On Friday, Iowa met the deadline for states choosing a health exchange partnership with the federal government and submitted required documents to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 

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Last week, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced the federal government will be completely responsible for the operation of the state's health insurance exchange.

Friday was the deadline for...

Last week, Kentucky created a government agency to carry out healthcare reforms mandated by the Affordable Care Act. The Kentucky Health Benefits Exchange will help more than 600,000 uninsured state...

On Wednesday, New Hampshire legislators approved Governor Maggie Hassan's decision to create a health insurance exchange in partnership with the federal government. 

Hassan sent a letter to...

Michigan lawmakers are reviewing a report on the state's progress in creating a healthcare benefits exchange in partnership with the federal government.

The exchange is expected to help 500,000 state...

On Wednesday, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the conditional approval of Illinois' health exchange blueprint. 

Illinois is the third state to...

The deadline to submit a blueprint for a health exchange is days away, and lawmakers still face a series of uncertainties surrounding the topic.

Previously, Governor Terry Brandstad announced Iowa...

Virginia lawmakers are grappling to find a solution to an Affordable Care Act requirement that mandates large employers offer healthcare coverage to part-time workers.

Under the federal regulation,...

When patients play a larger role in their healthcare, they can cut medical costs for themselves and their employers. Being more active means more than just taking preventative measures to avoid...

Only a small amount of the population uses specialty medications, but the cost of these drugs has grown between 15 and 20 percent in the last few years and accounted for all drug expenditures in...