Tag: health insurance law

Affordable Care Act stirring rage in California

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Affordable Care Act spurs insurers to raise rates Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, health insurance companies have been warning of a nationwide rate increase that could introduce new financial pressures to consumers throughout the U.S. Insurers claim that the provisions of the health care law are responsible for the possibility of higher rates. The law requires insurance companies to take more aggressive measures on the types of coverage they provide, the administration of the companies themselves, as well as expand the eligibility of insurance coverage.…

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Health insurance premiums subsidy eligibility verification regulations proposed by HHS

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Under the new rules, the exchange administrators (federal and/or state) must make certain verifications. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has now proposed a rule in which the state or federal administrators of the health insurance exchanges will be required to verify whether or not those who are applying for healthcare coverage tax credits through these marketplaces are enrolled or even eligible to qualify for coverage through a plan that is sponsored by an employer. This would require new measures to be implemented in the exchanges until a…

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Health insurance for college students may see new regulations

New Jersey Health Insurance

Lawmakers are thinking about removing the mandatory coverage in New Jersey. Officials from the colleges in New Jersey have been pushing to eliminate the health insurance law in the state that requires students to have coverage as the combination of this regulation and the new healthcare reforms are causing the cost of the plans offered by the schools to head skywards. Lawmakers are taking these requests into consideration, but there is a careful balance to consider. They currently face the question of priority between the affordability of health insurance coverage…

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Health insurance exchanges can now partner up to help ease the process

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The HHS has announced the first of the approved partnerships between federal and state governments. The Department of Health and Human Services has given their conditional approval to the first of the states that have opted to run health insurance exchanges in a partnership between the federal and state governments. The HHS is hoping that there will soon be additional approvals of this nature to be issued. Arkansas and Delaware have become the first states in receipt of the conditional approval for the operation of health insurance exchanges that are…

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Nebraska health insurance market may get new demographic per new legislation

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Nebraska Health Insurance

Nebraska health insurance may see influx of state lawmakers Nebraska lawmakers may soon find themselves purchasing health insurance policies in the same market as their constituents thanks to Legislative Bill 18. Senator Jeremy Nordquist introduced the bill this week in the hopes of changing the way policymakers purchase their health insurance coverage, creating more solidarity with the state’s residents. Currently, Nebraska lawmakers obtain their health insurance coverage from government sources. If the bill passes, the Nebraska health insurance market will change significantly in the near future. If the market is…

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