Obamacare health insurance signups hit record numbers in 2023 : Shots

Secretary Xavier Becerra, US Department of Health and Human Services. Becerra announced Wednesday his agency is seeing record enrollment numbers for Affordable Care Act health plans. Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for National Urban League hide caption toggle caption Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for National Urban League Secretary Xavier Becerra, US Department of Health and Human Services. Becerra announced Wednesday his agency is seeing record enrollment numbers for Affordable Care Act health plans. Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for National Urban League The Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplaces appear set to break a record for the number of Americans enrolled, for the third year…
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Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirements Costing Taxpayers Millions Despite Low Enrollment

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s plan for a conservative alternative to Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion has cost taxpayers at least $26 million so far, with more than 90% going toward administrative and consulting costs rather than medical care for low-income people. Kemp’s Georgia Pathways to Coverage offers government health insurance to people earning up to the federal poverty level — $15,060 for an individual adult — if they can document that they’re working, in school, or performing other qualifying activities. Since July, when the program began, about 3,500 people have signed up, according to state officials. That’s a small fraction of Georgians…
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Health insurance rule change: Cashless treatment at any hospital from today; how to get it, charges

The General Insurance Council (GIC) in consultation with general and health insurance companies has launched the ‘Cashless Everywhere’ initiative to extend the cashless treatment at all hospitals. Health insurance policyholders can now avail of cashless facilities even at hospitals that are not in the network of the insurers. What is the new rule? How to get cashless treatment at any hospital? ET Wealth Online explains. Cashless hospitalization under health insurance: What is going to change? Until now, a health insurance policyholder can get cashless treatment only at network hospitals with whom the insurance company has tied up. The insurance company…
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