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Health insurance can now be purchased in a retail store

H. Cutner
Connecticut health Insurance

Consumers in Connecticut now have two more places in which to purchase coverage before the deadline. With under a week left to purchase health insurance in 2014, in order to comply with the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act, Connecticut has taken a unique step to help to ensure that its residents have every opportunity to obtain the coverage that they need. There are two retail stores that are allowing people to simply walk in and enroll. Shopping for health insurance has never felt so much like shopping for…

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Target to drop health insurance coverage for part-time employees

S.Vagus
target health insurance

Target drops coverage plans for part-time employees Famed retailer Target has announced that it will be dropping its health insurance benefits for part-time employees. The company joins several other retailers that have opted to drop coverage for part-time workers in order to avoid some of the costlier provisions of the health care reform law. Target employees that lose their benefits from the company are likely to be able to find coverage through state and federal exchanges, but this coverage may be more expensive than what they were receiving through their…

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