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Health insurance exchange approved in Minnesota

March 26, 2013March 25, 2013 Logan B.

Health insurance exchange legislation wins major victory in Minnesota A state-run health insurance exchange may be set in stone in Minnesota. Early this week, state lawmakers passed a legislation that calls for the creation of a health insurance exchange that is managed by the state. The legislation is currently awaiting Governor Mark Dayton’s signature. Plans for an exchange have been in the works for some time, but political battles have sidelined these plans repeatedly. Now, the state is one step closer to having a health insurance exchange in place, which…

Healthcare reforms from White House encouraging Medicaid expansion

March 26, 2013March 25, 2013 G. Turner

Health insurance care reform confusion debate

The states are being persuaded to broaden their programs for providing coverage to the poor. The federal government is reissuing its encouragement to the states – particularly those where officials are skeptical about Medicaid expansion – to broaden that program through the use of federal healthcare reforms money to subsidize private insurance coverage purchase for individuals within the low incomes. This offer being proposed by the federal government was not a model that was originally part of the new law. At the same time, Kathleen Sebelius, the Health and Human…

Health insurance rate review in Florida may soon be suspended

March 25, 2013March 24, 2013 Logan B.

Proposal aims to address concerns regarding health insurance rate review Worries are high throughout the U.S. concerning the possibility of rising health insurance rates due to the Affordable Care Act. Throughout the country, several large insurance companies have warned that rates will grow exponentially next year, as the federal health care law becomes fully implemented. In Florida, these ominous warnings are being taken to heart, and lawmakers are now looking to the federal government for more direction concerning how to mitigate the potential rise in health insurance rates. Lawmakers back…

Health insurance law finds opposition in Oklahoma

March 23, 2013March 21, 2013 Logan B.

Oklahoma refuses to take action on health insurance law Controversy has ignited in Oklahoma, where Insurance Commissioner John Doak has announced that the Oklahoma Insurance Department refuses to enforce the Affordable Care Act. The state agency is meant to ensure that the numerous provisions of the federal law are enacted throughout the state, such as the establishment of a health insurance exchange. The Affordable Care Act has been meeting strong resistance in Oklahoma, which may mean that the federal government will be taking over the enactment of the health care…

New health insurance markets in New Hampshire a mystery to residents

March 22, 2013March 21, 2013 Logan B.

Survey shows that many people lack knowledge concerning emerging health insurance markets Health insurance continues to be a controversial issue throughout much of the U.S., but one of the major problems with the Affordable Care Act may not be one of acceptance, but one of awareness. New Hampshire Voices for Health, a network of 40 organizations that advocate affordable health insurance coverage, have released the results of a new survey, highlighting the issue of awareness. According to the survey, there is a lack of knowledge concerning new health insurance markets…