Health Insurance Exchanges
One of the tenets of free-market economics is the idea that when consumers have complete information, they are able to make informed purchasing decisions. Well-informed comparison shopping drives down prices and increases quality by forcing sellers to compete. Although conservative … Continue reading
New insurance policies under President Obama’s healthcare law will cost significantly less than expected in California. The state released rate filings Thursday for the policies that will be sold through the health law’s insurance exchange. Experts had been especially eager … Continue reading
The myth that Obamacare is going to cause a “rate shock” when consumers buy health insurance through the state marketplaces next year will have to be abandoned. The Center for American Progress (CAP) says the phenomenon does not exist, and … Continue reading
Ethan Rome, executive director of Health Care for America Now, testified before the District of Columbia Council Committee on Health about the importance of having a consumer-focused marketplace as part of the District of Columbia’s health care exchange. “The way … Continue reading
Health Care for America Now, Project Vote, Dēmos, The League of Women Voters and The Fair Elections Legal Network jointly submitted comments addressing the Proposed Rule regarding standards for navigator and non-navigator assistance personnel to be issued by the Centers … Continue reading
The Obama administration today unveiled its enrollment form for use with Obamacare health insurance marketplaces opening later this year. The Application for Health Coverage & Help Paying Costs (Short Form) is a three-page document that is easier to fill out … Continue reading
Nearly 26 million people nationwide will be eligible to benefit from the insurance premium tax credit included in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to a new report from Families USA. The tax credit was designed to ensure families won’t … Continue reading
In a powerful example of effective online outreach, the director of California’s new health insurance marketplace participated in a Reddit IAmA, a freewheeling conversation in which he discussed how things will be after the Affordable Care Act’s main provisions kick in … Continue reading
Gov. Phil Bryant and Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney have known each other for 30 years and call themselves friends. Now, though, a wedge has come between the two elected Republicans — President Barack Obama’s health law. Bryant is trying to … Continue reading
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter, a leading voice among Republican governors opposed to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), has decided to move forward and create a state-based health insurance exchange as envisioned by the health care law. The exchange will enable … Continue reading
Beginning Oct. 1, eligible consumers in 25 states will use the Department of Health and Human Services online health insurance shopping tool to enroll in an approved health plan. Numerous states are setting up health insurance exchanges, and some have … Continue reading
Job lock (n): the inability to leave one’s current employment due to resulting loss of health insurance. One of the most important and under-appreciated benefits of the Affordable Care Act is that it will end job lock, a deplorable situation … Continue reading