, property/casualty, and liability insurances for fanners. (cdc.gov)
  • The IRS needs to verify consumer income information to see who qualifies for insurance subsidies. (kevinmd.com)
  • The Department of Homeland Security needs to verify that people coming into the exchanges are legal citizens, since Obamacare does not offer health insurance subsidies to undocumented residents. (kevinmd.com)
  • With enrollment for the exchanges set to begin Oct. 1, 2013, the Obama administration and its contractors face the mammoth task of building a federal exchange that can be rolled out in states that have no insurance exchange and creating a central data hub where states can verify a person's eligibility for tax credits, premium subsidies and other health programs, such as Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program. (healthday.com)
  • In 20 years we have helped thousands get lowest costing health insurance and highest subsidies in NY State. (nyhealthinsurer.com)
  • For people who make too much money to qualify for health insurance subsidies on the individual market, there may be no Goldilocks moment when shopping for a plan. (wfdd.org)
  • It was a response to the Trump administration's announcement that it would no longer pay the companies for the "cost-sharing reduction" subsidies required under the health law. (wfdd.org)
  • Most articles on the subject typically look at single individuals or families with four members, but Maggie Mahar recently wrote a very informative piece on her Health Beat Blog about subsidies for families who don't fit into those categories . (healthinsurancecolorado.net)
  • As I noted last month , there is no way around the fact that individuals and families who currently qualify for individual health insurance - especially those who currently opt for higher deductibles - and earn too much money to be eligible for subsidies in the exchanges will almost certainly be paying significantly more for their health insurance next year. (healthinsurancecolorado.net)
  • Will the majority of individuals and families in the individual marketplace end up paying more or less for their health insurance once the exchanges and subsidies are up and running? (healthinsurancecolorado.net)
  • You can have the best of both worlds - a broker can help you enroll through the exchange , giving you personalized help and recommendations, but also allowing you to get any Obamacare subsidies for which you're eligible. (healthinsurance.org)
  • If your income is too high for subsidies , a broker who can help you shop on and off-exchange will be an excellent resource. (healthinsurance.org)
  • 3) The Minister of health shall approve the allocation of the subsidies of the republican budget for the activities - subject of this law, according to programmes, with exception of the activities under para 1, item 1 and 2. (who.int)
  • New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange, otherwise known as BeWellNM, is the health insurance marketplace for the U.S. state of New Mexico. (wikipedia.org)
  • Here, we've outlined how the insurance exchange marketplace works, what you need to know when you're shopping for insurance, and how you can pick the best option for you. (healthline.com)
  • The Marketplace should be your first stop when you begin looking to purchase health insurance. (healthline.com)
  • What types of insurance are available in the Marketplace? (healthline.com)
  • We have extensive experience in exchanges, and we look forward to bringing our expertise to the Pennsylvania marketplace with Highmark. (prnewswire.com)
  • Array Health's Private Exchange platform includes a Product Marketplace with decision support tools that make it easy for employees to compare, choose and enroll in plans that fit their specific health needs. (prnewswire.com)
  • A government-administered marketplace or portal (website) where private or public insurance policies are sold. (ncha.org)
  • President Barack Obama passed the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, in March 2010, and the next stage of its long rollout begins Oct. 1, when open enrollment in the "Obamacare" health insurance marketplace begins. (ibtimes.com)
  • The marketplace is a new option for Americans looking for quality health insurance at a low rate. (ibtimes.com)
  • Under the ACA, most Americans must purchase health care or face penalties, and the health insurance marketplace is a one-stop shop for determining the least expensive health plan that fits your needs and is offered in your area. (ibtimes.com)
  • The creation of the marketplace is one of the key provisions of the health care overhaul, which has come to be the defining legislative accomplishment of Obama's presidency, but the specifics of just how it will affect individuals and how to apply to participate in it can be a bit complicated. (ibtimes.com)
  • The first thing anyone thinking of applying to the health insurance marketplace should know is that coverage found through it will begin as early as January 1 -- and enrollment is only open through March 31. (ibtimes.com)
  • If you have questions about your application, eligibility or anything else regarding the health care marketplace, you can call the program's help line at 1-800-318-2596, or TTY: 1-855-889-4325, which is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. (ibtimes.com)
  • Attention: This website is operated EasyToInsureME and is not the Health Insurance Marketplace website. (easytoinsureme.com)
  • This website may not display all data on Qualified Health Plans being offered in your state through the Health Insurance Marketplace website. (easytoinsureme.com)
  • To see all available data on Qualified Health Plan options in your state, go to the Health Insurance Marketplace website at HealthCare.gov. (easytoinsureme.com)
  • The easiest way to explain a state health insurance exchange would be a website like Expedia, but for insurance.Idahoans would be able to access a site set up as a one-stop marketplace to shop for competitive insurance rates. (localnews8.com)
  • Harrisburg, PA - Governor Tom Wolf is reminding Pennsylvanians of the 2023 Open Enrollment Period that begins tomorrow, Tuesday, November 1, through Pennie, the commonwealth's official online health insurance marketplace . (pahouse.com)
  • As of early May, CMS deputy administrator Gary Cohen admitted in a house hearing that only 140 insurers expressed interest in selling qualified health plans (QHPs) on the federal Marketplace. (nyhealthinsurer.com)
  • For example, only six insurance carriers have expressed intent to sell on the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace. (nyhealthinsurer.com)
  • The triad of employer-sponsored coverage, marketplace insurance exchanges, and expanded Medicaid coverage should cover most Americans under 65 years old, with some exceptions. (physicianspractice.com)
  • Some experts suggest checking with insurers that are selling on the marketplace in an area, because it's possible that they'll also be selling plans off the exchange. (wfdd.org)
  • Both state and federal officials, as well as consumer advocates, are now beginning to voice concerns that businesses that have workers that are relatively young and healthy will choose to opt out of the health insurance marketplace. (business2community.com)
  • A good example of what we're seeing in the marketplace is employers that have both group-eligible populations as well as a lot of 1099 or part-time employees that might not be eligible for those group benefits but could benefit by having easy access to individual health insurance plans. (healthworkscollective.com)
  • 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)
  • ROUNDS 1 and 2] Was your Medicaid obtained through Healthcare.gov or the [DC/MD/VA= Health Insurance Marketplace, such as DC Health Link/ Health Insurance Marketplace, such as Maryland Health Connection/Health Insurance Marketplace]? (cdc.gov)
  • ROUND 3] Was your Medicaid obtained through Healthcare.gov or a state Health Insurance Marketplace? (cdc.gov)
  • Private includes plans obtained through an employer, purchased directly, through local or community programs, through the Health Insurance Marketplace, or a state-based exchange. (cdc.gov)
  • You may qualify for Medicaid or lower-cost insurance if your income falls into a specific category. (healthline.com)
  • Unfortunately, there will be coverage gaps for low-income people who fall between certain income levels and live in states where the Medicaid expansion was rejected, according to Jennifer Tolbert, director of state health reform for the Kaiser Family Foundation. (physicianspractice.com)
  • Premium rates for "benchmark" Affordable Care Act health plans will rise an average of 7.5 percent next year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced. (fiercehealthpayer.com)
  • PPACA expanded health care coverage by increasing access to private health insurance and expanding eligibility for Medicaid. (colorado.gov)
  • In the 2020 session, the Colorado General Assembly considered measures related to health insurance benefits, reinsurance, the Colorado Option health plan, and Medicaid. (colorado.gov)
  • 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)
  • The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administers Medicare, the nation's largest health insurance program. (cdc.gov)
  • In contrast, Medicare and Medicaid - the two largest government health insurance programs - regulate the rates that providers receive. (who.int)
  • The private sector also led the development of the health insurance system in the early 1930s, as the major federal government health insurance programs, Medicare and Medicaid, were not established until the mid-1960s. (who.int)
  • The advocacy group Food Allergy Research & Education points out that Medicaid, the federal health-insurance program for the poor, covers epinephrine in all 50 states. (medscape.com)
  • Medicaid includes those without private insurance who reported Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program, or other state-sponsored health plans. (cdc.gov)
  • Uninsured includes those without any private health insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, other government-sponsored health plan, military plan, or Indian Health Service coverage only, or those who had a private plan that paid for one type of service. (cdc.gov)
  • For each racial and ethnic group, adults with Medicaid coverage had the highest percentage of two or more ED visits in the past 12 months compared with those with private insurance and the uninsured. (cdc.gov)
  • Congress enacted the State Children's Health Insurance Program as part of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. (cdc.gov)
  • CMS also oversees the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and the Exchanges2. (who.int)
  • By default, the federal government will implement health insurance exchanges in the 25 states that are not moving forward, helping the uninsured gain coverage. (healthday.com)
  • We're looking forward to Jan. 1, 2014, when consumers and small businesses will be enrolled through the exchanges in private health insurance plans and millions more Americans will have the coverage they need and deserve,' Sebelius wrote. (healthday.com)
  • Minnesota's version of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is now state law and has an official name - MNsure: 'Where you choose health coverage. (tcdailyplanet.net)
  • At their core, the state-based exchanges are based on intimidation: If you don't buy the kind of health coverage required by law, you will be penalized. (heartland.org)
  • The idea, pitched by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) last week, would open the proposed "insurance exchange" - where consumers can compare and purchase insurance plans - to Americans who already receive coverage from their employers . (docudharma.com)
  • All told, between the federal exchange and 14 state exchanges, more than 8 million people signed up for coverage. (propublica.org)
  • Charles Gaba, who runs the website acasignups.net that tracks enrollment numbers, estimates that between 6,000 and 7,000 people have signed up for coverage each day on the federal exchange after the official enrollment period ended. (propublica.org)
  • The coming of health insurance that isn't tied to employment has allowed many who couldn't even dream of coverage before to actually access it. (ctnewsjunkie.com)
  • That was the whole idea of Obamacare, to make certain that everyone had access to coverage and to health care. (ctnewsjunkie.com)
  • The increased availability of health insurance exchanges has the potential to increase the number of people in the individual insurance market by both making it easier for employers to drop coverage and by making coverage more accessible to the formerly uninsured. (beckersspine.com)
  • 3. As many health plans sold on exchanges only include generic drug coverage, patients that have purchased coverage on health insurance exchanges are likely to be more sensitive to the cost of branded prescription drugs. (beckersspine.com)
  • House Speaker Kris Steele noted that Oklahoma ranks fifth highest in the nation in the percentage of citizens without health insurance, and the state now has the opportunity to construct a system that will provide meaningful access to quality, affordable health insurance coverage. (easytoinsureme.com)
  • Pennsylvanians can apply, compare plans, and enroll in high-quality health coverage all in one place. (pahouse.com)
  • Through the online state-based system, Pennsylvanians have instant access to a variety of resources to help them understand how to apply, shop, and enroll in health coverage. (pahouse.com)
  • Amidst rising inflation, Pennie helps keep insurance costs down, and Open Enrollment is the opportunity for Pennsylvanians to protect their health and wallets by getting the coverage and care they need. (pahouse.com)
  • Pennsylvanians interested in shopping for and purchasing health coverage through Pennie can visit pennie.com 24/7 or call Pennie Customer Service at 1-844-844-8040, which is open 8 am - 7 pm Monday through Friday and on Saturday from 8 am - 1 pm during Open Enrollment. (pahouse.com)
  • Officials overseeing Delaware's implementation of the federal health care reform law still don't know what residents will pay for health care coverage under a new state health insurance exchange. (ajmc.com)
  • Officials expect to begin enrolling some 35,000 people in the health insurance exchange starting Oct. 1, for coverage effective Jan. 1, 2014. (ajmc.com)
  • While the general media focus has been on the penalties associated with the new individual insurance mandate, the reality from the planning perspective is that the new health insurance rules - including guaranteed access to coverage without any health underwriting - will drastically impact client financial planning decisions. (kitces.com)
  • After all, separating health insurance from employment status by ensuring individual coverage is available directly from an exchange allows clients to be far more flexible with their job decisions. (kitces.com)
  • Helping clients understand how to pay for their newfound access to health insurance will require planners to learn how the new premium assistance tax credits work, and how to maximize them, along with helping clients to change their mindset about making job and career decisions separate from their health insurance coverage. (kitces.com)
  • That is also when the individual mandate to have insurance coverage begins. (physicianspractice.com)
  • As leaders in the health community, it is important for physicians to be knowledgeable about the coming changes in health insurance coverage. (physicianspractice.com)
  • The law also increased regulations on health insurance providers, made changes to how the health insurance market operates, required individuals to have health care coverage, required employers to offer health insurance to employees, and established health insurance exchanges. (colorado.gov)
  • Tracing what type of coverage is purchased off the exchange is difficult because there is no centralized source. (wfdd.org)
  • Additionally, if you do not wish to purchase health insurance you can pay a penalty and avoid actually getting coverage. (financialhighway.com)
  • The Center for Children & Families (CCF), part of the Health Policy Institute at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, is a nonpartisan policy and research center with a mission to expand and improve high-quality, affordable health coverage. (georgetown.edu)
  • The exchanges, part of the federal health care overhaul, create new online markets where consumers will be able to buy individual private health insurance coverage. (wkyufm.org)
  • If they function as planned, these exchanges will expand health insurance coverage, improve the quality of such coverage and perhaps of health care itself, and reduce costs. (californiaonecare.org)
  • It has been estimated that 24 million people will obtain their coverage through the exchanges. (californiaonecare.org)
  • The reform act was designed to perpetuate the employer role in providing health care coverage, but increasing costs and increasing fragmentation through various public and private programs is increasing the complexity of the decision process for employers, creating an uncertain future for employer-sponsored plans. (californiaonecare.org)
  • 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)
  • As of November 2023, for enrollment in 2024 coverage, there are 32 states where HHS is running the exchange enrollment process. (healthinsurance.org)
  • When brokers are paid commissions, the payment comes from the insurance company, and the enrollee pays the same price for coverage regardless of whether they receive help from a broker or not. (healthinsurance.org)
  • Most Americans under age 65 get their health insurance from an employer, but not all employers offer group health coverage. (healthinsurance.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)
  • Health insurance coverage is based on the status at the time of interview. (cdc.gov)
  • Now that states have decided what they are going to do about health insurance exchanges-those new shopping carts created by Obamacare to help consumers find health insurance who do not get it through their employers-the really tough part begins. (kevinmd.com)
  • Since Obamacare asks states to create their own health insurance exchanges, you would like to avoid that option. (kevinmd.com)
  • The clever crafters of the Obamacare law recognized that they needed a fallback position-that if states weren't going to come through with exchanges of their own, the federal government would need to take over. (kevinmd.com)
  • That means if Republican governors like you stand tough against Obamacare, and refuse to create your own state exchange, you are handing control over to the federal government. (kevinmd.com)
  • Covered California, the California's state health insurance exchange set up under Obamacare, will cut spending and lower enrollment expectations for 2016, after 2015 sign-ups failed to meet state agencies' goals. (heartland.org)
  • That also means that this whole "Obamacare" thing is at long last very close to having major impacts on the health care market, American families, and the national economy. (ibtimes.com)
  • But Obamacare doesn't exist without the exchanges, and the exchanges are dying. (ctnewsjunkie.com)
  • Health insurance exchanges are a key component of the Affordable Care Act, often called "Obamacare. (npr.org)
  • Bringing young, healthy people into the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, aka Obamacare) health insurance exchanges (HIE) is key to holding down the premium increases. (spacecoastdaily.com)
  • In order to educate the public on the looming major implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's (PPACA, aka Obamacare) health insurance options and walk the consumers through the enrollment process, Health and Human Services (HHS) has earmarked up to $67 million in grants for enrollment and outreach workers called "navigators," with $7.8 million going to organizations in Florida. (spacecoastdaily.com)
  • In other words, it is going to take a Herculean effort just to get the exchanges ready to sort out which insurance plans at what cost are available to whom. (kevinmd.com)
  • People are not used to choosing among a slew of health insurance plans. (kevinmd.com)
  • However, states now have until December 14th to submit their Plans to the federal government after health and human being Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius extended the deadline earlier today. (azpbs.org)
  • Meaning, oversight of the health Insurance plans that sell the Product on the exchange. (azpbs.org)
  • Your application will be processed, and you will receive a list of health insurance plans you are eligible to purchase. (healthline.com)
  • Private health insurance companies provide these health insurance plans. (healthline.com)
  • An HDHP has a lower premium and higher deductible than most other health insurance plans. (healthline.com)
  • Only 49 percent of small business employers in Pennsylvania currently offer health insurance according to America's Health Insurance Plans. (prnewswire.com)
  • There are many expat health insurance plans available and I highly recommend obtaining one if you are under 70. (expatexchange.com)
  • Insurance providers will begin placing plans on the exchange website beginning in October, with purchasing set to begin Jan. 1, 2014. (tcdailyplanet.net)
  • 1. Patients purchasing high deductible plans on health insurance exchanges are likely to be more proactive consumers when choosing a provider for their spine surgery. (beckersspine.com)
  • 2. Health plans with limited networks typically cost less than open network plans, and thus are more popular to people shopping on health insurance exchanges. (beckersspine.com)
  • Practices experiencing inadequate volume may wish to contract with additional health plans and to offer payers the pricing necessary to get more favorable tiering. (beckersspine.com)
  • It's really going to allow individuals to make a choice about the health insurance plans to best meet their needs, and one that's affordable," said Scott Thompson, a spokesperson for Regence Blue Shield of Idaho. (localnews8.com)
  • Experts predict that states that already have strong health insurance carrier competition will have more plans available through their exchanges and will attract more insurance carriers. (nyhealthinsurer.com)
  • Using data from Massachusetts's insurance exchange, I find substantial adverse selection against plans covering the most prestigious and expensive "star" hospitals. (harvard.edu)
  • Consumers will be able to shop and enroll in new insurance plans through the federal government's website ( www.healthcare.gov ), or their own state's website if available, beginning Oct. 1, 2013. (physicianspractice.com)
  • Consumers who wish to get a ballpark estimate of the costs of different plans can use the Health Insurance Subsidy Calculator provided by Kaiser. (physicianspractice.com)
  • Consumers were most satisifed with their health plans in markets where there was more competition, but they also favor having to make fewer choices when it comes to their health plan options, according to the J.D. Power 2016 Member Health Plan Study. (fiercehealthpayer.com)
  • When news broke that Kentucky Health Cooperative will stop selling policies at the end of the year, it was yet another sign that the prognosis for consumer-operated and-oriented health plans isn't encouraging. (fiercehealthpayer.com)
  • The rise of public health insurance exchanges has ramped up Americans' engagement with their health plans, signaling an opportunity for insurers who are able to adapt to a more consumer-centric market. (fiercehealthpayer.com)
  • CMS is encouraging states to allow the sale of plans outside of those exchanges that don't incorporate a surcharge insurers started tacking on last year. (wfdd.org)
  • Many states moved last fall to limit silver loading to plans sold on the exchanges, while allowing or, in the case of California, requiring, very similar plans to be sold off the exchanges without the extra premium charge. (wfdd.org)
  • In general, federal rules require that insurers charge the same rates for identical qualified health plans that are sold on and off the exchanges. (wfdd.org)
  • Conversely, on the exchanges nearly two-thirds of people bought silver plans in 2018 while 29 percent bought bronze plans, according to federal data . (wfdd.org)
  • If fewer insurers add the CSR load to silver plans sold off the exchange, those plans may be more affordable next year than they were in 2018. (wfdd.org)
  • Consumers who want to consider off-exchange plans have to find them first. (wfdd.org)
  • Aria simplifies health plan operations end-to-end as part of its Payer business services and allows health plans to distribute and manage risk with partners, such as IPAs and MSOs. (businesswire.com)
  • Exchange plans like Antidote Health can operate at low SG&A costs when fully implemented since Aria increases operational efficiency by reducing dependency on multiple vendors and platforms," says Ravi Ika , CEO and founder of nirvanaHealth. (businesswire.com)
  • Additionally, plans can allocate human capital more effectively towards more high-touch value activities, such as member healthcare experience, social determinants of health, wellness regimens, and care management functions. (businesswire.com)
  • Most currently insured people will probably still get their health insurance through their employers, and those who don't have that access can purchase plans on state health insurance exchanges, due to be operating by 2014. (financialhighway.com)
  • The authors of this legislation hope that the health care reform bill, with state health exchanges as a key part of the transition to a new system buying health insurance, will create more competition among health insurers and plans (lowering health insurance prices), while providing more people with access to affordable health care. (financialhighway.com)
  • Some consumers who bought insurance under President Barack Obama's health care law are experiencing buyer's remorse after realizing that their longtime doctors aren't accepting the new plans. (spacecoastdaily.com)
  • KFF conducted interviews with more than 20 private health insurance platforms, as well as plans that intend to jump on board the private exchange bandwagon. (fiercehealthpayer.com)
  • For instance, in spite of the measures in the law, adverse selection (concentrating high-cost patients in health plans) cannot be eliminated by the insurance exchanges, yet it would disappear in a single universal risk pool. (californiaonecare.org)
  • The numbers of participants in the exchange plans are also crucial. (californiaonecare.org)
  • Distribute that amongst the fifty states, and then divide those numbers up amongst the "large" selection of plans in the "robust" markets of the exchanges, and you can see that many plans would likely fail due to the small numbers of insured. (californiaonecare.org)
  • It does not cost you anything to use a broker,* and most brokers who are certified by the exchange are also able to help you compare ACA-compliant off-exchange plans with the options available through the exchange. (healthinsurance.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)
  • In the United States of America, private health insurance plans' prices are largely unregulated and agreed upon through negotiations between plans and the providers with whom they contract. (who.int)
  • The pharmaceutical company Mylan, which bought the EpiPen from Merck in 2007, says more people are buying higher-deductible health plans, meaning they're paying more for drugs that may have been covered before. (medscape.com)
  • With changes in the healthcare insurance landscape, an increasing number of people and families are enrolled in high-deductible health plans, and deductible amounts continue to rise," Mylan says in a statement to WebMD. (medscape.com)
  • But with no serious competition, people with those high-deductible insurance plans end up paying retail price, says James Baker, MD, FARE's chief medical officer and CEO. (medscape.com)
  • Open enrollment in the Affordable Care Act's health insurance exchange begins Oct. 1. (ibtimes.com)
  • Even though open enrollment has ended, enrollment and plan changes continue on the federal health insurance exchange, which covers 36 states. (propublica.org)
  • New this Open Enrollment, a recent change in federal policy has improved the affordability of health insurance for family members with insurance through a spouse or parent's work. (pahouse.com)
  • In just a few months, open enrollment begins for individual health insurance on the newly launching health insurance exchanges, and with it comes the onset of a new era in health insurance. (kitces.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)
  • Those of us who have been lucky enough to receive health insurance through our employers in recent years have typically received three, maybe four, choices. (kevinmd.com)
  • Highmark's private exchange, which is the first in Pennsylvania , gives small employers the ability to offer a defined contribution to employees, who then use the contribution to purchase health, dental or vision insurance from a variety of Highmark plan designs. (prnewswire.com)
  • Because of cost, many small employers find it difficult to provide employee health insurance," said Steven Nelson , senior vice president of health services strategy, product and marketing at Highmark. (prnewswire.com)
  • Our platform seamlessly packages health and ancillary products to look and feel just like a traditional group plan, which is what most employers, employees and brokers are familiar with, but also gives a menu of options," said Jonathan Rickert , Array Health CEO. (prnewswire.com)
  • It also includes an Administration Dashboard where employers and brokers can access all the information they need to administer the company's health benefits. (prnewswire.com)
  • Each exchange will operate a website where uninsured residents of the state and small employers can compare various health-plan options offered by insurance companies, much in the same way that consumers shop online for hotel rooms and airplane tickets that suit them best. (healthday.com)
  • The Small Businesses Health Options Program (SHOP) that would have helped employers with fewer than 100 employees offer health insurance to their workers will be delayed for at least another year. (nyhealthinsurer.com)
  • When those health insurance programs were already working - as is the case with a number of large employers - Congress saw no reason to get in the way. (business2community.com)
  • According to a Mathematica Policy Research senior fellow, Deborah J. Chollet, "The new health care law created powerful incentives for smaller employers to self-insure. (business2community.com)
  • Even before the healthcare law was created in 2010, the trend toward creating health insurance programs by employers was already growing. (business2community.com)
  • Private exchanges continue to build traction--according to the 2014 Kaiser Employer Health Benefits Survey, 13 percent of employers with 200 or more workers expressed interest in private exchanges, notes the report. (fiercehealthpayer.com)
  • As the industry evolves, the trend of employers moving their employees to a private exchange continues to grow . (fiercehealthpayer.com)
  • From a health care policy perspective and with all the noise regarding the Affordable Care Act, you hear a lot about the employer mandate being a problem for employers. (healthworkscollective.com)
  • The Connector has been running for a while now, and it has been part of a broader health reform effort that has enabled almost everyone in Massachusetts to obtain health insurance. (kevinmd.com)
  • It's a key part of the Affordable Care Act, President Obama's health-reform law. (azpbs.org)
  • TUESDAY, Dec. 18, 2012 (HealthDay News) -- Half of the states in the nation have rebuffed a key provision of the Obama administration's health reform law: the creation of state-based health insurance exchanges, according to data compiled by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. (healthday.com)
  • State-based health insurance exchanges are a key element of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the controversial health reform legislation championed by President Barack Obama. (healthday.com)
  • Dr. Daniel Derksen, chair of public health policy and management at the University of Arizona in Tucson and former director of the New Mexico Office of Health Care Reform, expects the federal government to 'work hard' to get those systems in place but anticipates 'hitches' along the way. (healthday.com)
  • If the Legislature votes no on the exchange, Idaho would join at least 23 other states in a federally run program in 2013, when that part of President Obama's health care reform law kicks in. (localnews8.com)
  • Free Health Payer Daily Newsletter More than 38,000 health plan executives read FierceHealthPayer to stay current on trends in healthcare payment reform, cost containment strategies, the ICD-9/ICD-10 transition, fraud prevention, and more. (fiercehealthpayer.com)
  • Health Care Reform: How Will State Insurance Exchanges Work? (financialhighway.com)
  • Earlier this week, the health care reform bill was passed. (financialhighway.com)
  • Although an important goal of reform was administrative simplification, insurers will still have most of their administrative costs, as will the physicians and hospitals, and yet another layer of administration is added in the operation of the exchanges. (californiaonecare.org)
  • The ACA and health reform really has accelerated much of our business. (healthworkscollective.com)
  • Our business was never predicated on health reform at all. (healthworkscollective.com)
  • Louise Norris is an individual health insurance broker who has been writing about health insurance and health reform since 2006. (healthinsurance.org)
  • Her state health exchange updates are regularly cited by media who cover health reform and by other health insurance experts. (healthinsurance.org)
  • The researchers, led by Anna Sinaiko (a post-doctoral fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health) surveyed people who purchased healthcare through the Massachusetts health insurance exchange, also known as the Massachusetts Connector. (kevinmd.com)
  • My administration and I, personally, believe that quality healthcare is a basic human right, and never has the need for quality with the emphasis on quality healthcare been more evident than during the covid-19 global health pandemic," Beshear said. (wkyt.com)
  • Many expats use the public system for routine healthcare and have private expat health insurance for specialists, surgeries and emergencies. (expatexchange.com)
  • An amendment to the Senate Finance Committee's healthcare bill that would permit employees to shop around for health insurance policies is slowly gaining momentum on the Hill. (docudharma.com)
  • When Healthcare.gov rolled out last fall, insurance companies complained that the information in the 834s was replete with errors, creating a crisis at the back-end of the system. (propublica.org)
  • With nirvanaHealth, Antidote Health will be able to support its ambitious mission to provide accessible and affordable healthcare to all Americans. (businesswire.com)
  • As of yet, it is not known how many companies have established a self health insurance program , nor how many intend to create one in response to the requirements of the federal healthcare law. (business2community.com)
  • Get the latest updates about Insurance policies and Laws in the Healthcare industry for different geographical locations. (healthworkscollective.com)
  • Funny this is where United Healthcare is located and they ran out to get to buy the company QSSI who did part of the Federal exchange project but we don't see any action in their own home state do we. (blogspot.com)
  • Those who don't enroll may not value an insurance policy enough to pay even a minimum, heavily subsidized premium. (heartland.org)
  • The data shows so-called "834" transactions, which insurance companies and the government use to enroll new members, change a member's enrollment status, or disenroll members. (propublica.org)
  • Millions of uninsured and underinsured Americans may now purchase better and more affordable health insurance. (healthline.com)
  • A new report by InsuranceQuotes.com finds 90 percent of Americans don't know they can start signing up for insurance through health exchanges in October. (marketplace.org)
  • The problem with these bills , however, is that they would not make the exchanges available to all Americans . (docudharma.com)
  • Many Republican lawmakers ran for office on a platform of opposing President Barack Obama's health care plan. (wkyufm.org)
  • This type of health insurance plan has a very high deductible and carries only the essential health benefits. (healthline.com)
  • I suggest you have a fund of $6-10,000 tucked away if you don't have private insurance or have a high deductible. (expatexchange.com)
  • The Affordable Care Act has resulted in many new high-deductible insurance policies being sold on the Exchanges the landmark health-insurance law set up. (medscape.com)
  • On Monday, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a blog posting that the federal government had received 10 state applications to run an exchange. (healthday.com)
  • Both insurers and health care providers support a state exchange, but patients might not be sure about how a state health insurance exchange program will impact the way they get and pay for medical care. (localnews8.com)
  • Health insurers increasingly compete on their networks of medical providers. (harvard.edu)
  • Overseers are expected to make sure that the insurers listed on their exchanges follow certain rules. (financialhighway.com)
  • State health insurance regulators must have rubrics for determining which insurers certify to offer their products on the exchange. (financialhighway.com)
  • Insurers will have to be more transparent about their pricing, and how they spend their revenues, especially if they want to be included on the exchanges. (financialhighway.com)
  • This report documents the results of the cognitive interviewing study examining a sub-set of the 2014 Family Health Insurance (FHI) section of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), as well as a number of proposed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)-related FHI questions. (cdc.gov)
  • Deciding where to work will no longer need to be tied to the availability of health insurance, freeing clients to make job changes, start new businesses, or simply retire before age 65 Medicare eligibility, without worrying about how they'll get access to health insurance. (kitces.com)
  • According to the data collected, nearly 2.5 million people enrolled through private exchanges in 2014, which include 1.7 million group plan enrollees, 700,000 individual Medicare enrollees and 100,000 individual enrollees. (fiercehealthpayer.com)
  • Medicare Part B helps to cover the cost of physician services, outpatient hospital services, medical equipment, supplies, and other health services. (cdc.gov)
  • Health Insurance Exchanges and the Affordable Care Act: Key Policy Issues," by Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, should be read in full (44 pages) by everyone who cares about the future of our health care system. (californiaonecare.org)
  • The exchange enables people and small businesses to purchase health insurance at federally subsidized rates. (wikipedia.org)
  • Members of federally recognized Indian tribes and their decedents are eligible for services provided by the Indian health Service (IHS). (cdc.gov)
  • This article summarizes recent federally supported activities promoting an integrated public health approach for epilepsy, highlighting progress in response to the landmark 2012 IOM report and identifying opportunities for continued public health action. (cdc.gov)
  • This article summarizes federally supported activities promoting an integrated public health approach for epilepsy, highlighting recent progress in response to the landmark 2012 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Epilepsy Across the Spectrum: Promoting Health and Understanding (2). (cdc.gov)
  • The General Assembly adopted several measures during the 2021 legislative session related to health care and insurance. (colorado.gov)
  • Ted Simons: Well, Friday, was also a deadline for Arizona and other states to submit a plan for creating a state run health Insurance exchange. (azpbs.org)
  • Governor Brewer hasn't said if she will submit a plan or allow the government to create an exchange for Arizona. (azpbs.org)
  • We are retired and our health issues are relatively minor but we feel strongly about having a paid for medical insurance plan. (expatexchange.com)
  • PITTSBURGH and SEATTLE , Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Highmark Inc ., an independent Blue Cross Blue Shield plan based in Pittsburgh , announced today that it has partnered with Array Health , a leader in health insurance exchange technology and services, to fundamentally change small business health insurance by piloting a private exchange. (prnewswire.com)
  • Highmark's exchange will give small business employees a chance to truly choose a health plan option that's right for them. (prnewswire.com)
  • They use this money to go to an online insurance store to select from a menu of seven Highmark health plan options as well as two dental and vision insurance plan options. (prnewswire.com)
  • I'm sure it's a disappointment because the overall hope and plan from the beginning was to have as many states as possible to go ahead and implement their own exchanges,' said Frank McArdle, an independent health policy and benefits consultant in Bethesda, Md. (healthday.com)
  • Residency to obtain public health care (CAJA) seems to be taking about 18 months, so you will have to use private care until you obtain residency (if that is what you plan on doing). (expatexchange.com)
  • Critics say that this will do little to pressure health insurance carriers to offer more affordable plan options. (nyhealthinsurer.com)
  • She canceled a plan to hire a "system integrator" firm to serve as general contractor for the exchange, instead giving all the work to Oracle as the main IT vendor. (govtech.com)
  • Aria is the first integrated Payer & PBM platform and will help Antidote Health recognize significant savings and plan improvements for its members and eliminate the need to use dozens of vendors. (businesswire.com)
  • Additionally, the Aria platform deploys a digital workforce to automate and manage all health plan & PBM operations with built-in compliance. (businesswire.com)
  • However, that plan was scuttled in favor of allowing states to manage their own exchanges (or have non-profit organizations manage for them). (financialhighway.com)
  • If states are dissatisfied with the reasoning behind the changes, the plan offered can be taken off the exchange. (financialhighway.com)
  • It would be far easier to remove the employer as keeper of the health plan, and simply provide a single, comprehensive public plan for everyone. (californiaonecare.org)
  • An exact name of a health plan in the exchange (e.g. (cdc.gov)
  • How many physicians plan to participate in health insurance exchanges? (medscape.com)
  • For example, in 1975, the Plan for Nationwide Action on Epilepsy, commissioned by Congress and led by the former Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, identified the burden of epilepsy in the population and released a first set of groundbreaking recommendations to federal and state agencies (5). (cdc.gov)
  • On December 20, 2012 the Wisconsin Hospital Association presented to WMC's Government Relations Committee a presentation on employer sponsored health insurance and health insurance exchange. (wmc.org)
  • Private exchanges have the potential to 'reshape employer-sponsored health insurance,' according to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation. (fiercehealthpayer.com)
  • If you choose not to purchase health insurance, unless you qualify to opt out due to low income or other considerations, you will have to pay a fee beginning in 2014. (ibtimes.com)
  • If you are admitted for exchange studies at one of Lund University's partner universities, then you are covered by STUDENT UT insurance from Kammarkollegiet. (lu.se)
  • For instance, right now citizens are required to prove they have health insurance, or face a fine. (ctnewsjunkie.com)
  • 1. This law settles the public relations in connection with the preservation of the health of the citizens. (who.int)
  • 6. state participation in financing activities aimed at preservation of the health of the citizens. (who.int)
  • 4) The National Health Strategy and the national health programmes shall be based on an assessment of the health status and health needs of the citizens, the health demographic tendencies and the resource capacity of the national system of health care. (who.int)
  • 2) The Minister of health shall present to the National Assembly an annual report for the health state of the citizens and the fulfilment of the National Health Strategy within three months before the beginning of the budget year. (who.int)
  • Flanked by DFLers and commissioners who helped craft the legislation, Gov. Mark Dayton signed the health insurance exchange bill into law Wednesday. (tcdailyplanet.net)
  • This issue brief provides information about Colorado's health insurance exchange, which is called Connect for Health Colorado (exchange). (colorado.gov)
  • Antidote Health already leverages AI to connect its users to doctors," says John Sculley , the Chairman of nirvanaHealth and former CEO of Apple, "so we at nirvanaHealth are excited to empower their providers with even more knowledge to provide high quality of care. (businesswire.com)
  • Connect for Health Colorado or Covered California in California). (cdc.gov)
  • Suzanne Kinney, Executive Director of the Arizona Chamber Foundation, a research and education arm of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, explains how a health insurance exchange works and what happens if Arizona decides not to operate its own exchange. (azpbs.org)
  • Another seven states, according to the Kaiser Foundation's count, will operate exchanges in federal-state partnerships. (healthday.com)
  • nirvanaHealth will provide Antidote Health with payer business services and operate as its full-service pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), enabling Antidote Health to expand its current telemedicine services to include a novel, virtual-first insurance offering on the ACA Exchange. (businesswire.com)
  • nirvanaHealth will provide Antidote Health with Payer business services and operate as its full-service PBM. (businesswire.com)
  • States that establish and operate exchanges will do so within federal guidelines, although states will have the flexibility to make a number of distinctive design choices. (georgetown.edu)
  • It's possible 39 million individuals will be on the private exchanges come 2018, according to an Oliver Wyman study, as referenced in the report. (fiercehealthpayer.com)
  • Rather than creating government controlled health insurance, the bill instead required everyone to purchase health insurance. (financialhighway.com)
  • Your product has not delivered promised functionality and has seriously hindered Minnesotans' abilities to purchase health insurance or apply for public health care programs through MNsure,' Dayton wrote. (blogspot.com)
  • Alan Weil , the executive director at the National Academy for State Health Policy, is not surprised people aren't aware of health exchanges yet, since many states are just now ramping up publicity efforts. (marketplace.org)
  • If you earn too much to get a subsidy to help defray the cost of health insurance, you might find a less expensive policy off an exchange. (wfdd.org)
  • It encourages states to encourage silver loading only on the exchange," says Aviva Aron-Dine, vice president for health policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. (wfdd.org)
  • Yet CMS' endorsement of the strategy removes doubts states may have had, says David Anderson , a research associate at Duke University's Margolis Center for Health Policy who has tracked the issue . (wfdd.org)
  • It's been a significant policy question for a year now: Will Idaho create a state-based health insurance exchange ? (npr.org)
  • But only agents and brokers can make policy recommendations, as they are licensed by the state in addition to being certified by the exchange. (healthinsurance.org)
  • As with all mobile populations, United States hinders development of public health policy, education, and provision of adequate clinical care. (cdc.gov)
  • 3. (1) The state health policy shall be managed and implemented by the Council of Ministers. (who.int)
  • Arizona Governor Jan Brewer must decide soon Arizona will establish a state-run health insurance exchange or let the federal government be in charge of providing that service to Arizona residents. (azpbs.org)
  • Further, it's possible private exchanges operated by private companies could 'set in motion a process that will firmly establish managed competition as the predominant way of buying and selling health insurance and open the market to innovative high-value systems,' FierceHealthPayer previously reported. (fiercehealthpayer.com)
  • In the long run, if a large number of people eligible for participation in the exchange fail to participate, we have a problem on our hands," says Weil. (marketplace.org)
  • For-profit health insurance companies are the wrong business model to handle the nation's health care needs. (californiaonecare.org)
  • The IHS operates a comprehensive health service delivery system for approximately 75% of the nation's American Indians and Alaska Natives. (cdc.gov)
  • Though these businesses may choose to try to avoid this health insurance regulation in order to save money, it could potentially send costs skywards for the employees at other companies. (business2community.com)
  • Avoid kissing or exchanging spit since mpox can spread this way. (cdc.gov)
  • Potentially lost in this pile of work will be the important task of making sure the exchanges present insurance choices to consumers in a manner that helps them understand and sort through their options. (kevinmd.com)
  • And regardless of the deadline, its coming up soon, and what are Arizona's options regarding the health care exchange? (azpbs.org)
  • At the Exchange, you can apply for insurance, review your options, and purchase insurance. (healthline.com)
  • The options available to you in the Exchange may vary widely. (healthline.com)
  • The Exchange has a variety of insurance options. (healthline.com)
  • States can also cooperate with each other in multi-state exchanges, creating larger pools of "customers" and offering more insurance options, since providers could compete directly with providers from other states. (financialhighway.com)
  • The idea is that by offering this type of defined contribution solution, we can get employees thinking about their health and financial security, thinking much more holistically about how they spend and allocate their benefit dollars across benefit options. (healthworkscollective.com)
  • Up to 1.3 million residents are expected to purchase insurance through Mnsure. (tcdailyplanet.net)
  • Add Minnesota's state-run MNsure website to the list of troubled health insurance exchanges. (blogspot.com)
  • I request that you immediately deploy whatever people or resources are needed to correct the defects in your product that are preventing Minnesotans from obtaining health insurance through MNsure. (blogspot.com)
  • There's a trade-off: people who are currently unable to obtain health insurance in the individual market due to pre-existing conditions will be able to do so starting in 2014, and many people who are currently uninsured will be drawn into the pool of insureds. (healthinsurancecolorado.net)
  • When you receive MFS scholarship, the university staff orders an individual insurance for you. (lu.se)
  • Leavitt Partners, however, stresses that Idaho can create its own exchange by acting quickly, and by building on work already done by other states and private exchanges, rather than creating an exchange from the ground up. (npr.org)
  • Out of the 20 interviewed, the report notes that 10 are full-blown private exchanges, based on KFF's definition of a private exchange. (fiercehealthpayer.com)
  • Private exchanges have the potential to lower the rate of rising health costs, especially if there is an increase in carrier competition. (fiercehealthpayer.com)
  • What's more, certain private exchanges are hoping larger companies move to fully insured if they join the exchange. (fiercehealthpayer.com)
  • All students who travel within an exchange agreement are insured through Kammarkollegiet. (lu.se)
  • If you are going on exchange to a Nordic or European university (within EU), you are covered by STUDENT UT insurance from Kammarkollegiet, however you need to take with you your European health insurance card. (lu.se)
  • State and federal governments need to make sure that consumers understand their health insurance choices. (kevinmd.com)
  • You see, states had a difficult decision to make about whether to create their own exchanges or, instead, to rely on the federal government to run their exchanges. (kevinmd.com)
  • But how easily do people in Massachusetts make their health insurance choices? (kevinmd.com)
  • Ted Simons: so regardless of whether it's a state run exchange or federal Run exchange or something in Between, governor has to make a Decision and the legislature has to approve this, correct? (azpbs.org)
  • We want to make sure we do what can to inform consumers and give them the education that they need to make the right decisions," says Laura Adams, with InsuranceQuotes.com, which compares insurance rates for consumers. (marketplace.org)
  • The first thing we could do is try to tweak the laws to make the exchanges more competitive, and to keep them from failing. (ctnewsjunkie.com)
  • It also allows physicians to make informed choices about the types of new insurance they will participate in, and the numbers of new patients they take into their practices. (physicianspractice.com)
  • When the governor does sit down to make his decision, he'll consult his Health Insurance Exchange Working Group's findings and recommendations , which were delivered last week. (npr.org)
  • The Regional Director called on members of the PSC to undertake an in-depth analysis of all the documents on the agenda, to make high quality contributions and to come up with relevant and realistic recommendations to enrich the documents and facilitate further deliberations of the ministers of health at the Regional Committee. (who.int)
  • Make a habit of exchanging contact information with any new partner to allow for sexual health follow-up, if needed. (cdc.gov)
  • However, in the case of federal exchanges, if you decide to say no to creating a state exchange, you will be compelled by law to cede control of the exchange over to the federal government. (kevinmd.com)
  • Now that the Supreme Court has decided people can receive the same insurance subsidy directly through the federal exchanges, many states may decide to shut down their exchanges," Guppy said. (heartland.org)
  • A state health insurance exchange is one of the biggest issues facing the Idaho Legislature in January. (localnews8.com)
  • The future level of competition in each state health insurance exchange will likely reflect the current scenario. (nyhealthinsurer.com)
  • Guppy says in a free-market insurance market, prices and policies are designed to respond to the real needs of consumers, not the dictates of government regulators or congressional lawmakers. (heartland.org)
  • Regulators could be forced to choose between approving agonizing rate hikes or killing off what was once called the best exchange in the entire country. (ctnewsjunkie.com)