Archive for November 2014
Consumers still worry over rising health insurance costs?
For many Americans, the idea behind the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was that, as the name implied, it would allow them to potentially reduce their health insurance costs by a significant amount every year.
Read MoreMany consumers left in the cold after ACA health plans shift
One of President Barack Obama’s promises related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was that if you like your plan, you can keep it.
Read MoreDocumentation problems continue to plague many ACA sign-ups
In recent months, it was reported that a healthy percentage of the people who signed up for – and were granted access to – the health insurance exchanges put into place by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act were later flagged for documentation issues that might have rendered them ineligible.
Read MoreEven experts can find health insurance exchanges confusing
It’s getting to be that time of year, when the federal health insurance exchange websites have open enrollment for consumers to sign up for and change their health insurance coverage for the coming year.
Read MoreHealthcare.gov enrollment to be lower than expected?
The open enrollment period for the Healthcare.gov and associated health insurance exchange sites begins for 2015 and many experts have turned their attentions to the number of people who are expected to sign up for the sites this year.
Read MoreEmployers approaching major health care decision deadlines
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act mandate for businesses finally goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2015, meaning that many companies across the country will have to start making hard and fast decisions about the ways in which they will approach insuring – or not insuring – their employees going forward.
Read MoreWisconsin sees more health insurance availability for same-sex couples
Over the past few years, two of the biggest controversies on a national level have been the health insurance coverage mandate and same-sex marriage.
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