by Jane Richey | Sep 14, 2013 | Health Care, Uncategorized
An employee of Minnesota’s Obamacare exchange, MNsure, sent an unencrypted file to the wrong person and left 2,400 people’s private information at the mercy of a nearby insurance agent. One exchange staffer’s simple mistake gave insurance broker Jim Koester access to...
by Jane Richey | Sep 13, 2013 | Health Care
Union fears about the effect of Obamacare on their health insurance plans were getting swift attention from the White House on Friday as President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden prepared to huddle with labor leaders. The session, scheduled for 3:35 p.m. in...
by Jane Richey | Sep 11, 2013 | Health Care
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told Corbett in a Friday letter that the switch is required by the 2010 federal health care law and that it will simplify coverage for families by aligning children under the same program as their parents....
by Jane Richey | Sep 3, 2013 | Health Care
U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, a former health-care executive, has made it clear that he is no fan of the Affordable Care Act. But Thompson does not think that shutting down the government, or denying funding for the law to halt its implementation, is the way to go....
by Jane Richey | Sep 3, 2013 | Health Care
Most unions backed ObamaCare’s passage, but labor argues provisions in the law could cut employee hours, unfairly tax their plans and force workers off their union health plans into the law’s potentially more costly insurance exchanges. The central issue is union...
by Jane Richey | Aug 31, 2013 | Health Care
A Rand Corp. report released Thursday says health care premiums next year largely will be unchanged for individuals and small businesses, a boost to Obamacare supporters a little more than a month before consumers can begin shopping for coverage. Overall, the analysis...
