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August 2, 2011
Moving to another state? Make sure your health insurance will follow you.
“We hear from individuals who are confused about what will happen to their coverage if they move to a new state,” says PAF Spokesperson Erin Moaratty. “And it’s not surprising, considering that each state offers differing consumer protections for policy holders.”
June 1, 2011
Why are high risk pools having so much trouble?
Only 18,313 Americans have signed up for the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP). Are premiums too expensive? Is it the fact that applicants have to have been uninsured for six months?
May 31, 2011
Feds lower premiums, ease eligibility requirements for temporary risk pools
The federal government has announced that it will lower premiums for temporary high-risk insurance pools in the 18 states where the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan is federally administered.
April 30, 2011
Cancer survivors among those not interesting in killing health reform law
Contributor Arlene Karidis, a breast cancer survivor, introduces readers to a group of cancer survivors who are in no hurry to kill the recently passed health reform law.
April 25, 2011
Politics making the difference in states’ risk pool enrollment
BYKERK: If your governor is making claims that this law is unconstitutional and it's gonna go away, you might be leery of buying.
February 10, 2011
Enrollment in temporary high-risk pool plans is up, but still lagging
The Washington Post – More Americans are signing up for the temporary high-risk insurance pools that were created by the Affordable Care Act, but enrollment is still far behind original predictions.
January 2, 2011
GOP alternative to mandate? More government
Forbes – If you oppose health reform’s individual mandate, government-operated high-risk pools are the next best option, according to Rick Ungar. But that solution, proposed by the party of small government, would require a dramatic increase in government involvement, Ungar says.
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December 8, 2011
Gov. Haley refuses additional grant funds for exchange, but study of issues continues under executive order
Staff Writers healthinsurance.org Updated on December 8, 2011. South Carolina is studying whether to build a health insurance exchange based on an executive order from Gov. Nikki Haley; legislators were not able to approve a bill during the last session. A top state health official recommended in mid-November that South Carolina not pursue its own [...]
December 7, 2011
Governor opposes health reform, but Pennsylvania groups work to decide control of state exchange
Staff Writers healthinsurance.org Updated on December 7, 2011. Pennsylvania will establish a state-based insurance exchange, insurance department officials said in mid-November, despite the state’s involvement in a lawsuit challenging the federal health reform law. Lawmakers considered but did not approve exchange legislation during their last session. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett opposes federal health reform and [...]
December 7, 2011
State returns federal grant, but work groups, study group continue to assess Oklahoma exchange issues
Staff Writers healthinsurance.org Updated on December 7, 2011. Oklahoma’s insurance exchange planning was handed to a joint legislative committee after lawmakers were unable to come up with a bill they could agree on. The two Republican legislators leading the study group said they would be starting from scratch to learn what Oklahomans want to see from an insurance exchange. [...]
December 7, 2011
State’s leadership would prefer to see ACA repealed
Staff Writers healthinsurance.org Updated on December 7, 2011. Serious reservations about the concept of a health insurance exchange from the governor, lieutenant governor and some citizens are putting the Ohio exchange in jeopardy. Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor, who also directs the state’s insurance department, complained that an exchange will be expensive and that Ohio’s top leadership would [...]
December 6, 2011
Governor Snyder urges passage of state insurance exchange legislation by Thanksgiving
Staff Writers healthinsurance.org Updated on December 6, 2011. Michigan is working toward the creation of a Michigan Health Marketplace. Though the legislature didn’t approve a law authorizing the exchange, Gov. Rick Snyder supports it and is encouraging legislators to get a bill in place by November 2011 so Michigan can apply for more federal grant funding. The [...]
December 6, 2011
Advisory committee, governor work through Maine exchange issues
Staff Writers healthinsurance.org This page last updated on December 6, 2011. Maine has made enough progress with its insurance exchange development that an exchange advisory committee and the governor are working through nitty-gritty issues such as whether the individual and small group markets should be separate, and what kind of governing authority the executive director [...]
December 6, 2011
Health reform critic Brownback returns $31.5 million, but steering committee continues to work on exchange
Staff Writers healthinsurance.org Updated on December 6, 2011. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is one of the most vociferous critics of health reform in the nation, and he has decided to give back $31.5 million in federal money that would have helped the state build its insurance exchange. The exchange has been a matter of debate [...]
December 6, 2011
Legislature fails to pass bill, but insurance department works to create exchange
Staff Writers healthinsurance.org Updated on December 6, 2011. Nebraska’s Department of Insurance is working on creating an insurance exchange after the legislature failed to approve a bill to do so. The Insurance Department is holding public hearings and is conducting analyses on the economic, financial and information technology issues related to a state-run exchange. An analyst for [...]