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Health insurance enrollment is up throughout the US

December 18, 2014December 17, 2014 Logan B.

2.5 million people enroll for coverage through exchange An estimated 2.5 million new people have enrolled in health insurance exchanges throughout the United States, according to reports from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The agency is responsible for managing the exchanges nationwide and has seen a significant increase in consumer activity over the past month. This year’s open enrollment period has, thus far, proven to be less turbulent than last year’s as exchanges have managed to avoid serious technical difficulties. Exchanges have managed to avoid the technical difficulties…

Insurance agents were central to the health care reform successes in California

May 14, 2014May 12, 2014 Julie Campbell

California health insurance industry agent

Regardless of political beliefs with surrounding Obamacare, many achievements were made by these professionals. From the time that the Affordable Care Act truly went into full swing, last October, insurance agents played a key role in making sure that the people who required coverage would be able to find the health plans that they needed, at the best available prices. When the Covered California exchange first started, these professionals were not seen to be as important as they became. Both the officials from California and President Obama, himself, had been…

Health care reform law may be having a modest impact on the uninsured

May 14, 2014May 12, 2014 S.Vagus

The uninsured may not see a need to use insurance exchanges One of the primary goals of the Affordable Care Act in the U.S., widely known as Obamacare, is to make health insurance coverage more accessible to those that did not have insurance coverage in the past. A new study from McKinsey shows, however, that the vast majority of those that have received coverage through the federal law’s provisions already had insurance. Notably, the survey suggests that many of the people that have enrolled for coverage through their state’s insurance…

Health care reform subsidy sizes vary from state to state

May 7, 2014May 5, 2014 H. Cutner

Depending on where people live, they may be receiving greater assistance for purchasing health insurance. Among the main elements of the health care reform is the subsidizing of the purchase of private insurance coverage for many Americans, in order to help to make sure that the coverage remains affordable for these individuals and families. However, all subsidies are not created equal, and people in some states are receiving more of them than others. Approximately 85 percent of the people who used the health care reform exchange websites in order to…

Health insurance covers the largest number of Americans

April 10, 2014April 9, 2014 Julie Campbell

This is the most people that have been coverage since President Obama was first sworn in. A recently conducted survey conducted by Gallup has shown that the percentage of Americans who have coverage through health insurance has risen to the highest level that it has seen since President Obama first took office. This national study has helped to show that the health care reform is boosting the coverage of people in the U.S. The national survey showed that by the second half of March, only 14.7 percent of adults were…