Health Insurance

Will Pharma Prices Take a Hit from Congress? The newly-seated Congress is ready to take on drug manufacturers’ inflated pricing and anti-competitive practices. This will be a bipartisan effort, with lawmakers like Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) on board, even though this hasn’t been a signature issue for him up until now. Ideas that have been floated include going after anti-competitive ... Read Full Article ›

The number of people who signed up for a health insurance plan through a federal or state exchange decreased 2.6 percent from 2018 to 2019, according to the final open enrollment tally released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Studies (CMS) on March 25. During the 2019 open enrollment period, just over 11.4 million people chose a plan on ... Read Full Article ›

Open enrollment 2018 started on November 1 and runs through December 15. For anyone without job-based healthcare coverage or a plan through a government program (like Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE), this is the one time of year when you can shop for health insurance. There are exceptions, of course, for those who experience qualifying life events and need a special ... Read Full Article ›

When former President Obama pitched his idea for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to insurance companies in an attempt to get those companies to offer plans on the federal and state marketplaces, he understood that widespread participation was critical. In order for something like the ACA to be successful, it needed healthy young customers to sign up for coverage to ... Read Full Article ›

Tallying the Numbers: Enrollment from 2013-2017  Since the Affordable Care Act opened up federal and state marketplaces in 2013, over 20 million people have gained health insurance through public and private options. To some, the success of a government program hinges on how many people – specifically, the people to whom the program is targeted – participate. In order to ... Read Full Article ›

As the Affordable Care Act open enrollment season wraps up for 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is reporting a significant boost in signups. Over 8.8 million Americans have enrolled in a qualifying healthcare plan via the federal marketplace at HealthCare.gov, representing an increase of nearly 100,000 people during the same timeframe last year. President Donald Trump, ... Read Full Article ›

Having health insurance doesn’t always seem like a good deal, especially if you’re healthy and don’t plan on seeing the doctor much during the year. You may be tempted to skip out on coverage, choosing to pay the Obamacare penalty fine instead. But you should know that getting covered is an important tool in maintaining your overall quality of life ... Read Full Article ›

More than 2.1 million people have signed up for health insurance since the start of open enrollment on November 1 according to a bi-weekly snapshot released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Wednesday. During weeks three and four of enrollment, over 1.1 million people chose plans using the federal marketplace at HealthCare.gov. Most enrollees are returning customers. ... Read Full Article ›

Enroll The 2016 Presidential Election concluded on November 8th with a stunning victory for Donald Trump. One of the platforms Trump ran on was that he would repeal and replace Obamacare. Right now, Americans are at the beginning of the 2017 Open Enrollment Period under Obamacare. Under Obamacare, every American must have health insurance or else they will face a ... Read Full Article ›

Despite higher premium prices for next year, HealthCare.gov enrollment numbers were up by 50 percent on Tuesday, which marked the first day of the 2017 Obamacare open enrollment period. Over 60,000 applications were filed in six hours, which is double that of the first day of enrollment last year, per the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The benchmark ... Read Full Article ›