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Employee Benefit News for School, City and County Employers

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Enrollment found to be cheaper through federal insurance marketplace

According to a new report, the cost for the federal health insurance exchange to sign people up for insurance benefits was less than the cost for the state-run marketplaces to do the same.

The report...

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NJ residents have costly health insurance benefits

New Jersey residents who bought health insurance benefits through online broker eHealth.com during the open enrollment period purchased the most expensive policies in the country, The Star-Ledger...

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1 million in FL enrolled in health insurance benefits

Despite the federal marketplace's numerous technical issues, the Obama administration recently announced 1 million people in Florida signed up for health insurance benefits through the site,...

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Insurers question the 8 million sign-up figure

Health insurance carriers that had plans on the federal and state marketplaces have come forward to say most of their enrollees have paid their first premiums, but that there may be duplicate signups...

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Need to sign up for insurance benefits? You have few options

With the open enrollment period to sign up for health insurance benefits through the federal and state exchanges now largely over, many Americans have few options if they missed enrolling for health...

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Poll finds more Americans now have health insurance

A Gallup poll found only 13.4 percent of Americans didn't have health insurance in April, a 5 point drop from 2013's peak. However, Reuters reported other research has also surfaced that examined the...

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Could the ACA end employer-provided health insurance benefits?

More than 8 million Americans received health insurance through the federal and state marketplaces. According to USA Today, President Barack Obama recently expressed his optimism about the success of...

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HealthCare.gov remains under construction

The first open enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act is now wrapped up, but while the federal insurance website looks to be up and running, contractors continue to work on it in the...

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CMS wants to make it harder to become a navigator

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently proposed to put more restrictions on navigators of the federal and state health insurance exchanges, according to Modern Healthcare.

CMS is...

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Study: Health plan cancelations under ACA may have been unavoidable

Some have blamed the Affordable Care Act for the recent cancelations of nongroup health insurance plans, but a new study highlighted that these are just normal parts of the insurance benefits market.