by admin | Jan 8, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare
Since Open Enrollment began on Nov. 15, nearly 6.6 million consumers selected a health insurance plan or were automatically re-enrolled in the Federally Facilitated Marketplace (FFM), according to a post on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) blog. The...
by admin | Jan 6, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, HHS, Obamacare
A report released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provides the first detailed analysis of enrollment in the Obamacare marketplaces for the first month of the 2015 open enrollment period. About 87 percent of people who selected health insurance...
by admin | Dec 22, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, CMS, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
A coalition of 279 patient advocacy groups calling itself “I Am (Still) Essential” has called on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to better define what is considered discrimination under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “As part of the...
by admin | Dec 15, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
To reach more Americans this open enrollment season, Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Sylvia M. Burwell hsa announced a first-of-its-kind partnership between HHS and the electronic cash transactions company PayNearMe to reach financially underserved and other...
by admin | Dec 11, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
As the Dec. 15 deadline approaches to sign up for health care coverage beginning on Jan. 1, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released what it calls a “snapshot” of activity on the site. According to the just-released snapshot,...
by admin | Nov 26, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, HHS, Obamacare
In 2014, just 106,000 people enrolled in Obamacare in the first month, but this year in the first week of open enrollment, HealthCare.gov and its Spanish-language counterpart CiudadodeSalud.gov signed up 462,125 people, according to the Department of Health and Human...