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The Obama administration's internal projections called for strong enrollment in the states in the first year of new health insurance markets, according to unpublished estimates obtained by the AP.
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Americans submitting their applications for Medicaid through the federal government's online insurance marketplace in 36 states may want to contact their state Medicaid agencies for faster results.
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The government's new health insurance marketplaces are drawing lots of rotten tomatoes in early reviews, but people are at least checking them out.
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States planning to expand income eligibility for their Medicaid programs next year as well as those not planning to expand eligibility can expect higher enrollment and spending growth than in 2013, according to the findings of a new report. But states choosing not to expand Medicaid under the...
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After a glitch-plagued first week of enrollment on the state and federally run insurance exchanges, many observers are wondering whether more technical problems are still to come and whether consumers will keep doggedly trying to sign up for coverage.
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The partisan split over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the center of the budget impasse that shut down the federal government last week reflects sharp divisions in the public's view of the law.
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The Obama administration's recent approval of Arkansas' alternative plan to expand healthcare coverage for low-income residents under the federal healthcare reform law bodes well for several Republican-led states looking to implement their own alternative...
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Many healthcare providers and community organizations across the country that have been designated as certified application counselors to help consumers enroll in health plans on the new state health insurance exchanges were still waiting last week for...
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In an attempt to address the uncertainty surrounding health insurance options under the Affordable Care Act, Walgreen Co. said today it is partnering with Chicago-based GoHealth to help customers understand the new insurance marketplaces.
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The pressure is on for the federal government and states running their own health insurance exchanges to get the systems up and running after overloaded websites and jammed phone lines frustrated consumers for a second day as they tried to sign up for coverage using the new marketplaces.
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