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Insurance plans for same sex couples now offered to Publix employees

January 6, 2015January 3, 2015 Julie Campbell

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The chain store has now started insuring spouses that are legally married, no matter their gender. In Florida, the county court clerks have now started to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples and the grocery and pharmacy chain, Publix, has responded by extending its insurance plans to cover any legal spouses of its employees. The company had intended to start to offer this health insurance coverage to same sex couples, regardless of state law. The issuing of the marriage licenses to same sex couples has become a legal duty…

More than 500,000 people find health insurance coverage through Michigan’s exchange

January 6, 2015January 3, 2015 Marc

State records show that 507,618 people have enrolled in the Healthy Michigan Plan More than half a million residents of Michigan have acquired health insurance coverage through the state’s exchange, called the Healthy Michigan Plan. According to state records, 507,618 have enrolled in the exchange during the first month of the latest open enrollment period. These people have found coverage that they favor through the exchange and it is estimated that the majority of enrollees are receiving subsidies for this coverage from the federal government. Exchange’s technical faults seem to…

180,000 Pennsylvanians receive coverage through state’s health insurance exchange

January 6, 2015January 3, 2015 Logan B.

Pennsylvania exchange is performing well More than 180,000 people in Pennsylvania have purchased health insurance plans through the state’s exchange during the first month of the open enrollment period, according to information released by the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency notes that many of the people seeking coverage for the new year were able to find policies using HealthCare.gov, the federal exchange that serves states that do not operate their own exchange system. Rapidly growing enrollment numbers have also shown that many of the issues that the…

Auto insurance is a requirement of a new California driver’s license

January 5, 2015January 3, 2015 Julie Campbell

Previously undocumented immigrants in the state will need to satisfy state laws to become legal motorists. A new type of driver’s license is now available in California for undocumented immigrants, but those individuals will be required to obtain auto insurance before they will be able to legally sit behind the wheel on the state’s roads. This coverage requirement already applies to other drivers in the state, but choosing a policy could be confusing. It has been predicted that this sudden surge of auto insurance customers in California could create a…

Homeowners insurance competition report shows some Florida counties lacking

January 5, 2015January 3, 2015 G. Turner

Some kinds of residential policies in Monroe and Miami-Dade counties are coming up short in options. A new report has now been issued by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation and has shown that in the counties of Miami-Dade and Monroe, there is a notable lack in competition among homeowners insurance companies for certain kinds of residential policies. This report has brought unwelcome news at a time in which the state is attempting to shrink its last resort coverage. The state has been seeking to reduce the size of Citizens…