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HHS Releases Marketplace Rate Snapshot for Florida
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a rate snapshot of health insurance marketplace rates for plans offered in Florida that shows there will be a 1.20% increase for second lowest cost silver plans offered in 2016. These increases do not...
Check Out This Year’s Obamacare Fine: $695
By The Associated Press The math is harsh: The maximum federal penalty for having no health insurance is set to jump to $695, and the Obama administration is being urged to highlight that cold fact to help drive its new pitch for health law sign-ups. That means the...
Putting CBO and HHS Estimates on the Same Page with Respect to Exchange Enrollment Forecasts
By A.J. Rice and Jailendra Singh HHS estimates 9.4-11.4 million enrollees on public exchanges at the end of 2016 On Oct 15, HHS released its projection for potential 2016 health insurance exchange (HIX) enrollment. Specifically, HHS estimates 9.4-11.4 mln of...
U.S. Targets Four States in Effort to Enroll the Uninsured
By Robert Pear, The New York Times WASHINGTON — With the third open enrollment season under the Affordable Care Act beginning in about six weeks, Obama administration officials said Tuesday that they would focus efforts to expand health coverage to the uninsured in...
