Early 2015 ACA Premium Estimates Vary Significantly
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Early 2015 ACA Premium Estimates Vary Significantly

As enrollment closured for Year One of Obamacare, we highlighted a number of issues to look forward to over the course of the next months and even years. Among these issues was what premiums would look like in future years. …

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Healthcare.gov: A Bargain?

According to one new analysis, the federally-run health insurance marketplace healthcare.gov was a relative bargain when compared to the costs of setting up and operating state-run exchanges. According to the report, the federal exchange cost an average of $647 per …

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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Resigns

On April 11th, the President announced the resignation of Kathleen Sebelius as the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Secretary Sebelius, the former state insurance commissioner and then governor of Kansas, had been acting as the …

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Latest Estimates Lower Price Tag of Health Law

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently published updated cost estimates associated with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) through 2024. These latest estimates come in at more than $100 billion less than previous estimates from February. In total, the health insurance …

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HHS Releases Progress on Leading Health Indicators for National Public Health Week

As part of National Public Health Week, the American Public Health Association and the Department of Health and Human Services’ Assistant Secretary for Health teamed up on Tuesday to host a webinar providing a progress update on the nation’s Leading …

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Obamacare’s Year One Enrollment is in the Books. Now What?

March 31st marked the end of open enrollment for Year One of Obamacare with 7.1 million Americans signing up for health plans using federal and state health insurance marketplaces. While these enrollment numbers exceeded the Administration’s target of 7 million, …

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Tighter Requirements for Insurers in 2015

Late on Friday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sent a letter to insurers offering plans on the federally-facilitated healthcare.gov outlining new requirements for 2015.  In many areas, the new requirements tighten regulations on insurers and address many …

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New Analysis Explores Insurer Competition under ACA

The reforms enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) were intended to foster competition and choice in the individual health insurance market. This week, the Kaiser Family Foundation released an analysis that suggests competition among insurance plans may be …

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More Time for Cancelled Policies

Late last year, we gave you the 411 on cancellations of health insurance policies that don’t meet the requirements of the Affordable Care Act and what the President did about it. At the time, the President gave folks who wanted …

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New Survey Shows Falling Uninsured Rates

This week, Gallup released the results of its latest survey of Americans’ health insurance status.  The survey shows that an estimated 15.9% of Americans remain uninsured in 2014 – down from 17.1% in the last three months of 2013. According …

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