State Health Insurance Exchanges

Implementation Issues: Coverage 'Ping Pong' Among Emerging Concerns

Tuesday, 21 May 2013 08:15

The notion of how life events could cause disrupted health coverage is a focus for policy makers. In addition, news outlets also are reporting on developments related to high-risk pools, and a break between the White House and organized labor regarding how the implementation process is shaping up.

Los Angeles Times: Some Could Have Gaps In Medical...

Ground Battles Continue Over States' Medicaid Expansion

Tuesday, 21 May 2013 08:14

News reports from Texas, Louisiana, Iowa, Florida and Maine highlight states' continuing debates over this health law provision.

Kaiser Health News: Texas' Rio Grande Valley Presses for Medicaid Expansion
When the sun rises over the Rio Grande Valley, the cries of the urracas – black birds – perched on the tops of palm trees swell...

Navigator Headlines: May 21, 2013

Tuesday, 21 May 2013 06:23

Today's headlines include stories examining how the approaching implementation of some health law provisions is highlighting key policy questions.

Kaiser Health News: How Will The 'Unbanked' Buy Insurance On The Exchanges?
Kaiser Health News staff writer Sarah Varney, working in collaboration with NPR, reports:...

Nominated Va. Lt. Gov. Likened Planned Parenthood To KKK; Ark. Judge Halts Abortion Ban

Monday, 20 May 2013 08:33

A man nominated Saturday for lieutenant governor of Virginia made comments last year that likened Planned Parenthood to the KKK. In Arkansas, a judge delayed a law that would ban most abortions there after 12 weeks of pregnancy.

Politico: Virginia Pick Compared Planned Parenthood To KKK
E.W. Jackson, a black minister and activist nominated...

Health Law's Insurance Exchanges Are Not Mirror Image Of Mass. Version

Monday, 20 May 2013 08:33

Some of the state's features that advocates say helped consumers make their insurance-purchasing decisions were not included in the the federal health law.

Boston Globe: U.S. Won't Mirror Mass. On Health Exchanges
When millions of Americans around the country sign up for insurance under President Obama's sweeping health care law in October, the...

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