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Senator issues lawsuit concerning health insurance requirements

January 9, 2014January 6, 2014 S.Vagus

Lawsuit targets Affordable Care Act U.S. Senator Ron Johnson has filed a lawsuit against the Obama Administration concerning the way the Affordable Care Act is being applied to Congress. The lawsuit is part of a larger political initiative that aims to shed light on the problems surrounding the health care law. Senator Johnson is challenging the provision that stipulates that government officials must purchase health insurance coverage through exchanges rather than from the private market. Exchanges remain a problematic subject Health insurance exchanges have become relatively popular but somewhat notorious…

Federal health insurance exchange enrollment grows

January 2, 2014December 30, 2013 S.Vagus

Enrollment through HealthCare.gov is growing quickly The federal health insurance exchange in the U.S. has been crippled by a range of technical problems that have kept many people from accessing insurance services through HealthCare.gov. The insurance gateway opened on October 1 of 2013, but relatively few people were able to enroll for coverage because of problems concerning the exchange’s structure. The federal government has been working to address these issues and ensure that consumers can access insurance services through federal exchanges and these efforts may finally be paying off. 1…

Cancelled policies in Nevada to stay cancelled

December 3, 2013November 30, 2013 Marc

Nevada health insurance commissioner State Legislature Building

Health insurance policies in Nevada remain cancelled The Nevada Division of Insurance has announced that all health insurance policies that were cancelled due to the Affordable Care Act’s provisions cannot be renewed in the state. This decision came after consulting with the attorney general’s office and meeting with several executives from insurance companies operating in Nevada. The logistics involved with reversing cancellations, especially after notices had already been sent to policyholder, have been deemed too extreme to be viable. 25,000 consumers forced to find new policies Some 25,000 Nevadans have…

Federal health insurance exchange website experiences shutdown over critical weekend

December 2, 2013November 30, 2013 Julie Campbell

Federal Health Insurance Exchange website problems

The HealthCare.gov site went down for a considerable amount of time on Saturday morning. Only hours before the deadline imposed by the Obama administration, itself, for having the federal health insurance exchange website up and running for the “vast majority” of the people who want to use, it the site went down for a huge amount of time early in the morning on Saturday. The official report said that the site was being taken down deliberately for 11 hours. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services took the federal health…

Health insurance exchanges could gain support from private providers

November 13, 2013November 11, 2013 Marc

Problems with health insurance exchanges persist The problematic launch of health insurance exchanges throughout the U.S. has led to harsh criticism against the federal government. Open enrollment for these exchanges began on October 1 of this year and most exchanges were flooded by people looking for information concerning health insurance and the options they had become available to them. The problem, however, was hat most exchanges were not prepared to handle the traffic coming their way, and technical difficulties led to frustration among consumers. Federal government continues to work to…

Health insurance woes continue to cause frustration in the US

October 28, 2013October 26, 2013 Logan B.

Health insurance exchanges attract controversy The controversy surrounding health insurance in the U.S. continues to grow as federal officials look to place blame for the technical difficulties that insurance exchanges have been experiencing throughout the country. Exchanges went live on October 1, but many were plagued with serious problems that prevented people from accessing exchange websites and applying for insurance coverage. These problems were not restricted to state-based exchanges, of course, as they also crippled the federal insurance gateway, HealthCare.gov. Exchanges experience technical difficulties When exchanges began open enrollment earlier…

Over 476,000 apply for health insurance coverage in the US

October 23, 2013October 21, 2013 S.Vagus

Administration releases information concerning health insurance applications The Obama Administration has released information concerning enrollment in health insurance exchange initiatives throughout the country. These exchanges were opened to the public on October 1, but many were plagued by severe technical difficulties that prevented people from applying for health insurance coverage. Over the past two weeks, states have been working to rectify the problems with their health insurance exchange sites and many have managed to resolve the glitches that had prevented consumers from using the sites effectively. Consumers flock to exchanges According to…