Government doles out millions to help states build health insurance Internet-based marketplaces

The nation continues is slow, arduous trek toward the inevitable establishment of health insurance exchanges. Until very recently, the federal government has been very lax in terms of enforcing the mandate established by the Affordable Care Act that requires each state to erect their own insurance exchange program. Officials with the Department of Health and Human Services had originally wanted to allow time for states to warm to the notion of the exchanges, but have only been met with lukewarm interest. In fact, the rate at which states are building…

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Senior beneficiaries of medicare and social security seeking soverage boost

Healthcare coverage and Medicare are currently a prime topic for discussion in Washington, and senior citizens, who are wondering what tomorrow holds in terms of their own medical needs, are taking out supplemental health insurance plans to help to compensate for what is currently lacking and what may go missing in the future. Seniors who are beneficiaries of Social Security and Medicare are wondering what the changes that the government is making to the healthcare system will do to their ability to receive the products and services that they require…

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