insurance exchange

Pennsylvania Moving Forward on Insurance Marketplace; Industry Working to Influence Lawmakers to Do the "Bare Minimum"

Submitted by Erin Gill on January 22, 2012 - 11:45pm

In an email today, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department announced it’s intent to move forward on establishing a health insurance marketplace in PA. The Department has applied for funding from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to complete the planning and begin designing a new health insurance marketplace (an “exchange”) that needs to be open for business on January 1, 2014.

PHAN Testifies to Benefits of a Strong, Transparent Health Insurance Marketplace

Submitted by Erin Gill on August 15, 2011 - 5:41pm

The Pennsylvania Insurance Department is currently seeking the public’s input on what Pennsylvania’s new health insurance marketplace should look like.

Establishing a Competitive Health Insurance Marketplace

Overview, Priorites for PA's Health Insurance Marketplace (Jan.pdf

Will PA's Marketplace Serve Families or Big Insurance Companies.pdf

IN FOCUS: What a Competitive Health Insurance Marketplace Can Do for Pennsylvania Families and Small Business:

Increase Competition Among Insurers to Ensure Quality Choices and the Bes

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Get a Lesson on Massachusetts' Health Insurance Exchange

Submitted by Chris Lilienthal on June 24, 2011 - 11:42am

Members of the Pennsylvania House Insurance Committee heard from a national expert Thursday on Massachusetts’ experience structuring a health insurance exchange.

Emma Lowenberg, an intern with the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, penned a great summary of the hearing at Third and State:

Insurance exchanges - an idea we can all agree on

Submitted by pahealth on October 5, 2009 - 3:37pm

Consider your local farmers' market -- that collection of licensed vendors who offer fresh fruit and vegetables, unprocessed meats, baked goods and flowers for sale to the public. If you're like me, it's one of your favorite places to shop. So what would you say: Is this something liberals dreamed up or should conservatives get the credit?