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Health insurance exchanges open their doors today despite gov. shutdown!

Julie Campbell
Health insurance exchanges - American healthcare reforms

After all of the controversy and planning for the central element of the Affordable Care Act, the day has arrived. Following considerable controversy and attempts to put a stop to the healthcare reforms, the most public-facing portion of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s crown jewel, has now arrived for Americans in the form of health insurance exchanges that are opening their doors for enrollment in every state across the country. Regardless of the government shutdown, Obama has announced that millions of Americans can begin shopping for…

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Health insurance exchange in Tennessee will not be state run

Tennessee Health Insurance Exchange Deadline

The governor of the state has announced that the federal government will now be taking control. According to Tennessee Governor, Bill Haslam, and an announcement that he made on Friday, the state will not be participating in a partnership with the federal government in order to create its health insurance marketplace. This announcement was made following a submission of a letter to the Health and Human Services Secretary. The governor, a republican, submitted the letter to the secretary of U.S. Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, saying that the model…

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Idaho may miss chance to build health insurance exchange

S.Vagus
Idaho Insurance Commissioner, Bill Deal

Upheld law requires states to comply with provisions The Affordable Care Act has been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. While many may still oppose the law and its various provisions, states are required to comply with the law or risk facing consequences. For those that have spent the better part of the past two years fighting the law, it may be too late to comply with one of its less controversial provisions: The establishment of health insurance exchanges. This may indeed be the case for Idaho. Insurance Commissioner warns…

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Several states await Supreme Court decision before driving forward with insurance exchanges

A number of states have indicated that they aren’t yet pushing ahead on their creation of the insurance exchanges that are required by the Obama Administration’s healthcare overhaul until the Supreme Court has made its decision regarding whether or not that element of the reform is overturned or repealed. The primary concern with this tactic, though, is that by that point, it may be too late to begin working on the insurance exchanges in order to have them in place by the deadline. The Obama Administration will be making the…

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Health Insurance Exchanges: Important decisions lie ahead

H. Cutner

Representatives from nearly every state are deeply torn over the proposed health care reform. With strife growing in Congress, it seems that the only provision of the new law that can be agreed upon is the provision for insurance exchanges. Almost all states are making moves to implement exchanges, the only ones lagging behind doing so simply are because of lack of appropriate funds. Making the changes necessary to facilitate an exchange program are somewhat demanding. Many states have seen downsizing in their staffing and the workload often piles up on…

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