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Choose a Healthcare Plan That Works Best for Their Family's Budget, Johnson Said
Mar 12, 2014Farmers rely more on individual private health insurance plans than most so many were a tractor or truck accident away from bankruptcy, a U.S. expert says. Heidi Johnson, Dane County University of Wisconsin-Extension crops and soils ...
Tags: health insurance plans, medical checkups, riskiest businesses
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Interest in Health Coverage Helped New Memberships Rise 50 Percent
Feb 27, 2014eHealthInsurance reports that interest in health coverage ginned up by the new federal law has helped new memberships rise 50 percent. Meanwhile, NPR examines the mixed record of the 14 states running their own marketplaces. USA Today: ...
Tags: CT, Health Care, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Mental Health
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The Wall Street Journal Examines The Gap Created by Some States
Feb 26, 2014The Wall Street Journal examines the gap created by some states deciding not to expand their Medicaid programs and what that decision means for hospitals' bottom lines. Also, Republican lawmakers consider "bailouts" for hospitals after they ...
Tags: Coverage Gap, Medicaid Expansion, Obamacare, GOP
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Questions Are Emerging About How These Online Marketplaces Will Operate
Feb 25, 2014The Associated Press reports that questions are emerging about how these online marketplaces will operate under the current financing model. Also, the latest news on exchanges from California, Oregon and Florida. The Associated Press/Wall ...
Tags: Budget Issue, State Exchange, Health Report, Doctor Directory
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Today's Headlines Include Stories About The Health Law's Coverage Gap
Feb 25, 2014Today's headlines include stories about the health law's coverage gap. Kaiser Health News: Arkansas' Medicaid Experiment, Key To Obamacare Expansion, On Ropes Kaiser Health News staff writer Phil Galewitz reports: "The Arkansas' ...
Tags: Kaiser Health, Health Law, ACA, CMS
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The President Regrets His Earlier Comments
Feb 14, 2014The president told the Fox anchor that he regrets his earlier comments that people who like their insurance would be able to keep it. Politico: Pre-Super Bowl, Obama Sparks With Bill O'Reilly President Barack Obama faced questions ...
Tags: Health Care
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Consumers Whose Health Insurance Policies Was Cancelled May Apply for a Hardship Exemption
Dec 26, 2013Consumers whose individual health insurance policies have been cancelled for failing to meet the minimum requirements of the Affordable Care Act may now apply for a "hardship exemption," Obama administration officials announced late ...
Tags: individual health insurance policies, Affordable Care Act
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Payment Deadline for Those Who Buy Health Insurance Has Been Extended to Jan. 10.
Dec 25, 2013The health insurance industry announced Wednesday that the payment deadline for those who buy health insurance through state and federal exchanges under the final provision of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, has been ...
Tags: health insurance industry, payment deadline, health insurance
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News Outlets Highlighted Health Care Aspects of President Barack Obama's Conference
Dec 23, 2013News outlets highlighted health care aspects of President Barack Obama's news conference. Politico: Obama: More Than A Million New Insured In December More than one million Americans signed up for health insurance under the Affordable ...
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The Early Morning Highlights Would Begin Jan. 1
Dec 23, 2013The early morning highlights from the major news organizations examine today's deadline for enrolling for health insurance that would begin Jan. 1, as well as a variety of other health law stories and several articles on mental health ...
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Privately Insured U.S. Women Who Paid Nothing out-of-Pocket for The Pill Increased Doubled
Dec 16, 2013Privately insured U.S. women who paid nothing out-of-pocket for the pill increased from 15 percent to 40 percent with the Affordable Care Act, researchers say. Lawrence B. Finer, Adam Sonfield and Rachel K. Jones of the Guttmacher ...
Tags: privately insured, US, Affordable Care Act, U.S.Women
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106,185 U.S. Adults Selected Health Plans,While Another Had Not Yet Selected a Plans
Nov 15, 2013About 106,000 Americans picked health plans in the 30 days of the new enrollment period, with almost a million more in the works, an official said Wednesday. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said for the first ...
Tags: health insurance, USA, plan, work, shopping
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EHealth Selected and Inked a Contract to Integrate Intuit's Turbotax (Intu)
Sep 26, 2013eHealth, an online private health insurance exchange, has selected and inked a contract to integrate Intuit’s TurboTax (INTU), with its online health insurance comparison and enrollment tools. Following completion of the ...
Tags: Health Insurance, Service
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Cigna Rolled out a Brand New Assortment of International Health Insurance Products
Aug 12, 2013International health insurer Cigna has rolled out a brand new assortment of international health insurance products, to help customers get the benefit of various plans that meet their particular healthcare requirements and budget. ...
Tags: Cigna, Health Insurance
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Affordable Care Act Has Already Saved Consumers Billions
Jun 21, 2013From time to time I hear from readers who are convinced the Affordable Care Act will ruin us all financially. Not happening so far. Instead, it has already saved consumers billions. Exhibit A: In 2012, the law directly saved consumers ...
Tags: Obamacare, Health&Medicine