Consumer, State Officials Warn Buyers To Be On the Lookout For Fake, Look-Alike Exchange Sites
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The alternate Web pages may be created by interest groups, private insurance companies and sometimes scammers.
The health law created 24 nonprofit, insurance company startups that will compete with long established companies starting next month.
Lower-income buyers may get help paying the premium and help on covering expenses such as deductibles and co-payments.
Tax credits to help pay for premiums will be available to people earning up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $46,000 for an individual.
The price of premiums isn't the only expense to consider when evaluating policies from the insurance marketplace.
FactCheck.org has gotten lots of questions about the law and has found that there's a lot of wrong information out there.
But individuals who already have insurance through work, Medicare or Medicaid don't need to shop there.
Consumer columnist says he likely can, but the bigger question is whether he will qualify for subsidies to help defray costs.
Organizations that received federal grants to hire and train workers to sign up consumers for health insurance say lawmakers are asking for too much too soon.
Even the people trained to help consumers navigate the new online marketplaces may not have all the answers.
The controversial health law provision that requires most individuals to get insurance is still not well understood.
In a letter that the administration described as a "blatant and shameful attempt to intimidate," the Republican House members direct groups to provide a written description of the work they intend to do, the number of employees and volunteers, their duties and how much they'll be paid.
Consumer columnist offers caution about the financial implications of that switch.
The Seattle-based insurer and health provider won't cover abortions in plans it will sell in the new online marketplace but says women will be able to get the procedure without paying more.
The National Business Group On Health's annual survey of large employers asked whether they expected various groups currently covered by their plans to choose the health law's new coverage in 2014.
With less than five weeks before the online exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act open for enrollment, insurers are using tools pioneered by political campaigns to identify potential customers and analyze their needs.
Consumer columnist answers questions about marketplace operations.
Administration officials are planning campaign to convince millions of seniors that they don't need to sign up for the online exchanges.
Retailers, restaurant chains and others find they can continue to offer such coverage and avoid the health law's heftiest fines.
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