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Health insurance exchange for Missouri will be federally run

Missouri Health Insurance news

The state’s governor has announced that they will not be capable of establishing their own marketplace. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has recently released the latest health insurance news regarding the development of the exchange that is required under the Affordable Care Act, and has revealed that it will not be run by the state. This means that the federal government will be creating and running the online marketplace. In order to comply with the healthcare law’s overhaul, Missouri would have had to submit their blueprints for the health insurance exchange…

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Health care reforms to be made quickly by Wyoming

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The state was waiting on the election results to make its decisions, and now it must act fast. Officials in Wyoming were waiting to make their health care reforms decisions until after the presidential election results were released, so that they could know that they were basing their choices on a system that would continue to be in tact into the future. Now that they know that President Obama has won the election, they must make their choices soon. One of the major issues that the state officials will need…

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Health insurance vows by Romney will make notable changes to the system

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Millions of Americans with pre-existing medical conditions are asking if they will lose their protection. In the heated debates over health insurance, that have only become more intense as the election draws nearer, Mitt Romney has expressed his intention to extend continued coverage to individuals with pre-existing medical conditions. The presidential nominee for the Republican party has said that those switching jobs will have their coverage shielded. Those who are changing jobs will have their health insurance coverage protected. What has yet to be seen from Romney’s plans is what…

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Health insurance exchange in South Dakota will be federally run

Dennis Daugaard on South Dakota Health Insurance Exchange

Governor of the state, Dennis Daugaard, has announced that it will not be operating its own marketplace. The governor of South Dakota, Denis Daugaard, has now announced that the state will not be establishing and operating its own health insurance exchange, as per the heath care reform requirements, and will therefore be deferring the operation and cost of that marketplace to the federal government. The law requires that each state have an exchange and that it will be federally run if the state defers. These health insurance exchanges are marketplaces…

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Health care reform causing struggles for young immigrants

H. Cutner
health care reform news

Certain immigration policies are leading to ineligibility for the new insurance coverage. Young immigrants who are permitted to remain in the United States as a result of a new federal policy are discovering that they are not eligible to benefit from the health care reform act. The Affordable Care Act will not apply to those remaining in the country through the new policy. This most recent decision was not released with a great deal of noise or spotlight, but it has infuriated many immigrant and Hispanic American advocates. They state…

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Health care reforms receive more federal money for IT

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Many state insurance exchanges to benefit from more grant funds to expand their capabilities. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have just released the latest information regarding funding for the health care reform, which shows that several states will be receiving over $765 million in total grant money. These funds are intended to boost the state health insurance exchanges on the IT level. The states that will be receiving the grants will include Connecticut, California, New York, Hawaii, Vermont, Maryland, and Iowa. This money will provide the states…

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Health care reform taking an extra step for inclusion of LGBT community

Julie Campbell
Health Care Reform

Efforts being made to make sure that the Affordable Care Act applies to transgender people. The Department of Health and Human Services has recently released a letter that has been hailed by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocates, and that has clarified certain health care reform provisions that prohibit sex discrimination that is currently experienced by transgender people through their coverage. The HHS has stated that it is discriminatory for these individuals to be denied coverage. This regulation applies to both employers and insurers, who, based on the health…

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