By now we all know that the State and Federal Marketplaces offering a side-by-side comparison environment are set to go live October 1st of this year as part of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) — better known as Obamacare. These public marketplaces break down as follows. 1. 16 state based marketplaces (+ [...]
eHealthinsurance recently released their report entitled “The Costs and Benefits of Individual and Family Health Insurance Plans”. One of the elements that was analyzed in the report was the comparison of average health insurance premiums paid by customers year-over-year (2012 v. 2011) on a state level. 47 states and District of Columbia were included in [...]
For many American families, COBRA coverage is still too expensive even with the current COBRA subsidy which is temporarily in place. The COBRA subsidy program pays 65% of the monthly premiums for up to 15 months, but still can require a substantial monthly expense, as the average family of four still pays on average $389 [...]
A recent report released by eHealthinsurance.com illustrates the relative affordability of individual health insurance plans across numerous dimensions, as well as a breakdown of what types of individual health insurance policies have been purchased most frequently. Some of the findings in the report include: The average monthly premium for an individual health insurance policy was [...]
The state of Utah has launched a “health insurance exchange”. Through a state run website, participating small businesses in Utah will be able to offer employees a health care stipend, which workers can in turn use to shop on the site and select an individual health insurance plan that best fits their needs. Utah has [...]
ehealthinsurance.com will now offer sixteen individual health insurance plans to their website customers who reside in Massachusetts. Until now, ehealthinsurance offered no online health insurance quoting or any type of health insurance options for website visitors who resided in a handful of states which included Massachusetts. A new relationship with Fallon Community Health Plans (FCHP)will [...]
AllWebLeads an Austin based insurance lead aggregater has launched a COBRA insurance information site, to help laid off individuals educate themselves about COBRA and COBRA alternatives. The website is www.cobra-insurance.com Previously ehealthinsurance.com as well as other health insurance companies have launched stand alone websites that provide COBRA related educational resources. Individual health insurance plans are [...]
UPDATE: 4/26/2012 – Maternity coverage continues to be a challenge for many pregnant women, and it’s increasingly harder for women who are self employed. Individual health insurance policies are already very expensive and if you add in maternity coverage it can often be unaffordable. Health care reform is looking to fix this issue, but President [...]
A recent press release by eHealthinsurance.com introduces the launch of a COBRA Subsidy Calculator that can be found on their sister website CobraLearning.com. The tool was developed to help educate unemployed Americans about how the new stimulus package will effect their COBRA coverage costs as well as what other affordable health insurance options are available. [...]
More people are shopping for individual health insurance these days. Golden Rule, says their sales are up 24% over the the past two months. In addition, ehealthinsurance.com reports that submitted applications were up 18% in the 4Q, over 4Q in 2007. Along with the increases in individual health insurance shoppers, health insurance rates have increased [...]
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