January 31, 2014
After mostly being split following the Affordable Care Act’s passage in 2010, the public’s views of the law became more negative after the troubled rollout of Healthcare.gov, and this month’s tracking poll by The Kaiser Family Foundation shows that they …
January 28, 2014
Maryland’s House of Delegates will likely vote Tuesday on a plan to help residents who have struggled with the state’s health insurance exchange online. The bill would let customers sign up for retroactive coverage in the Maryland Health Insurance Plan, …
January 24, 2014
Massachusetts has long held a special status in the debate about President Obama’s health care law. It was a 2006 Massachusetts law that provided the inspiration for the 2010 national law, and Massachusetts already had near-universal coverage before the federal …
January 23, 2014
The Maryland Senate has passed a measure to provide health insurance for people who tried to enroll online in the state’s health exchange, but couldn’t due to computer problems. The Senate voted 38-8 for the emergency measure Tuesday. The emergency …
January 22, 2014
The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) issued final rules that it says will strengthen protections for consumers who seek assistance from federal health benefit exchange navigators. The department says the rules address insufficiencies in federal standards, as required by Senate …
January 17, 2014
The Arkansas lawmaker who sponsored the law creating the Health Insurance Marketplace Board has applied to serve as the marketplace’s executive director. Rep. Mark Biviano, R-Searcy, is one of two applicants who’ve applied for the position to oversee the Arkansas …
January 17, 2014
Access Health CT, Connecticut’s health insurance marketplace, says it has so far enrolled 86,000 people in private health care plans and Medicaid since open enrollment began in October. Chief Executive Kevin Counihan said Thursday the exchange is adding 500 to …
January 15, 2014
Government figures released Monday show that more than 81,000 Pennsylvanians have enrolled under the federal health care law, a sharp increase from the 11,800 who were signed up at the end of November. The Obama administration now says that more …
January 15, 2014
More than 44,000 Virginians have signed up for health plans through the federal insurance marketplace. In addition, about 17,000 were found to be eligible for Medicaid or children’s health insurance through the marketplace. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that most residents …
January 13, 2014
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is acknowledging a troubled start for Maryland’s online health insurance exchange, but he predicted on Jan. 12 that the state will still meet its enrollment goal by the end of March. In an interview with CNN’s …