Tag: Maryland health insurance

Special Maryland health insurance enrollment period begins to boost coverage

H. Cutner
Maryland health insurance - Doctor

As a state of emergency is declared Marylanders have a new opportunity to obtain a plan. A special Maryland health insurance enrollment window has opened to help uninsured residents of the state obtain coverage for added financial protection against coronavirus (COVID-19). Governor Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency and the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange reopened. The Maryland health insurance enrollment window opened back up again to make sure that residents in the state had an extra chance to purchase coverage during this outbreak. Uninsured Marylanders have the opportunity to…

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Maryland to let residents complete health insurance enrollment on tax forms

Marc
Health insurance enrollment - Income Tax - Filing Taxes

Governor Larry Hogan signed the first measure in the country to provide this opportunity. Maryland has become the first state in the country to make it possible for residents to complete a health insurance enrollment at the same time that they file their taxes. The governor signed the bill on Monday, making it possible for tax forms to double as insurance applications. The new bill lets residents use their tax forms for the opportunity to complete their health insurance enrollment as well. When Governor Hogan signed the bill, it made…

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Open enrollment is up and running on the health insurance exchange

Julie Campbell
health insurance exchange

The third ever open enrollment has started across the country for people buying coverage for 2016. It’s that time of year again, when the health insurance exchange open enrollment begins so that consumers across the United States can shop for, compare, and purchase the coverage they need for 2016 in order to comply with the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act. The open enrollment period for buying the health plans officially started on Sunday, November 1. Initial reports showed that consumers were already using the online marketplaces across the…

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Maryland’s health insurance exchange has some major problems, according to state audit

S.Vagus
Maryland Health insurance

Audit reveals many problematic issues with state’s insurance exchange The Maryland Office of Legislative Audits has reviewed the state’s health insurance exchange, called the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, and have found that the exchange’s operators did not appropriately protect sensitive personal information from those enrolling in the marketplace. The state’s exchange began official operations in June of 2011 and the Office of Legislative Audits reviewed data from the exchange from that point through July 2014. The findings of the audit highlight many instances in which the exchange can be improved.…

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Insurance technology cripples Maryland insurance exchange

S.Vagus
maryland health insurance technology

State works to build a new, more effective exchange for its residents Maryland is taking steps to rebuild its flawed health insurance exchange, but the state is on a strict timeline, which leaves little to no room for any errors in the endeavor. The state has been tasked to reform its exchange after it failed to achieve its enrollment goals and was plagued by severe difficulties with the technology it used. Currently, the effort is not being endorsed by the federal government, which would rather take over the exchange itself,…

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