All Entries in the "National Health Insurance Exchange" Category

Questions about Insurance Exchanges

1. Who has access to the exchange?
At a minimum, most would envision that people
without access to employer-sponsored insurance
or a public plan like Medicaid could obtain coverage
through an exchange. This would include people
now buying insurance on their own (like the selfemployed),
as well as people receiving incomerelated
subsidies. The exchange could be the
exclusive place where people buying insurance
themselves [...]

Health Care Reform

A Federal Health Insurance Exchange Combined with a Public Plan: The House and Senate Bills
Published on July 30, 2009 by Robert Moffit, Ph.D.

Members of Congress, pursuing President Barack Obama’s health policy agenda, want to create a national health insurance exchange as a platform for a public [...]

Health Insurance reform

The National Health Insurance Exchange would also act as a watchdog group that creates rules and standards for participating insurance, and makes coverage more accessible and affordable. Insurers would be required to justify above-average premium increases. The exchange would publicize differences between insurance plans, according to the Obama Web site.
Employers that do not offer or [...]