Health Insurance Marketplace Bulletin


	Complimentary from the publishers of Health Insurance Marketplace News April 30, 2013



	"We have been advising hospital clients, if you want to play and be part of health exchanges, maybe you can look at a five or ten percent discounts off of your current commercial rates and see how it goes for a year." Ken R. Steele, Senior Manager, ECG Management Consultants

	SOA Report on ACA Impact on Individual Health Insurance Market The Society of Actuaries report: Cost of the Future Newly Insured under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), found that expected changes in member composition of the individual health care market could drive up underlying claims costs by an average of 32 percent nationally by 2017. The report predicts high variability among states, with as many as 43 states experiencing a double-digit percentage claims cost increase and some states experiencing a double-digit cost decrease. The SOA projects enrollment in the individual market to be almost 115 percent larger by 2017, with approximately 80 percent of those receiving coverage through the state exchanges. source: SOA - Cost of the Future Newly Insured under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), March 2013

	Hundreds to be hired to help Arkansans enroll in insurance exchange Arkansas News, April 28, 2013 Regence and Health Net Take Different Approach to Exchange The Lund Report, April 26, 2013 What's the Back-Up Plan for Health Insurance Exchanges? Government Technology, April 25, 2013 Maryland Offers Glimpse At Obamacare Insurance Math Kaiser Health News, April 24, 2013 Governments may push workers out of employer health care and into exchange Washington Post, April 24, 2013 States Spend $28M, Then Leave Exchanges To The Feds Kaiser Health News, April 24, 2013 Millions eligible for Obamacare subsidies, but most don't know it CNN Money, April 23, 2013 Lack of Competition Might Hamper Health Exchanges Stateline, April 23, 2013 A Look Ahead to Defined Contributions in Private Exchanges The Institute for HealthCare Consumerism, April 22, 2013

	Vangent Gets $28 Million Contract For Health Marketplace Call Center Phil Galewitz, Capsules - The KHN Blog, April 26, 2013 Is Suspension of the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan a Preview ? Matthew Wayt, The Healthcare Blog, April 26, 2013

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SOA Report on ACA Impact on Individual Health Insurance Market