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Nearly 300,000 people in Michigan enroll for health insurance coverage through state’s exchange

January 28, 2015January 27, 2015 S.Vagus

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Open enrollment period for state exchanges is coming to a close next month There are only three weeks left in the current open enrollment period for health insurance exchanges in the United States. The open enrollment period exists as a time when consumers can acquire coverage through insurance exchanges that exist in their states. Some of these exchanges are operated by the states themselves, while others are controlled by the federal government. Once the open enrollment period ends, consumers will no longer be able to acquire health insurance coverage through…

290,000 Michigan residents sign up for health insurance coverage through exchange

January 21, 2015January 21, 2015 Marc

HHS data shows that 290,439 people have signed up or renewed their health insurance policies The federal Department of Health and Human Services has released information showing that more than 290,000 people in Michigan have enrolled for insurance coverage through the state’s health insurance exchange. The majority of these people will have their insurance coverage go into effect on February first, but consumers will have until February 15 to purchase the coverage they are interested in. Those that do not purchase insurance coverage by February 15 may have to wait…

More than 500,000 people find health insurance coverage through Michigan’s exchange

January 6, 2015January 3, 2015 Marc

State records show that 507,618 people have enrolled in the Healthy Michigan Plan More than half a million residents of Michigan have acquired health insurance coverage through the state’s exchange, called the Healthy Michigan Plan. According to state records, 507,618 have enrolled in the exchange during the first month of the latest open enrollment period. These people have found coverage that they favor through the exchange and it is estimated that the majority of enrollees are receiving subsidies for this coverage from the federal government. Exchange’s technical faults seem to…

180,000 Pennsylvanians receive coverage through state’s health insurance exchange

January 6, 2015January 3, 2015 Logan B.

Pennsylvania exchange is performing well More than 180,000 people in Pennsylvania have purchased health insurance plans through the state’s exchange during the first month of the open enrollment period, according to information released by the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency notes that many of the people seeking coverage for the new year were able to find policies using HealthCare.gov, the federal exchange that serves states that do not operate their own exchange system. Rapidly growing enrollment numbers have also shown that many of the issues that the…

Health insurance exchanges are performing well throughout the country

December 31, 2014December 29, 2014 Marc

HHS information shows that 1.9 million new customers have been enrolled in federal exchanges The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that this year’s open enrollment period is off to a good start. The federal agency, which is responsible for the deployment of the Affordable Care Act alongside the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has released information concerning enrollment throughout the country. As of December 19, 1.9 million new customers have enrolled for coverage in exchanges in 37 states. Another 4.5 million people have renewed…

Health insurance has made it into the holiday shopping season

December 29, 2014December 27, 2014 Julie Campbell

Recently released federal data has shown that there are a considerable number of people returning to the exchanges. Aside from enrolling new health insurance customers, one of the most important achievements that the exchanges need to accomplish are to encourage last year’s customers to return in order to purchase their coverage. This holiday shopping season, enrolling through the insurance exchanges is exactly what Americans have been doing. The federal government has recently released data that shows that consumers are returning this year after having used the health insurance exchanges last…

US consumers may be able to save $2 billion on health insurance coverage

December 10, 2014December 8, 2014 S.Vagus

HHS suggests people could find less expensive coverage this year through insurance exchanges Consumers throughout the United States may be able to save a large amount of money if they switch health insurance policies this year. According to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), more than 70% of consumers enrolled in insurance exchanges could find less expensive policies than the ones they are currently paying for. These policies can be found through HealthCare.gov, which has recently been revamped to be more accommodating of online traffic and offer better…