Kentucky Republican Gov. Matt Bevin has notified federal authorities he plans to dismantle the state’s health insurance exchange. Bevin campaigned on a pledge to get rid of the exchange, known as kynect. It was authorized by an executive order from …
States and insurers are already working to bail out President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul, anticipating the system’s online insurance exchanges may not be ready by a critical December deadline. All of the alternatives have drawbacks. Insurance companies are hoping to …
Tax credits to buy medical coverage next year will average $2,672 per family under President Barack Obama’s health care system overhaul, a benefit that will make the plans more affordable than some critics have predicted. The subsidy should reduce the …
When the state of Mississippi begins offering subsidized health insurance under President Barack Obama’s reform law this year, residents will have only one choice – Magnolia Health Plan – a small insurer little known in most of the country. The …
The U.S. government could have to run more state health insurance exchanges than expected under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, if U.S. states pursuing their own marketplaces cannot complete them on time, a senior official said on Thursday. The Obama …
The Obama administration said on Tuesday that it will operate federal online health insurance marketplaces in 26 of the 50 U.S. states with little or no input from local state officials. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced …
Federal health care reforms have led to the creation of a government agency in Kentucky that will be comparable in staffing to the secretary of state’s office with 30 employees but that has scores of contract workers and an annual …
A look at the how states are putting in place President Barack Obama’s health care law, including health insurance exchanges and expansion of Medicaid coverage, along with the number of people in each state who don’t have health insurance: STATE …
Tennessee won’t participate in a partnership with the federal government in establishing a health insurance exchange, Gov. Bill Haslam announced Friday. The Republican governor said in a letter to U.S. Health and Human Resources Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that the partnership …
The Obama administration on Thursday assured U.S. lawmakers that it is on track to enroll millions of people in new state health insurance markets, but it quickly came under fire from Republicans and Democrats about how costly the coverage may …
