Posts Tagged ‘health exchanges’
Many States Say ‘No’ to Health Insurance Exchanges
Many GOP governors not setting up state-run exchanges. 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. State-based health insurance exchanges are a key [...]
Governor Passes Laws Concerning California Health Benefit Exchange
According to Assembly Bill 1761 recently passed by California Governor Jerry Brown, unauthorized businesses and individuals are prohibited from claiming to represent the state’s health insurance exchange. This legislation aims to address the issues that may arise from the establishment of the California Health Benefit Exchange. Legislators [...]
Romney and Obama Seen As Even in Dealing With Healthcare
HEALTHCARE • Romney and Obama Seen As Even in Dealing With Healthcare • Exchanges Bring Big Opportunities for the Industry • Open Enrollment Season Foreshadows Significant Changes in 2014 • Companies Fail to Provide the Required SBC Documents IN CALIFORNIA • Governor Asks Exchange to Allow Sale of Certain Eye Care Plans NEW [...]
Branding Health Care Exchanges To Make The Sale
As states work to comply with the federal health care law, many are designing their insurance exchanges, where people will be able to shop for coverage. But just the word "exchange" sounds to many like off-putting government-speak, and some states are eager to come up with a more appealing name for these new marketplaces. The exchange will have [...]
Will Exchanges Take Over the Health Insurance Market?
Subscribe to Insurance Insider News by Leila Morris HEALTHCARE • Will Exchanges Take Over the Health Insurance Market? • Lack of Insurance Proves Fatal • HHS Touts MLR Rebates • Most Employers Hope Court Will Strike Down Health Care Reform • How the Media Covered the Health Care Debate IN CALIFORNIA • The Fallout from the [...]
Genie Out of Bottle on Health Reform
The harsh Supreme Court questions about the Affordable Care Act has fed a misleading impression that health reform is on life support. Here’s the reality – virtually every state is now engaged in using federal grants to build state exchanges and expand Medicaid – a process that will persist in some form even if the Supreme Court strikes [...]
Official Says CA Will Continue Work for a Fairer Health System
Three days of hearings before the U.S. Supreme Court have raised questions about whether the Affordable Care Act is constitutional, but California has already started implementing provisions of the Act by setting up a health benefit exchange. It's also expanding Medicaid and has passed laws to enhance and extend health coverage, according to an [...]
