Auto-renewal for ACA exchanges may not be simple after all
Government officials tried to build a feature into the Healthcare.gov website that would have allowed consumers to have a bit of an easier time when it comes to renewing their coverage through the government-run insurance exchanges.
How much did subsidies cut consumers’ health insurance costs?
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s mandated health insurance exchanges helped to reduce consumers’ costs by giving them subsidies. In general, those were extremely beneficial to many qualifying Americans.
Researchers signed fake people up for health insurance exchanges
There were a number of rather notable developments and controversies surrounding the implementation of the health insurance exchanges mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act over the last year-plus.
More health insurers monitoring consumers’ online habits
When it comes to the amount of data companies in all industries are using these days to streamline their processes, health insurers seem to be ready and willing adopters of these new methods overall.
Employers consider bare-bones coverage plans under ACA
One of the big questions that many industry analysts had when it came to health insurance coverage provided by employers under the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act mandates – which go into effect next year – was simply how smaller companies in particular might react.
Health care spending slated to rise in 2015
Health care costs have been rising for some time now, and as a result, so too has the amount consumers spend on it.
Early retirees falling into coverage gap?
These days, millions more Americans have health insurance than they did just a few years ago, but at the same time, there is still a potentially significant part of the population that could be affected by a lack of coverage: baby boomers who retire early.
How have health care costs risen since the ACA was signed?
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s coverage mandate only went into effect this year, but the impact the law has had on the health care and insurance industries was profound long before that.
Obama administration once again working to revamp exchange sites
The rollout of the health insurance exchange websites mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was infamously rocky, and left the Obama administration vulnerable to criticism while also potentially costing millions of Americans the chance to find affordable health insurance options as early as possible.
When will people need to buy health insurance outside open enrollment?
These days, when Americans need to sign up for health insurance, they may think they’re only able to do so through the well-known online exchanges run by state or federal governments.