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The move comes in response to Republican lawmakers criticism of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act over the healthcare.gov website troubles and the cancellation notices sent to hundreds of thousands of current policy holders as a result of the law.
The promise of 50,000 people being able to simultaneously use the site by Saturday twice the capacity of last week will be tested by congressional Republicans.
Towers Watson acquired Liazon Corporation, a leader in developing and delivering private benefit exchanges for active employees, last week. Representatives of the consultancy believe that this acquisition, which follows the purchase of Extend Health in June 2012, has solidified their position as the leading player in the private exchange market through its OneExchange solution.
Quandary emerges for brokers who trained on the systems but might not want the business.
Kansas, North Dakota and other state insurance commissioners snubbed a meeting with President Barack Obama set up to discuss allowing some people to keep medical plans that dont meet the requirements of the U.S. health law.
A public employer in California is building its own marketplace to mirror public exchanges under the Affordable Care Act a potential idea for brokers for prospecting.
A massive defined contribution storm is about to crash onto the employee benefits landscape. You can choose to ride it out to continued – or even greater – profitability, or you and your firm can get swept away. I've written that employer interest in the defined contribution model will explode in the next 12 months.
Projects from a border surveillance program to an FBI case-filing system also have failed because of late changes, a lack of oversight, cost overruns and an emphasis on deadlines rather than the flexibility to let big, complex projects evolve, experts say.
More than a third of the back end infrastructure still remains to be built in the federally-run marketplace, top IT official at CMS says Tuesday on Capitol Hill.
Consultants hired by the Obama administration told top officials at the White House and U.S. health department as early as March that construction of the governments insurance website was at risk of failure, according to a document released by congressional Republicans.
Exchange leaders in the Golden State, Connecticut, New York and Oregon share solid numbers on exchange-registered brokers.
The technology issues plaguing the federal exchanges have hampered enrollment in state-run exchanges which are largely free of glitches causing some states to modify their marketing techniques.
The ACA's pediatric dental requirement brings increased attention to this popular benefit.
Wayne Sakamoto of Naples, Fla. works hard to keep up with the ACA.
President Barack Obama pressed top U.S. insurers to help consumers cope with the rocky start of his health care law as the Republican-led House passed a bill that would let Americans keep their current policies through 2014.
The announcement that insurance carriers can offer one-year renewals for plans that were cancelled for not being compliant with the Affordable Care Act will have no effect on large employers, most of whom are currently in the middle of open enrollment. Small group plans, however, could be affected.
A broker and former Golden State-exchange staffer say that enrollment numbers do not reflect billing or payment.
A NAHU representative testified Thursday on Capitol Hill about the positives and negatives of self-funding before a committee interested in touting it to small business owners.
An agent explains the difficult steps that would need to be taken to renew canceled plans, while a health insurance trade group says the presidents announcement Thursday could destabilize the market.
Americas Health Insurance Plans issues a statement about President Obama's remarks today on the Affordable Care Act.