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With more plans available, prices rising, HHS urging exchange customers to shop around
With health insurance premiums on the rise, government officials are stressing the importance for consumers to shop around to ensure they get the best deal.
94,000 Floridians could lose ACA-backed health insurance due to citizenship, name mismatch
Thousands of Floridians could soon lose their federally-purchased health insurance if they don't submit information to the government verifying their citizenship status, according to WFSU.org.
Health reform subsidies cut premiums by 76%
Individuals who purchased coverage under the Affordable Care Act this year pay $80 a month in average premiums, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Federal exchange a bargain compared to state-run exchanges
Despite the unreliable and glitchy HealthCare.gov site, the federal exchange spent only $647 tax dollars to enroll each individual. Meanwhile, the 15 states plus the District of Columbia running their own exchanges spent a whopping average of $1,503 per person, according to a new report.
Almost all firms to transition people to exchanges
A majority of companies will shift from employer-based health coverage to plans sold on the federal marketplace by 2020, according to a new investor report by Standard & Poor Capital IQ,
Deadline to create state-run exchanges approaches
More than 30 states are facing a deadline to decide if they will create their own state-run healthcare exchanges, reports the Associated Press.
HealthCare.gov official quits amid push to hire reform CEO
Michelle Snyder, the "career bureaucrat" who oversaw construction of HealthCare.gov, resigned last week as chief operating officer at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, according to Reuters. Snyder's resignation announcement coincided with news of pressure on the White House to choose a chief executive to oversee the federal health insurance marketplace.
Off-exchange plans pilfer enrollees from federal marketplace
Americans frustrated by problems plaguing HealthCare.gov have been contacting insurers directly and enrolling in plans outside the federal exchange, Reuters reported. These off-exchange purchases may undermine the Obama administration's efforts to enroll 7 million uninsured Americans in the new health insurance marketplaces by the end of March.
