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Tennessee health insurance enrollments have broken records

December 17, 2015December 16, 2015 Julie Campbell

Many residents of the state are finding it easier and more convenient to enroll, regardless of their opinion of their plans. Residents of Tennessee have enrolled in the health insurance exchange in the state in record numbers, in order to comply with the requirements of the Affordable Care Act and in order to have done so by the first open enrollment deadline, which was on Tuesday. By December 5, there had already been 88,007 people in Tennessee who had signed up for health plans. Comparatively, by December 15, 2014 –…

Health insurance exchange in Tennessee could be blocked

March 4, 2015March 3, 2015 Julie Campbell

Senator Brian Kelsey has proposed a bill that would stop the state from being able to launch its own marketplace. Tennessee Senator Brian Kelsey (R-Germantown), who played a central role in ending Governor Bill Haslam’s (R) Medicaid extension plan for 280,000 residents of the state within low incomes, is now setting his sights on 230,000 people who already have coverage under the federal health insurance exchange. The bill that Sen. Kelsey has proposed would block the state from forming its own online insurance marketplace. The state of Tennessee would not…

Health insurance exchange decision has yet to be made by Tennessee

November 15, 2012November 14, 2012 H. Cutner

The state is still debating whether or not it can implement its own online marketplace. Bill Haslam, the governor of Tennessee, has announced that the state’s leaders are still working on the decision as to whether or not they will be capable of creating and operating their own health insurance exchange, or whether they will need to hand that responsibility over to the federal government. The final decision regarding this requirement of the Affordable Care Act must be in by Friday. The healthcare reforms necessitate that every state has its…