Maryland has decided to scrap its malfunctioning health care exchange for the technology Connecticut developed for its Obamacare website, AccessHealthCT, the state’s governor said late Tuesday.
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CT Obamacare enrollment: 197,878, for now
Connecticut’s health insurance exchange ended its first open enrollment period with 197,878 people signed up for health care coverage, including 5,917 who enrolled Monday.
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Still want Obamacare insurance? Use the Access Health call center
Access Health CT, the state’s health insurance exchange, is telling people who want to sign up for insurance by the midnight deadline to use its call center and, if necessary, leave a message.
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At Obamacare deadline, rush to enroll, questions about what’s next
Midnight is the deadline for people to enroll in private insurance coverage for 2014 and demand has been high. But whether the health law achieves its goals relies on far more than enrollment.
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CT Obamacare exchange enrolling more than 3,000 people per day
As of Wednesday afternoon, 178,601 state residents had signed up for Medicaid or private insurance through the exchange, Access Health CT.
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Obamacare enrollment deadline not changing in Connecticut
The federal government announced earlier this week that people signing up for health care coverage through the exchanges it runs could get some extra time to enroll. But that doesn’t apply in Connecticut, which runs its own health insurance exchange, known as Access Health CT.
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Obamacare affordability worries, confusion persist as deadline nears
From the start, affordability has been a major concern of both critics and supporters of the law officially known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. And with the deadline for getting coverage approaching, many people are voicing their worries.
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Obamacare Q&A: Deadline scramble, repaying subsidies and what the new plans cover
This Obamacare Q&A includes questions about what to do about that deadline if your coverage is slated to run out later this year, what the government can and can’t do to you if you don’t get insurance, what the new plans cover and the possibility that some people might have to repay some or all of the federal funds used to discount their premiums.
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CT’s Latinos face hurdles in enrolling in Obamacare
No group of people in Connecticut is more likely to be uninsured than the state’s Latinos, and Obamacare won’t change that.
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CT GOP wants to know how many exchange customers were uninsured
Among the measures still awaiting action by the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee is a controversial bill that would require the state’s health insurance exchange to report on the number of enrollees who were previously uninsured.
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Obamacare Q&A: Health insurance deadlines and taxes
Here’s what you need to know about the March 31 deadline for buying coverage, how you can qualify for a special enrollment period if something changes and you need insurance after the deadline, the penalty for not having coverage and how to get an exemption from the individual mandate.
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Latest Obamacare confusion: Exchange plan provider networks
The rollout of the federal health law in Connecticut has been smoother than in many parts of the country, but it hasn’t been without hiccups. The latest one: finding providers who take the new coverage.
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Access Health CT has 152,561 enrollees; not clear how many were uninsured
More than 150,000 Connecticut residents have signed up for private insurance plans sold through the state’s health insurance exchange and for Medicaid since Oct. 1, according to Access Health CT, the state’s exchange.
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Obamacare Q&A: Exchange deadlines, insurance options and tax credits
What you need to know about the end of the 2014 open enrollment period, the insurance options you’ll have once it’s over, when you’ll face a penalty if you don’t get covered and the possibility of getting federal financial help buying a health plan outside the exchange.
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Latest Obamacare tweak could revive CT debate on extending health plans
The federal government now says that people who renewed their health plans late last year to avoid having to buy new plans that comply with the federal health law can keep them for an extra two years — but only if their states allow it.
