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Healthcare.gov Extends Deadline through Dec 17th, 2015 for coverage beginning Jan 1, 2016

The deadline to sign-up for January 1 coverage has been extended until 11:59pm PST December 17. Because of the unprecedented demand and volume of consumers contacting our call center or visiting HealthCare.gov, we are extending the deadline to sign-up for January 1 coverage until 11:59pm PST December 17. Hundreds of thousands […]

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Top Democrats Considering Changes To ACA’s “Cadillac Tax.”

Reuters  (11/11, Cornwell) reports that Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said Tuesday that Democratic lawmakers are considering proposing changes to the ACA’s “Cadillac tax” on high-cost health plans. “I’m not proposing eliminating it at this point, I’m open to suggestions for changing it,” he told reporters. According to Reuters, Senate Minority […]

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Meritus Health Placed Under Supervision

Two Arizona health insurance companies have been placed under supervision by the Arizona Director of Insurance, Andy Tobin. Director Tobin filed an Order for Supervision on October 30, 2015, to place Meritus Health Partners and Meritus Mutual Health Partners into supervision. Meritus declined to consent to the Order for Supervision. […]

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CBO: 14M Would Lose Coverage If Individual Mandate Is Repealed.

The Congressional Budget Office estimated  Tuesday that repealing the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate would reduce the deficit by more than $305 billion but increase the number of uninsured Americans by 14 million over the next decade, the Washington Times  (9/16, Howell) reports. The government would spend “about $100 billion […]

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HHS Sends Inaccurate Tax Forms To 800,000 Enrollees

ABC World News (2/20, story 11, 0:15, Muir) reported that “outrage” over another Affordable Care Act “glitch” continues to mount after nearly 800,000 people received inaccurate tax forms from the Federal exchange website. As a result of the “glitch,” consumers “who already filed taxes with those forms will likely have […]

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