Eight Insurers Seek to Participate in Pa. Health Exchange

[femmocrat]

Eight insurers seek to participate in Pa. health exchange

By Alex Nixon
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Published: Thursday, August 1, 2013, 10:45 a.m.

Uninsured Pennsylvanians who will be required to buy health coverage for the first time are likely to find plenty of options this year when they go shopping in a virtual marketplace being set up by the federal government.

Eight insurance companies are seeking to sell multiple health plans to individuals in the marketplace, known as a health insurance exchange, which will start open enrollment on Oct. 1. A list of companies was released on Thursday by the state Insurance Department, which reviewed the plans.

Final approval is still needed from the federal Health and Human Services Department, which is overseeing implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

The exchanges are being formed as a safety net to provide health insurance coverage for individuals whose employers are not required to provide coverage under the Affordable Care Act or who lack coverage because they are self-employed or unemployed.

Read more: http://triblive.com/business/headlines/4460850-74/health-state-plans?printerfriendly=true#ixzz2aqyAgCFM

[Skittles]

1. the introductory rates will be low

then, watch out

[femmocrat]

2. I bet you are right!

They aren't charitable organizations!

[blue neen]

3. Good.

I know a number of people who will benefit from the ACA exchanges.