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The latest information relating to the health insurance industry.
Early Filings For ‘Bronze Plans’ Signal Higher Out-of-Pocket Costs
Insurance News Net reports: "A new analysis fromHealthPocket, Inc. of early health insurancerate filings finds that the least expensive plans under the Affordable Care Act(ACA) have higher out-of-pocket costs for consumers compared to current plans in the individual...
Gov’t report: Smooth launch unsure for health law
Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports: "There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress. But in a report to be released Wednesday, the...
Choice of Health Plans to Vary Sharply From State to State
The New York Times reports: "When a typical 40-year-old uninsured woman in Maine goes to the new state exchange to buy health insurance this fall, she may have just two companies to choose from: the one that already sells most individual policies in the state, and a...
Ready, set, stop
Benefits Pro reports: "Pity the poor HR managers. That’s the first thought that sprang to mind after I heard the news about the delayed PPACA employer mandate. I mean, sure, a lot of businesses were relieved to get the extra time. But in the HR world, it’s fairly...
Democrats hit the road to sell public on Obamacare
The Kansas City Star reports: "Three years after it passed, President Barack Obama and fellow Democrats are still trying to sell the federal health care law to a skeptical nation. Lawmakers, armed with tool kits and fact sheets, are fanning out across the nation to...
15 PPACA provisions that will take effect in 2014
Benefits Pro reports: "The effective date of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was March 23, 2010, although various provisions have their own effective dates from January 1, 2010, (the small business income tax credit) through 2018. The start of...
6 insurers offer 165 health plans for Illinois exchange review
Chicago Tribune reports: "Six insurance carriers submitted 165 health insurance plans to be offered on the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace, the online exchange where individuals and small businesses in October can begin buying coverage for 2014, state officials...
Letter from the White House
Three quick things you should know about Obamacare Hi all -- In the past few days, we've received three really interesting new pieces of information about the health care law, and we wanted to share these data points with you so that you get a big picture of how...
Illinois lawmakers rebuff governor over health insurance exchange
Chicago Health Care Daily reports: "Federal officials could end up overseeing the new Illinois health insurance marketplace for years to come after lawmakers in Springfield balked again at a full embrace of President Barack Obama's health care law. The Legislature...
U.S. Businesses Pay About $6,000 Extra For Workers Who Smoke
Insurance News Net reports: "U.S. businesses pay $6,000 per year extra for each employee who smokes compared with someone who has never smoked cigarettes, researchers say. Lead author Micah Berman, an assistant professor of health services management and policy in...