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13 qualifying life events that trigger ACA special enrollment
Outside of open enrollment, a special enrollment period allows you to enroll in an ACA-compliant plan (on or off-exchange) if you experience a qualifying life event.

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Mary Lou Retton’s health scare story included some important lessons for consumers, many of whom may assume that the celebrity’s health scare is a sign of barriers to affordable health coverage.
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The Scoop: health insurance news – November 18, 2020 photo

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: April 15, 2020 Edition photo

The Scoop: April 15, 2020 Edition

April 15, 2020 – In this edition: VT, RI, NV, and NY extend COVID-19 special enrollment periods; California exchange has enrolled 58,000 people during…

The Scoop: September 6, 2019 Edition photo

The Scoop: September 6, 2019 Edition

September 6, 2019 – In this week's edition of The Scoop: Five exchanges extend open enrollment; Idaho’s 'coverage choice' Medicaid expansion proposal has…

The Scoop: August 9, 2019 Edition photo

The Scoop: August 9, 2019 Edition

August 9, 2019 – In this edition of The Scoop: Washington, Vermont insurance commissioners crack down on bogus health plans; judge rejects New Hampshire’s…

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Live from Bill Clinton’s id, an ACA alternative

October 6, 2016 – Has Bill Clinton actively contemplated a Medicaid buy-in, or was his suggestion just a slip of the…

Aetna or no Aetna, the exchanges need help photo

Aetna or no Aetna, the exchanges need help

August 17, 2016 – The below four strategies could help financially stabilize ACA marketplaces and to improve the human experience of those receiving coverage…

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Is Obamacare ‘collapsing’?

November 16, 2015 – The Affordable Care Act is not a perfect law by a long shot, and critics will continue to take shots at it for political gain, but it most…

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Succeed or fail, challenge may push rates higher

March 3, 2015 – Because of all this uncertainty, insurers reportedly are thinking of pricing their policies higher for 2016 than they would if they knew…

Hanukkah Harry, enrollment transparency, please photo

Hanukkah Harry, enrollment transparency, please

December 22, 2014 – So what I'd like from Hanukkah Harry this year ... or going forward ... would be I know that recently HealthCare.gov has finally started…

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Santa, help keep the ‘affordable’ in ACA

December 20, 2014 – If the Supreme Court rules in favor of the plaintiffs it could mean that people buying insurance in 34 states – that's 4 1/2 million…

Your employer is dropping health coverage. Yay? photo

Your employer is dropping health coverage. Yay?

December 19, 2014 – If your employer drops your company-sponsored health insurance and sends you to the exchanges for coverage, everybody could…

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HealthCare.gov puts focus on the bottom line

November 14, 2014 – The streamlining works. Entering as a single person, I was able to get to price quotes in under 30 seconds. That's very good news. A…