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Health insurance cancellation letters return: are you next?

February 27, 2014February 24, 2014 Julie Campbell

A new wave of letters are expected to be issued soon as plans fail to comply with the health care reform. Last year’s massive wave of letters that swept the country to inform previously covered Americans that their health insurance plans were being cancelled is about to be seen again. The question doesn’t appear to be whether or not this will happen, but how many will be affected. While some have predicted that the final tally could be rather low, others have said that there could be up to 20…

Health care reform enrollments met January targets

February 17, 2014February 15, 2014 H. Cutner

Obama reacting to the health care reform in 2010

Last month represented the first time since the exchanges opened in October that signups met expectations. It is no secret that the health care reform had a rocky start, but now that the numbers are in for January, the success of the insurance exchanges seems to be picking up as the number of people who have enrolled is now finally meeting the targets that have been set by officials. The federal and state exchanges have now brought coverage to a total of about 3.3 million Americans. Across the United States,…

Health care reform mandate delayed yet again

February 13, 2014February 11, 2014 Julie Campbell

The White House has now put off employer fines until 2016 after continued rollout struggles. According to the latest large delay issued by the Obama administration for the health care reform, the majority of employers will still not face a fine next year if they do not offer insurance benefits to their employees, yet. The timing of the implementation of this element of the health insurance law has now been pushed back. According to the Affordable Care Act’s regulations, the Treasury Department has stated that businesses that have between 50…

Health care reforms too expensive for California State students

February 7, 2014February 4, 2014 Julie Campbell

Uninsured students are claiming that they’d like to purchase the coverage but it costs too much. According to the results of a poll that were recently released, students from California State University would like to be able to sign up for coverage under the health care reforms, but they believe that it is too expensive. The survey showed that this is the primary reason that students there have avoided enrollment so far. The research involved the responses of 836 students from the university, among whom at least 80 percent said…

Health care reform in Michigan may not see large enrollment increases

January 23, 2014January 20, 2014 H. Cutner

An exec in the state has suggested that she has doubts about the number of sign ups to come before March 31. In order to comply with the federal health care reform law throughout the United States, people without insurance now have only two and a half more months to enroll into the government subsidized plans in order to avoid facing a tax penalty. That said, a Michigan insurance executive has expressed doubts regarding the new enrollment that will occur. Joan Budden, the chief marketing officer of Priority Health has…