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Maryland launches marketing campaign for health insurance exchange

September 9, 2013September 9, 2013 S.Vagus

Campaign highlights services of state’s health insurance exchange Maryland has launched an aggressive marketing campaign to raise awareness of its health insurance exchange. The exchange will begin open enrollment in October of this year, but many residents remain unaware of the services they can find through the state-based marketplace. Moreover, many people in the state have expressed confusion concerning the other aspects of the federal Affordable Care Act and how it may impact their lives. Maryland officials believe that the new marketing campaign will help dispel this confusion and boost…

Health insurance exchange in Maryland loses Aetna plans

August 5, 2013August 3, 2013 G. Turner

The giant insurer has announced that it is withdrawing its policies from the state marketplace. Aetna has revealed that it feels that the approved rates in Maryland are not feasible, as it scrutinizes the offerings it has across the rest of the United States, and has now canceled its intentions to sell health insurance within that state’s exchange. The marketplace is slated to open on October 1, 2013 in order to comply with the federal healthcare reforms. The intention to sell health insurance plans as a part of the new…

Health insurance rates increases of extreme levels may be premature

May 9, 2013May 7, 2013 G. Turner

Consumers are cautioned not to take estimates of hikes in premiums seriously, just yet. As the health insurance marketplaces are just being established and the very first estimates are starting to be released regarding the impact of these exchanges on the cost of the coverage, experts and officials are cautioning consumers not to take the numbers at face value, just yet. There are many different factors to consider, and they have not yet all been applied to the estimates. For example, in April, Maryland released the premiums that would be…

Health insurance rate proposals throughout US show troubling trend

May 7, 2013May 6, 2013 Logan B.

Maryland makes public health insurance rate proposals from insurers Last month, Maryland became one of the first states in the U.S. to make public the rate increases health insurance companies are planning to institute next year through the Affordable Care Act. State officials have noted that health insurance companies are planning to raise rates on coverage by an average of 25% throughout the state. This has caused some discomfort with Maryland residents that are not eager to pay more for the coverage they are receiving, and this sentiment may be…

Health insurance may include acupuncture treatments in some states

October 16, 2012April 30, 2013

California and Maryland will include this coverage in its individual and small group plans. When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act goes into full effect in January 2014, residents of California and Maryland will be able to purchase new health insurance policies that can include acupuncture treatments. This coverage will be available to small group and individual plans at the online exchanges. The announcement in Maryland came from Lt. Governor Anthony Brown in that state. He had recently been in Annapolis, where he was presiding over the state’s Health…