Complimentary from the publisher

Complimentary from the publishers of Health Insurance Marketplace News November, 2014

“I believe the best thing to do is have a fixed-dollar premium support payment paid for everyone, amount depending on the cost of doing healthcare business in their area (similar to Medicare PPS). For means testing, have the payment for each person reported to the IRS for inclusion in the taxable income of that person. Then the Exchanges would not have to deal with the IRS on finding out people’s reported incomes. ‘But that would mean subsidies for high-income people!’ I hear you say. Well, what are we doing with the tax exclusion today but high subsidies to high-income people?”
- Alain C. Enthoven, PhD, Marriner S. Eccles Professor of Public and Private Management (Emeritus), Knight Management Center, Stanford University

"Come November 15, there will be 77 new insurers selling Marketplace plans, which is equivalent to a 25% increase since 2014 open enrollment, according to the Department of Health and Humans Services."

Excerpted from: Health Insurance Marketplace News, Volume 2, Issue 11, November 2014, "Automatic Re-Enrollment Might Not Be Your Best Bet"

Supreme Court will hear new case challenging Obamacare
USA Today, November 7, 2014

Aetna acquires bswift, health insurance exchange platform company, for $400M
Mobihealthnews, November 3, 2014

It's Time for Open Enrollment for Health Care Exchanges
Kiplinger, November 2014

State Actions to Address Health Insurance Exchanges
National Conference of State Legislatures, November 1, 2014

Obamacare users wary of enrollment season
Bankrate, Inc., October 31, 2014

Sam’s Club to launch a private health insurance exchange
The Washington Post, October 22, 2014

Early Troubles Have Brokers Predicting Another Bumpy Road for 2015 Federal HIX Enrollment
Health Insurance Exchange/Employee Benefit News, October 22, 2014

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