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Health care reforms in North Dakota will not include a state run marketplace

North Dakota health care reforms

The governor has announced that the insurance exchange will be handed over to federal officials. According to a spokesperson for Governor Jack Dalrymple, of North Dakota, the state does not intend to take on the central element of the health care reforms, the online insurance exchange, for themselves, but will instead have the federal government run it for them. The Affordable Care Act requires that all states have one of these online marketplaces by 2014. The federal health care reforms include an element that says that every state must run…

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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 insurance exchange in Wisconsin now faces a tight deadline

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker health insurance

States that have not yet decided how they will be complying with the healthcare reforms must act quickly. Wisconsin is among the states that have not yet decided whether or not it will be running its own health insurance exchange and how it will be applying the required elements of the Affordable Care Act, but the deadline is now looming. Governor Scott Walker has been delaying the final healthcare reform decisions for more than a year. The reason that Walker gave for his delays was one that has been common…

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Health insurance law secured by Obama victory, but states still in control

President Barack Obama health insurance

The survival of the healthcare reforms may have been ensured, but each state will have a say. The re-election of President Barack Obama has been a major step to keep the federal health insurance reforms in place, but it will still be up to the states to decide how those laws will be carried out. The officials from predominantly Republican states will still have an important say. The reforms to the healthcare systems give state lawmakers the control over whether or not millions of people without coverage will be able…

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Health insurance providers must now offer information fact sheets

Health insurance for small business health care costs

This should provide vital comparison data that assists consumers in making the best choice. As consumers find it very challenging to sift through the vast array of different complex health insurance plans, with all of their different coverages, caps, rules, regulations, and exceptions a new law has now been put into effect, which requires insurers to issue fact sheets to make this process easier. This data is meant to help people covered through their employers as well as in the individual market. Last week, the Affordable Care Act added its…

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