Aiming to make picking a plan easier, the federal government, which runs the marketplaces in roughly two-thirds of states, is encouraging insurers to offer “simple choice plans” as an option this fall.
In addition, HHS is focusing on outreach efforts to get those still uninsured — especially younger and healthier individuals — to enroll when the marketplaces open on Nov. 1.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
The PolicyGenius platform walks consumers through an interactive questionnaire to help determine their insurance needs, and provides quotes based on the results. It then offers side-by-side comparison shopping and online purchases.
With the administration's new announcement, consumers can wait until March 31 – when the current enrollment period ends -- to enroll and not face fines.
After the vague promises of help from a tech surge, it was refreshing to find two real solutions for the disaster at healthcare.gov. Both of these ideas blow away the lame excuses that President Obama gave Monday at his weak press conference about the failure of healthcare.gov. The president mentioned that old-fashioned approaches to signing […]
President Obama and the administration could have proved that there are real live people who have successfully purchased a health insurance policy through healthcare.gov. As he always does, the President had a lovely backdrop of smiling people standing behind him today when he spoke for the first time about the launch of the health insurance […]
The future looks bright for the integrated specialty pharmacy model – for health systems, providers, and most importantly, for patients.
Many consumers who shop for coverage on the state health insurance marketplaces this fall have a new option to consider: a health insurance co-op. The nonprofit, member-run "consumer oriented and operated plans," or co-ops, were created under the feder...
BELL GARDENS, CALIFORNIA -- Carrying Spanish-language brochures, outreach worker Sandra Pena walked around a crowded health clinic here early Tuesday morning. “Have you heard of the program Obamacare?” Pena asked a group of patients. A few ...
When states and the federal government rolled out online marketplaces to help people buy health insurance on Tuesday, you’d think that old-fashioned insurance brokers would be worried. All told about $200 million is being spent on a new army of people to help consumers find their way. These navigators, guides or assisters, as they’re called, […]
Consumers shopping in the new health insurance marketplaces will face a bewildering array of competing plans in some counties and sparse options in other places, with people in some areas of the country having to pay much more for the identical level o...
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
Three insurance companies confirmed Thursday that they have enrolled customers through the federal online marketplace created by the health law, but the numbers were meager and signup frustration continued for many people. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Gett...
BURBANK, CALIFORNIA -- Walk down the carpeted hallways of Westwind Media here and it's common to hear the odd explosion, the hum of traffic or a burst of gunfire. It's here in these edit bays that small feature films and episodic television d...
Day 1 of the healthcare exchanges was not a stellar start. We saw all the glitches that everyone from the President on down predicted. Launch day did offer a few lessons which state and federal leaders should consider. 1. There is considerable public interest in the new health insurance marketplace. According to the White House, […]
It was a good news/bad news kind of day for the state officials leading the 16 health insurance exchanges that launched (or were supposed to launch) yesterday. Thousands of people wanted to sign up for an account and apply for a health insurance policy, but the websites couldn’t handle all the traffic. The federal exchange […]
The federal online marketplace selling newly available health insurance in 36 states continued to frustrate consumers Wednesday with delays and software failures, although some reported success in signing up. Horacio Castaneda, left, helped Rosa ...