What progress is being made in setting up its federally-mandated Alabama state health insurance exchange?"
About state health insurance exchanges
1/19/2011--Passed House amended. Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, effective as of its enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act. Repeals the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of the Act's enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by the Act's health care provisions. [more]
how healthy is living in Alabama?Alabama climbed three spots in the United Health Foundation's 2010 survey of the healthiest states to live in, coming in at number 45.
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State snapshot too large? Get county-by-county health rankings for Alabama, from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Population Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin.
Alabama Health Insurance Plan
Toll-free 1-800-513-1384 or (334) 353-8924
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Starting in 2010, Alabama started offering health care insurance coverage to residents through the federally established temporary high-risk pool program. To find out more about Alabama's participation, click here.
Risk pools are state-sponsored programs to help people with a history of medical problems in their family to purchase coverage. These pools are for people who can afford to buy health insurance, but are not able to get underwritten in the private market because of a pre-existing health condition. These programs can vary significantly from state to state in price, benefits and number of people served. Often insurance companies doing business in the state are required to contribute to the pool to keep it in the black. In the best cases, they allow people to be able to switch jobs or become self-employed without the fear of losing their health insurance coverage. Read more about risk pools here.
Cover The Uninsured is a national effort to highlight the fact that too many Americans are living without health insurance and to demand solutions from our nation's leaders. Read more information on its efforts. It is a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute has researched and written state-by-state guides for finding and keeping health insurance. It updates these guides as federal and state policies change. A number of non-profit organizations help fund its research. Learn more about the Health Policy Institute.
Review Georgetown's guide for Alabama.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance is a private, non-profit organization that, among other things, provides health care plan report cards for consumers.
Go here to search for Alabama health insurance plan report cards.
Alabama Department of Insurance, consumer page – provides regulation of the insuance industry to provide consumer protection and help maintain market stability.
All Kids – the state's SCHIP program to provide low-cost, comprehensive health insurance for children 18 years and younger.
Alabama Department of Senior Services – Medicare resources (state health insurance assistance program) and more for Alabama's older population.
Alabama Medicaid Agency – The state/federal program that pays for medical and long-term care services for low-income pregnant women, children, certain people on Medicare, disabled individuals and nursing home residents – has income and other requirements.
The GOP's proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act could wipe out critical consumer protections, cost savings, benefits for seniors (including preventive services and reduced prescription drug costs), and – hugely important – access to coverage for folks with pre-existing conditions. Find out how repeal of the Affordable Care Act would affect Alabama consumers.
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Staff Writers healthinsurance.org Updated on December 8, 2011. The Wyoming Health Insurance Exchange Steering Committee is studying the feasibility of creating an insurance exchange. The panel’s work is being supplemented with research by the state Insurance Department. The committee moved in late November to seek additional time to study the issue, and to leave the decision of [...]
Staff Writers healthinsurance.org Updated on December 8, 2011. Virginia’s governor and legislature took the first steps toward creating a health insurance exchange by approving legislation to study the issue and bring back specific recommendations to the legislature. They should cover the structure of the exchange, the makeup of the governing board, resources required and other topics. A Health [...]
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