Health Insurance Exchanges

Last Friday, President Barack Obama came to California to lend his support to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as debate ensues about whether the ACA will actually make healthcare more affordable in the state.

Gaining support in California – one of the quickest states to develop a health insurance marketplace – is seen as critical to the program’s suc...

Covered California, the new health insurance purchasing marketplace, announced last week the prices of policies to be offered in October for 2014 coverage. While prices were lower than predicted by skeptics of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), some industry experts expect consumers and businesses will see price increases in other areas.

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A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has saved millions of dollars for young adults and their families. The ACA provision, which allows young adults to obtain health insurance coverage under their parents’ policies up to age 25, provided coverage for emergency hospital treatment to more t...

On May 29, 2013, the departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health & Human Services released final regulations regarding workplace wellness programs as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). While workplace wellness programs have grown into a $6 billion industry, many consumer advocates have expressed concerns that programs using incentives or...