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Federal funds could help Pennsylvania expand health insurance availability

September 20, 2013September 23, 2013 S.Vagus

State accepts funds to expand health insurance initiative Pennsylvania has officially accepted federal funds in order to expand its Medicaid program. Governor Tom Corbett, whom approved the acceptance of federal funds, is the 10th Republican governor in the U.S. to expand a state-based Medicaid program with the assistance of the federal government. Through the expansion of the Medicaid program, hundreds of thousands of state residents are expected to gain access to health insurance coverage. Governor Corbett has submitted demands to the federal Department of Health and Human Services concerning the…

Grants arrive in Florida to help acquire health insurance navigators

September 5, 2013September 2, 2013 Logan B.

Health insurance navigators to be acquired with the help of federal funds Grants from the U.S. government have arrived in Florida this week. These grants are meant to help health insurance agencies acquire “navigators,” which will help consumers find the coverage they are interested in through the state’s health insurance exchange. While the state will not operate its own exchange, the marketplace is scheduled to begin open enrollment on October 1 of this year, with policies sold through the exchange going active on January 1, 2014. Navigators to guide consumers…

Idaho health insurance exchange will not be run by the Government

August 15, 2013August 16, 2013 Logan B.

Idaho will operate its own health insurance exchange Updated Article: Contrary to recent reports, the Idaho health insurance exchange will not be operated by the federal government in 2014. Previous reports had suggested that the state’s health insurance exchange would fall under federal jurisdiction due to the state’s failure to meet federal deadline concerning plans for the exchange. According to the Idaho Health Insurance Exchange, however, this is not the case. The exchange will be operated by the state and will begin open enrollment in October of this year. State…

Health insurance rates are dropping in the US

July 30, 2013July 29, 2013 S.Vagus

Health insurance exchanges cause a drop in coverage costs As health insurance exchanges begin to take form throughout the U.S., these organizations are announcing that rates for coverage will be considerably lower than expected in many parts of the country. These exchanges are meant to begin open enrollment nationwide beginning in October of this year, with the policies they sell going active on January 1, 2014. Critics of the Affordable Care Act had warned that health insurance rates would skyrocket due to the federal law, but exchanges are beginning to…

New health insurance regulations introduce changes to Affordable Care Act

July 11, 2013July 8, 2013 Nordstrom

Obama administration introduces more health insurance revisions As the Affordable Care Act inches closer to becoming fully enacted in the U.S., the Obama administration is making somewhat unexpected moves on the health care law and its provisions concerning health insurance. The federal law is set to go active in its entirety on January 1, 2014. Once the law has been fully enacted, it will be too late for states throughout the country to comply with its provisions, which is somewhat problematic due to the fact that most states have yet…