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Maryland launches marketing campaign for health insurance exchange

S.Vagus
Maryland Insurance

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…

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Health insurance exchange in Maryland loses Aetna plans

G. Turner
Maryland Insurance

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…

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Health insurance rates increases of extreme levels may be premature

G. Turner
Health Insurance rate increases

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…

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