Tag: Massachusetts Health Connector

Health insurance plans will be needed by 400,000 in Massachusetts

H. Cutner
Massachusetts health Insurance

Almost that many people are going to need to reapply for their coverage before the close of the year. Close to 400,000 residents of Massachusetts are going to need to reapply in order to obtain health insurance coverage before the end of 2014, and it is likely that a considerable number of them are completely unaware that this will be affecting them. This will apply to people who purchased their health plans through the state and who don’t have employer sponsored coverage. When the health insurance exchange website failed in…

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Health care reform in Massachusetts will keep its current exchange website

G. Turner
Massachusetts health Insurance

The state had been considering joining the federal HealthCare.gov site, but officials have announced that they are keeping their own. An announcement made by health care reform officials in Massachusetts has now revealed that the state will be keeping its own insurance exchange website as opposed to joining the federal HealthCare.gov marketplace. A new software system has now been adapted for the state by the hCentive tech firm. The hCentive software system has already successfully passed its testing and reviews with the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. This…

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Massachusetts health insurance backlog progress is being made

H. Cutner
Massachusetts health Insurance

Officials in the state have said that there tremendously backed up application processing is making headway. Massachusetts health insurance officials have now reported that progress is being made in overcoming the huge backlog that the application processing has been facing in the state since the latest phase of the Affordable Care Act went into effect. The backlog is the most immediate struggle that the state has been facing with the health care reform. Legislators have been going over all of the various issues that the Massachusetts Health Connector site users…

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Massachusetts Commonwealth Care program brings more benefits to consumers

Marc
Health Insurance plans

Health insurance program gets a thumbs up Massachusetts health insurance exchange seems to be faring well, despite concerns that an exchange is not a viable solution to the current problems within the insurance industry. The exchange, called the Massachusetts Commonwealth Care program, has been operating since 2006, when it was established by legislation that is today being referred to as Romneycare, after Mitt Romney, who presided as governor of Massachusetts. The program was subjected to early criticism but has recently been showing strong results despite economic turmoil and a changing…

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Massachusetts insurance exchange awarded funds to help it fall in line with the Affordable Care Act

Massachusetts is currently one of the few states that has a working insurance exchange in place. The state’s online marketplace has been a boon for those looking for affordable health insurance policies but it does not comply with the standards established by the Affordable Care Act. Instead of requiring the state to scrap the project and start from scratch, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and auxiliary arm of the Department of Health and Human Services, has awarded the state with funding to help legislators make necessary changes. He…

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