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Sunday Deadline Looms to Sign Up for Obamacare and Avoid This Year’s Higher Penalty
By Kathleen McGrory, Tampa Bay Times TAMPA — Dustin Rogers was sure he had missed the deadline for enrolling in an Obamacare plan this year — until a patron in the Tampa bar where he works set him straight last week. "The deadline isn't until Jan. 31," the barfly said...
South Florida Tops in State for Obamacare Signups in 2016
By Nina Lincoff, South Florida Business Journal As the deadline for 2016 health care coverage under Obamacare nears, South Florida leads the state for sign ups or re-enrollment in health care plans through the HealthCare.gov platform, the U.S. Department of Health...
Studies: 2 Ways Obamacare is Saving Money
The Affordable Care Act is working as intended, extending health care coverage and ensuring that hospital care is financially compensated, two new policy papers contend. The reports, published Jan. 14 in the New England Journal of Medicine, say the landmark...
Texas Trailing Florida in Obamacare Sign-ups
By Robert Garrett, The Dallas Morning News AUSTIN — When it comes to signing people up for Obamacare, Florida is crushing Texas. And it’s not even close. Nearly 1.6 million Floridians have signed up for or re-upped their private insurance plans for this year through...
Many Hispanics Eligible for Obamacare Remain Uninsured, Federal Officials Say
By Daniel Chang, The Miami Herald About 4 million Hispanics have gained health insurance since fall 2013 when open enrollment first began for the Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchanges, according to the most recent reports from the U.S. Department of Health and...
Deadline Nears For Health Insurance Sign Up
By Lynn Hatter, WFSU Federal health officials are making their final push to get more people signed up for subsidized health insurance. So far more than 8.6 million new and returning consumers have applied for health insurance on federal exchanges. That figure...
Letter to the Editor: Free Help Available for ACA Enrollment
By Kyle Simon, Special to The Tampa Bay Times Sunday's report about the challenges consumers face enrolling in or renewing health coverage through Obamacare overlooked a critical type of assistance to help Floridians get covered. I am one of about 150 certified...
HHS Secretary Pushes Obamacare in Orlando
By Naseem S. Miller, The Orlando Sentinel Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the head of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, visited Orlando on Monday, encouraging local leaders to make a final push for Obamacare sign-ups as the open enrollment deadline approaches on...
More Than 1.5 Million Floridians Signed Up for Obamacare
By Daniel Chang, The Miami HeraldEight weeks into open enrollment for Affordable Care Act plans, Floridians continue to sign up in greater numbers than residents of any of the 38 states using the federally run exchange at healthcare.gov, the Centers for Medicare and...
Obamacare Offers ‘First Step’ to Health Care for Many LGBT People
By Naseem Miller, The Orlando Sentinel After decades of discrimination, Obamacare is helping more members of the LGBT community gain access to health insurance, advocates say. Earlier this month, federal officials announced partnerships with lesbian, gay, bisexual and...
Navigators Offer Free Local Help Available To Get Coverage
Certified Navigator Michael Ray assists a consumer. Covering Florida Navigator Kyle Simon submitted a letter to the editor of the Tampa Bay Times in response to an article outlining challenges facing Floridians as they seek health coverage through Obamacare. Click...
Nearly 600,000 Floridians Signed Up for Obamacare Plans So Far, Feds Say
By Daniel Chang, The Miami Herald Five weeks into open enrollment season, nearly 600,000 Floridians have signed up for coverage through the Affordable Care Act's insurance exchange at healthcare.gov, federal health officials reported Wednesday. Among the 38 states...
