Tag: Department of Health and Human Services

Federal funds could help Pennsylvania expand health insurance availability

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Pennsylvania Health Insurance

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…

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Grants arrive in Florida to help acquire health insurance navigators

Logan B.
Florida Health Insurance Rates

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…

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Idaho health insurance exchange will not be run by the Government

Logan B.
Idaho health insurance

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…

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Small business health insurance exchange may be coming to Mississippi

Logan B.
Health Insurance Mississippi

Mississippi commissioner has plans for a state-run health insurance exchange Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney has a new plan concerning the state’s health insurance exchange. Chaney was recently involved in a controversial political battle with the state’s Governor regarding compliance with the Affordable Care Act and how the state’s exchange system should be formed and managed. Chaney had initially intended to run the state’s health insurance exchange himself, without the support of Governor Phil Bryant. This plan was rejected by the federal Department of Health and Human Service, but Chaney…

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Health insurance rates are dropping in the US

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Health Insurance navigators

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…

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