May 8, 2018
The North Dakota Insurance Department is seeking to work with a consultant in order to perform actuarial and other analysis of state proposals to reform North Dakota’s individual health insurance market, the agency reported. The department said North Dakota’s individual …
January 27, 2017
The Oklahoma Insurance Department announced it will host a series of town hall meetings across the state to discuss health care reform. Citizens are encouraged to attend and offer their suggestions. In a statement, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak …
December 2, 2015
Although Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin recently proclaimed the Vermont Health Connect a “totally different ballgame” in comparison to last year’s performance, a House committee on Monday heard of several unresolved problems affecting the insurance exchange. “There’s a heck of a …
August 21, 2015
A new review by a nonprofit health organization shows that the largest share of Kentucky’s Medicaid population lives in the impoverished eastern portion of the state. The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has embarked on a three-year study of how …
February 14, 2014
More than 123,000 Pennsylvanians have selected an insurance plan under the new federal health care law as troubles with the gateway website have subsided, the U.S. government said Wednesday, although tens of thousands more who might be eligible for Medicaid …
January 15, 2014
Government figures released Monday show that more than 81,000 Pennsylvanians have enrolled under the federal health care law, a sharp increase from the 11,800 who were signed up at the end of November. The Obama administration now says that more …
January 15, 2014
More than 44,000 Virginians have signed up for health plans through the federal insurance marketplace. In addition, about 17,000 were found to be eligible for Medicaid or children’s health insurance through the marketplace. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that most residents …
December 9, 2013
Fourteen states and the District of Columbia told the federal government they could run their own health insurance exchanges, but three people leading their states’ exchanges have now left following problem-plagued rollouts of the online marketplaces. The executive director of …
October 10, 2013
New York State officials say 40,000 New Yorkers have signed up for health insurance in the first week of operation for the new state-run marketplace that includes low-cost plans. The NY State of Health says its website has quadrupled capacity …
September 21, 2013
The mandate that large employers provide health care coverage to their employees has been put off until 2015, but some businesses have already started changing health care benefits. Still, many local employers in Bucks County, Penn., say they have little …