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Exchange enrollment: Tips from state marketplaces

As state officials work to improve the process for next year's open enrollment period, Connect for Health Chief Operating Officer Lindy Hinman highlighted some of the state-based exchange's best practices for enrolling consumers, USA Today reported.

What's really driving unpaid premiums?

People who signed up for a Covered California health insurance plan may drop their coverage without paying their premiums because they found insurance elsewhere, according to a new analysis released Wednesday by the U.C. Berkeley Labor Center.

Double-digit rate hikes still a reality

Insurers already are anticipating the need to raise prices for 2015, reports Reuters. The first group of enrollees represents a higher rate of older and more costlier members than anticipated so insurers will need to raise premiums to avoid losing money.

Exchanges can learn from enrollment success in California

California matters. The state is very influential in many political, social and governmental issues. And when it comes to healthcare reform and health insurance exchanges, it has become a...

Enrollment grows as Obama administration ramps up outreach

Between 2.4 million and 3.5 million people have enrolled in Medicaid as of January, a new analysis from Avalere Health has found. The enrollment figures include up to 1.7 million newly enrolled individuals who signed up in January alone.

California suspends small business exchange enrollment

Officials with California's health insurance exchange are temporarily halting the online marketplace for small businesses to "implement a series of redesigns."

California ad campaign aims to make reform funny

A new ad campaign created by Covered California features comedians trying to make the healthcare reform law funny, reported The Atlantic.

State exchanges face enrollment roadblocks

It's not only the federal health insurance exchange that's run into multiple problems, some state marketplaces like those in California and New York also are experiencing roadblocks to getting consumers enrolled.

California seeks to separate from federal exchange

Officials operating California's state-run health insurance exchange are taking steps to differentiate it from the beleaguered federal marketplace.

California officials overstated 1st day exchange numbers

Insurers selling policies on California's health insurance exchange were likely pleased to hear the news that several million people visited the online marketplace on the first day of open enrollment. Unfortunately, the estimates were greatly overstated.