Roughly 18,000 Tennesseans signed up for plans on the new health insurance exchange in February. That’s a drop from the prior month – reflecting a national trend – even as the enrollment deadline is just a few weeks out.
Tennessee Governor Still Wants Option To Expand Medicaid
Republicans and Democrats in the state legislature are both trying to force Governor Bill Haslam off the fence. After more than a year of mulling it over, the governor says he still wants the option to expand the state’s Medicaid program.
Dwindling Tenn. Democrats To Keep Pushing For Medicaid Expansion
The minority party is sticking with the same legislative priority after failing to make headway last year.
Obamacare May Usher More Patients Into TennCare Than First Thought
As a result of Obamacare’s online insurance marketplace, more than 9,000 Tennesseans have been *redirected to the state’s Medicaid program known as TennCare. The agency expected a surge of signups, but it didn’t anticipate quite this many.
Obamacare Reversal Lets Blue Cross Decide Whether 66K Policies Continue
It will be left to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee to decide on extending 66,000 policies that were set to expire.
Former TN Gov: More Manpower Won’t Solve Botched Obamacare Site
Tennessee’s former governor is dubious that simply adding manpower will fix the glitchy Obamacare website.
Obamacare Needs These Healthy Nashvillians, But Do They Need Health Insurance?
Obamacare recruiters are on a kind of scavenger hunt in Tennessee. They desperately need young healthy people to sign up for insurance to balance out all the older, sicker people who are more eager to enroll. They’re difficult to find, in some instances, and perhaps even harder to convince they need insurance.
Blue Cross Notifies 66,000 Tennesseans: You’ll Need To Find A New Insurance Plan
Tennessee’s largest insurance company has notified some 66,000 policyholders that their health plans don’t meet minimum standards under the Affordable Care Act. They’re being redirected to plans on the federal health insurance marketplace.
Does Tennessee Regret Not Running Its Own Insurance Exchange?
In a month’s time, only a few hundred Tennesseans have been able to enroll for health coverage in the online exchange run by the federal government. If he had it to do over again, would Tennessee’s Governor run his own insurance marketplace?
After Grilling From TN Congressman, Health Secretary Says ‘Hold Me Accountable’ For HealthCare.Gov Problems
Brentwood Congressman Marsha Blackburn wasted no time in grilling the Secretary of Health and Human Services today. Kathleen Sebelius testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee about problems with the HealthCare.gov website.
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