Technically speaking, all states will have a health insurance exchange in 2014. It is simply a matter of if your state will make their own, or, if your state will have the federal government make one for them. Here is a quick review of what I have learned so far about what individual states have decided to do. Alabama Governor Robert Bentley promised, in May of 2012, to veto any bill that would enable Alabama to begin working on a state run exchange. Alabama has received funding from a planning grant and from a Level One Establishment grant to create … Continue reading →

Sometime soon, we will hear what the Supreme Court decides in regards to the Affordable Care Act. Will it be repealed? Will it be upheld? As the nation holds it collective breath, wondering how this decision will affect their health insurance policies, California has been working on replicating the Affordable Care Act in its state laws. I moved from Illinois to California in 2005. For the most part, I’ve been really happy with how things have worked out. I don’t have to worry about waking up early to thaw out my car, and knock all the snow off of it, … Continue reading →

California was one of the very first states to begin working on creating a state health insurance exchange. They are getting close to completing it. Accenture was awarded a contract by the state of California to create its website and enrollment system. In October of 2010, the Governor of California was Arnold Schwarzenegger. He signed a health care bill that included a piece of legislation that enabled the state of California to begin setting up its web-based health insurance exchange system. The state has been working on it since then. Recently, the state of California awarded a contract to Accenture. … Continue reading →