Nearly 16,000 people in North Dakota find coverage through health insurance exchange

North Dakota Health Insurance

More people are enrolling in the state’s insurance exchange as the open enrollment period draws to a close More residents of North Dakota are enrolling in the state’s health insurance exchange as the end of the open enrollment period approaches. As of the end of January, some 15,997 people have signed up for coverage through the exchange, according to information from the Department of Health and Human Services. For comparison, 10,597 people enrolled in the exchange last year. The growing popularity of the exchange may be due to the rising…

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Health insurance exchange may bring competition to North Dakota

North Dakota Health Insurance

North Dakota may see more competition in market due to health insurance exchange Many states throughout the U.S. are still struggling over the concept of health insurance exchanges. The exchanges are part of the Affordable Care Act, which many states oppose on general principle. As it becomes less likely that states will be able to avoid the federal health care law, however, some are beginning to highlight the potential benefits that could be had through hosting a health insurance exchange. In North Dakota, lawmakers expect that a comprehensive exchange program…

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Health care reforms in North Dakota will not include a state run marketplace

North Dakota health care reforms

The governor has announced that the insurance exchange will be handed over to federal officials. According to a spokesperson for Governor Jack Dalrymple, of North Dakota, the state does not intend to take on the central element of the health care reforms, the online insurance exchange, for themselves, but will instead have the federal government run it for them. The Affordable Care Act requires that all states have one of these online marketplaces by 2014. The federal health care reforms include an element that says that every state must run…

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