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HHS estimates 16 million people have received health insurance coverage

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Health Insurance coverage - uninsured drops

Health care reform increases the accessibility of insurance coverage The Affordable Care Act has helped more than 16 million people in the United States gain health insurance, according to information from the Department of Health and Human Services. A recent survey from Gallup, called the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, suggests that the number is closer to 9 million, however. Whatever the case may be, health care reform has reduced the number of uninsured people throughout the country, which may be a significant victory. Federal law continues to be somewhat controversial The…

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Thousands set to lose their health insurance in the US

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America's health insurance plan

200,00 people will lose their insurance because they cannot prove they are legally living in the US An estimated 200,000 people may lose their health insurance coverage because they are unable to prove that they are legal residents of the United States. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, these people will have their insurance coverage invalidated on February 28 of this year. These people had previously enrolled in insurance exchanges, finding policies that they may not have been able to find elsewhere. Many of these insurance policies…

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Nearly 16,000 people in North Dakota find coverage through health insurance exchange

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North Dakota Health Insurance

More people are enrolling in the state’s insurance exchange as the open enrollment period draws to a close More residents of North Dakota are enrolling in the state’s health insurance exchange as the end of the open enrollment period approaches. As of the end of January, some 15,997 people have signed up for coverage through the exchange, according to information from the Department of Health and Human Services. For comparison, 10,597 people enrolled in the exchange last year. The growing popularity of the exchange may be due to the rising…

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Health insurance enrollment in Wyoming continues to grow

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Wyoming Health Insurance

Federal records show that 17,800 people have enrolled in the Wyoming insurance exchange The number of people finding health insurance coverage through Wyoming’s exchange continues to grow. According to information provided by the Department of Health and Human Services, some 17,800 people have enrolled in the state’s health insurance exchange during the most recent open enrollment period. Many people are coming to the exchange to find affordable coverage, the cost of which is being offset by the availability of subsidies from the federal government. State’s exchange manages to resolve its…

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Nearly 300,000 people in Michigan enroll for health insurance coverage through state’s exchange

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online health insurance technology exchange

Open enrollment period for state exchanges is coming to a close next month There are only three weeks left in the current open enrollment period for health insurance exchanges in the United States. The open enrollment period exists as a time when consumers can acquire coverage through insurance exchanges that exist in their states. Some of these exchanges are operated by the states themselves, while others are controlled by the federal government. Once the open enrollment period ends, consumers will no longer be able to acquire health insurance coverage through…

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