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Health insurance exchanges make progress throughout US

Logan B.
Health Insurance rate increases

Health insurance exchanges are showing signs of life Health insurance exchanges are taking form throughout the U.S., per the Affordable Care Act. These exchanges are meant to act as a marketplace where consumers can find affordable health insurance coverage. Some of these exchanges will be built and managed by the states they call home, while others will be the responsibility of the federal government. Throughout the country, health insurance exchanges are set to begin open enrollment in October of this year before the policies they offer become active on January…

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Health insurance exchanges become subject of political attacks

Marc
health insurance promotion

Health insurance exchanges are gaining more attention The Affordable Care Act has been a major point of contention in U.S. politics since 2010. The federal law seeks to make significant changes to health insurance and the country’s health care structure, with a strong focus on making health insurance coverage more available to consumers throughout the country. One of the primary provisions of the federal law tasks states with playing host to health insurance exchange programs. These exchanges are meant to serve as marketplaces where consumers can find the affordable coverage…

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Obama launches new campaign to put down health insurance confusion

S.Vagus
Obama Health Insurance

Confusion concerning health insurance continues to grow among consumers The saga of the Affordable Care Act is beginning to grow more tempestuous as the law inches closer to January 1, 2014, the day it will be fully enacted. President Barack Obama, who has been the champion of the health care law since it was passed in 2010, has launched a new campaign to promote the various aspects of the law. The campaign is meant to shed more light on Obamacare — a term for the Affordable Care Act that President…

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HHS introduces new health insurance documents

Logan B.
Health Insurance confusion

HHS combats confusion in health insurance with new documentation When it comes to health insurance, documentation can be tedious and cumbersome for consumers. In the U.S., lengthy documentation, and the confusing language that is used to write such documents, has been targeted by the Affordable Care Act. This week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced the launch of a new health insurance document that is significantly shorter than its previous iteration. The federal agency believes that this revised documentation will provide more clarity to consumers looking…

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Health insurance navigators targeted by new HHS rule

Dan
U.S. Health Insurance

States continue to express concerns over health insurance provisions of federal law The Affordable Care Act continues to be a controversial issue throughout much of the U.S. Many states have opted to oppose the law as a whole on general principle, while the majority of the country has raised concerns over the lack of guidance being offered by the federal government, especially in terms of health insurance. These states argue that much of the federal law is left vague in a misguided attempt to allow states to comply with the…

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