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California health insurance exchange marketing takes off on bus tour

November 6, 2015November 4, 2015 Julie Campbell

Officials have been using this new method to help to promote the marketplace across the state. On Sunday, the head of the California health insurance exchange boarded a bus in order to tour Los Angeles and spread the word about the benefits that residents of the state can enjoy through the Affordable Care Act. Many people in California have yet to take part in the health care law’s requirements. A large proportion of the people who have not yet been participating in the California health insurance exchange are in the…

Federal health insurance exchange opened for previews yesterday

October 26, 2015October 25, 2015 G. Turner

Over the weekend, the marketplace website opened its doors for window shoppers to have a look. Consumers living in the 38 states that are served by the federal health insurance exchange are now able to have an advance look at how the website works and what it will have to offer when the open enrollment period begins with the start of November. This will allow them to get a feel for the new site’s navigation and calculate what out of pocket costs would be. Officials from the Department of Health…

Health insurance exchange website security gets a boost

October 12, 2015October 11, 2015 G. Turner

The Obama administration has responded to criticisms from civil liberties advocates with strengthened protection. Following criticism that the Obama administration has received from civil liberties advocates, it has now stated that it will be strengthening the security of its health insurance exchange website, just as a new open enrollment period is about to begin. The page will now feature a new “privacy manager” that will offer users additional control. According to a blog post by Kevin Counihan, the CEO of HealthCare.gov, the federal health insurance exchange website, the site will…

State run insurance exchanges face current and future financial struggle

July 29, 2015July 28, 2015 Julie Campbell

Lower enrollment and higher costs are causing disappointment for some of the marketplaces. Many of the state run insurance exchanges are facing some disappointing results after their first year and a half in fully operational existence, after lower than expected enrollment and high costs have led them to face a number of challenges. The issues being faced could lead these insurance marketplaces to make considerable changes. Among those changes may be that they will hand the control over the insurance exchanges to the federal government. It has also been suggested…

D.C. health insurance exchange will be losing some options in 2016

July 14, 2015July 11, 2015 H. Cutner

Residents of Washington D.C. won’t have as much competition on the marketplace, next year. People who live in Washington D.C. will be finding that when they look over their health insurance exchange, next year, to comparison shop for plans, they won’t have quite as many options as they saw this year. There will actually be only one carrier from which to choose, which will considerably change the playing field. Because of the plummeting competition over the insurance exchange in D.C., many of the residents who will be using it will…

Alaska’s health marketplace loses 3 insurance companies

June 24, 2015June 23, 2015 Julie Campbell

Three insurers have now announced that they will no longer be selling individual plans in the state. Yet another insurer has now announced that it will be leaving the individual health plan marketplace in Alaska, which has brought the number of insurance companies that will be leaving the state up to three over the last couple of months, alone. This will cause over 5,000 Alaskans to have to seek out a new provider for their health care policies. The three insurance companies that have given their notice during the last…

Young adults are struggling to understand health insurance

June 24, 2015June 23, 2015 Marc

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Study highlights a lack of awareness of insurance terms and difficulty navigating HealthCare.gov Young adults may be having trouble enrolling in health insurance exchanges through HealthCare.gov, according to a study from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The study revealed that many young adults had trouble navigating the federal insurance platform, which may come as a surprise considering that this demographic tends to be quite tech-savvy. This difficulty may be the result of the federal network’s structure, which has been criticized in the past for being ineffective. Lack of understanding could…