{"id":46,"date":"2014-07-10T20:04:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T00:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cmhughesmd.com\/?p=46"},"modified":"2014-07-10T20:04:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T00:04:00","slug":"insurers-once-on-the-fence-plan-to-join-health-exchanges-in-15-nytimes-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.cmhughesmd.com\/?p=46","title":{"rendered":"Insurers Once on the Fence Plan to Join Health Exchanges in \u201915 – NYTimes.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a sign of the growing potential under the federal health care law, several insurers that have been sitting on the sidelines say they will sell policies on the new exchanges in the coming year, and others plan to expand their offerings to more states.<\/p>\n

\u201cInsurers continue to see this as a good business opportunity,\u201d said Larry Levitt, a health policy expert at the Kaiser Family Foundation. \u201cThey see it as an attractive market, with enrollment expected to ramp up in the second year.\u201d Eight million people have signed up for coverage in 2014, and estimates put next year\u2019s enrollment around 13 million.<\/p>\n

In New Hampshire, for example, where Anthem Blue Cross is the only insurer offering individual coverage on the state exchange, two other plans, both from Massachusetts, say they intend to offer policies next year. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, a nonprofit insurer with 1.2 million members, said it expected to participate in the exchanges in both New Hampshire and Maine for the first time and to add Connecticut to the mix in 2016.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Insurers Once on the Fence Plan to Join Health Exchanges in \u201915 – NYTimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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