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US health insurance industry is doing well, according to report

March 30, 2015March 28, 2015 S.Vagus

Report from Commonwealth Fund shows that the health insurance industry is faring well A new report from the Commonwealth Fund shows that the health insurance industry is doing quite well. There have been concerns that the insurance industry in the United States may suffer as a result of the Affordable Care Act. The legislation was signed into law in 2010 and some insurers had expressed worry over some of the provisions of the federal law. These concerns had to do with how the law would affect the way they do…

Colorado’s health insurance exchange finds some success

January 23, 2015January 22, 2015 S.Vagus

Report shows that the state’s insurance exchange is performing well Colorado’s health insurance exchange officials have released a report concerning the exchange’s operations in 2014. This report is meant to be released every year, tracking the performance issues of the exchange and its ability to serve consumers. The report suggests that the Colorado health insurance exchange had a very successful first year of operations. The report also predicts that 2015 will be a good year for the exchange, thanks to healthy enrollment activity. Exchange succeeds in making insurance coverage more…

Employer insurance trends are not impacted by the health care reform as expected

December 30, 2014December 27, 2014 Julie Campbell

While many had believed that companies would drop their coverage, research is showing that this is not the case. Researchers from the Urban Institute have recently released the results of a new study that has been published online in the Health Affairs journal, showing that while many had expected insurance trends from employers to include the dropping of coverage for their workers as a result of the health care reform, this has not been the case. The Affordable Care Act has not been leading swathes of companies to drop their…

Washington health insurance exchange enrollment is growing quickly

December 29, 2014December 27, 2014 S.Vagus

State exchange reports 22,500 new people signed up for insurance coverage, with 70,000 renewals Washington’s health insurance exchange is performing quite well during this open enrollment period. According to reports from the exchange, approximately 22,500 new people have signed up for coverage through the exchange marketplace. Another 70,000 people have renewed the coverage that they purchased through the exchange during the last open enrollment period. Washington residents may have run out of time to purchase coverage that will go into effect on January 1, 2015. Policies purchased after Tuesday will…

Health insurance enrollment up by 10,000 in Washington

December 15, 2014December 13, 2014 G. Turner

The state has now reported this figure, which represents the number of sign-ups over the last few weeks. At the end of last week, the state of Washington released its figures for health insurance sign ups during the first few weeks of open enrollment, and what it said was that there have been about 10,000 residents of the state that have already taken part. In 2013, there were almost 50,000 people who had enrolled for private health plans during the first four weeks. Last year’s open enrollment for buying health…