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Health insurance can now be purchased in a retail store

March 27, 2014March 24, 2014 H. Cutner

Consumers in Connecticut now have two more places in which to purchase coverage before the deadline. With under a week left to purchase health insurance in 2014, in order to comply with the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act, Connecticut has taken a unique step to help to ensure that its residents have every opportunity to obtain the coverage that they need. There are two retail stores that are allowing people to simply walk in and enroll. Shopping for health insurance has never felt so much like shopping for…

Massachusetts insurance exchange contractor gets the boot

March 21, 2014March 18, 2014 G. Turner

The state has announced that it will be cutting off its relationship with CGI as a result of the website’s serious problems. The Massachusetts insurance exchange, Health Connector, is now cutting off its relationship with CGI, the technology vendor behind the marketplace’s website, in light of the disastrous performance that the site has maintained since it was updated to comply with the requirements of the federal health care reform. The state has now entered into negotiations regarding the transition process with a new contractor. According to a special assistant to…

Health insurance exchanges have yet to scoop up the uninsured

March 10, 2014March 8, 2014 H. Cutner

Two surveys have revealed that Americans without coverage aren’t flocking to the marketplaces. With the end of open enrollment on March 31 drawing rapidly near, surveys are now revealing that the health insurance exchanges aren’t yet enrolling the number of uninsured Americans that would be necessary to consider the health care reform a roaring success. The first survey suggested that only 1 in 10 uninsured individuals have completed their private plan enrollment. Although these online health insurance marketplaces are now seeing consistent use, they are not drawing the number of…

Retroactive health insurance in Maryland attracted only 9 people so far

March 6, 2014March 3, 2014 H. Cutner

So far only nine people from the state have signed up for the emergency legislation option. Despite the fact that an emergency temporary retroactive health insurance legislation has been put into place to allow people in Maryland to be able to make sure that they meet the requirements of the health care reform, despite the fact that their online exchange has been faulty, at the last tally, there were only nine people who have signed up to participate in this opportunity. Near the start of the year, the expectation was…

Illinois launches new initiative to promote health insurance

March 5, 2014March 3, 2014 S.Vagus

State aims to encourage enrollment into its insurance exchange As the open enrollment period for state and federal exchanges in the U.S. approaches its end, many states are now making concerted efforts to boost enrollment rates in these exchanges. Per the Affordable Care Act, the open enrollment period is set to end on March 31. After this time, consumers will no longer be able to apply for health insurance coverage through exchanges until a new open enrollment period begins. New initiative aims to help inform consumers about the services available…