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2020
The Scoop: health insurance news – December 30, 2020
December 30, 2020 – In this edition Open enrollment continues in 11 states and DC, ends Thursday in Idaho Federal protections against surprise balance billing…
The Scoop: health insurance news – December 23, 2020
December 23, 2020 – In this edition: Open enrollment continues in 11 states, Washington, DC; enrollment up 6.6% for 2021 in states that use HealthCare.gov;…
The Scoop: health insurance news – December 9, 2020
December 9, 2020 – Headlines in this edition: six open enrollment days remaining in most states; Biden selects California AG, ACA defender, to lead HHS;…
The Scoop: health insurance news – December 2, 2020
December 2, 2020 – In this week's edition of The Scoop: open enrollment ends in 13 days in most states; Oregon's congressional delegation asks HHS to extend…
The Scoop: health insurance news – November 25, 2020
November 25, 2020 – In this edition: enrollments have surpassed 3 million nationwide; Get Covered 2021 coalition seeks to slow the spread of COVID, get…
The Scoop: health insurance news – November 18, 2020
November 18, 2020 – This week's health insurance headlines include: early open enrollment data indicate individual-market enrollment is trending higher than…
The Scoop: health insurance news – November 11, 2020
November 11, 2020 – In this edition of The Scoop: oral arguments heard by Supreme Court in California v. Texas; open enrollment is underway nationwide; medical…
The Scoop: health insurance news – November 5, 2020
November 5, 2020 – In this edition: open enrollment is underway nationwide; Georgia receives federal approval to eliminate its health insurance exchange;…
The Scoop: health insurance news – October 28, 2020
October 28, 2020 – In this week's edition of The Scoop: ACA open enrollment starts Sunday; 2021 health plan browsing now enabled nearly nationwide; election…
The Scoop: health insurance news – October 21, 2020
October 21, 2020 – In this week's edition: HealthCare.gov's insurer participation grows while benchmark premiums shrink; Trump administration approves 1115…
The Scoop: health insurance news – October 15, 2020
October 15, 2020 – Open enrollment for individual health insurance is just around the corner, and there’s plenty of encouraging news this week regarding…
Who needs the ACA marketplace? About 45 million Americans since its 2014 launch.
October 7, 2020 – As many as 50 million Americans have enrolled in ACA plans since 2014. The debate about protections for those with pre-existing conditions…