Health Insurance Exchanges – Healthy Skeptic

Oct 08 2012

KaiserHealth News

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Insurers Get Ready For Exchanges, But Exchanges May Not Be Ready For Them

Aug 14 2012

Reuters

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The Obama administration this week will try to encourage reluctant U.S. states to move forward with health insurance exchanges amid fears that time is running out

Aug 13 2012

Post Gazette

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Opponents of the law say they won’t set up new private health insurance markets called exchanges. But increasingly, it’s looking as though Washington will just do it for them.

Aug 06 2012

New York Times

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Obama administration officials are getting ready to set up and operate new health insurance markets in about half the states, where local officials appear unwilling or unable to do so.

Jul 18 2012

Health Leaders Media

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States that sit on the sidelines waiting for the results of the November election before they commit to healthcare reform and health insurance exchanges will face a “herculean effort” to establish their exchanges

Jul 13 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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A PWC report shows a huge variance in readiness from state to state, particularly as it relates to health insurance exchanges.

Jun 14 2012

InformationWeek

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Regional health information exchanges team up with IBM and other IT vendors to build the massive Statewide Health Information Network of New York.

May 24 2012

Commonwealth Fund

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Commonwealth Fund: More Than Half of Individual Health Plans Offer Coverage That Falls Short of What Can Be Sold Through Exchanges as of 2014

May 24 2012

KaiserHealth News

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There are people whose household incomes are slightly above the threshold to qualify for Medicaid’s free or low-cost coverage. Congress gave states the option of creating a so-called Basic Health Plan which would complement the health care law’s main program, a health insurance exchange.

May 24 2012

Bloomberg

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Half the people who buy their own health insurance, rather than depend on an employer, are in plans that have fewer benefits than what the U.S. health-care law will require beginning in 2014, a study found.

May 18 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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The Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday announced the award of $181 million in new grants to help states establish health insurance exchanges.

May 17 2012

Reuters

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The Obama administration forged ahead with healthcare reforms on Wednesday, announcing a November 16 deadline for state governments to submit proposals showing how they intend to operate health insurance exchanges in 2014.

Mar 25 2012

2012 Potpourri X

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Spring is in the air but take a few minutes to refresh with our latest Potpourri, which includes the Congressional Budget Office’s latest health reform projections, ER use by those with Medicaid or private insurance coverage, the effect of selective outcomes reporting in research, an AonHewitt survey of employers on exchange use, another CBO report on employer incentives for use of TriCare and physician costs to comply with quality mandates.

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