September 7, 2014
The Arkansas Insurance Department recently announced insurance policies sold through the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace are projected to have a net decrease of two percent in premium costs for 2015. This calculation includes the policies offered through the Arkansas Private …
September 5, 2014
Oklahomans shopping for individual health insurance policies through the federal exchange will be able to choose from six different companies offering multiple plans, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced. Rate renewals for 2015 policies range from a decrease of 9.1 percent …
September 4, 2014
The full U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington will rehear a case on Obamacare tax subsidies, granting a government request in a move that may reduce chances of a new Supreme Court showdown over a central element of the Affordable …
September 4, 2014
A new report says health care spending in Massachusetts continues to grow faster than the rate of inflation. The report is from the Center for Health Information and Analysis, created under Massachusetts state law in 2012 to monitor health care …
August 27, 2014
The Vermont state auditor’s office will be doing an audit of the actions taken to fix the state’s troubled online health insurance marketplace. Auditor Doug Hoffer sent a letter to state officials last week. The state announced earlier this month …
August 18, 2014
Massachusetts is launching a major effort to reach out to almost 400,000 residents who must reapply for health insurance because they were enrolled in temporary plans after the state’s health care marketplace website crashed last year. State officials fear that …
August 14, 2014
An Arkansas board is delaying its application for funding to establish a state-run health insurance exchange. The Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace Board, created by a law passed by state legislators last year, was expected to submit a request this week …
August 13, 2014
Gov. Mary Fallin on Aug. 11 released 31 documents that her administration previously withheld from news media involving her administration’s decision to reject a state health insurance exchange under the federal health care law. The emails suggest an administration that …
August 11, 2014
Massachusetts officials overseeing the state’s hobbled health care exchange decided last Friday to stick with new software designed to upgrade the website rather than switching over to the federal government’s health insurance market. For the past several months the state …
August 8, 2014
A Gallup report released on Aug. 5 shows that Arkansas outpaced the rest of the country in reducing the rate of residents without health insurance during the first six months of 2014, the Arkansas governor’s office reported. Arkansas’s uninsured rate …