During her tenure, Vestager has repeatedly targeted the world’s biggest tech companies, with some of the toughest actions against tech giants such as Apple, Google and Microsoft. The EU Commission on Thursday said Meta is “dominant in the market for personal social networks (…) as well as in the national markets for online display advertising … Read more
During the open enrollment period for 2024 health coverage, more than 21.4 million people enrolled in private qualified health plans (QHPs) through the Marketplaces (exchanges) nationwide. This was a 31% increase over the previous record high set in 2023, when 16.4 million people enrolled in Marketplace QHPs. In addition to the 21.4 million QHP enrollments, … Read more
UPDATE, Sep. 19, 2024: Since this article was published, CMS has taken various steps to address the issue of fraudulent enrollments and unauthorized plan/broker changes. By mid-July, CMS had suspended 200 brokers for “reasonable suspicion of fraud or abusive conduct related to unauthorized enrollments or unauthorized plan switching.” CMS has also suspended two EDEs due … Read more
Under a Biden administration rule change, DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients will be eligible to enroll through the health insurance Marketplace and apply for tax credits starting Nov. 1, 2024. The federal government estimates that 100,000 people will be newly eligible for Marketplace coverage under the rule. Ever since the ACA Marketplaces opened … Read more
Starting Nov. 1, 2024, Georgia residents will use a state-run health insurance enrollment platform, Georgia Access, to shop for and enroll in Marketplace health coverage for 2025. Here’s a look at the changes that consumers can expect: How do Georgia residents currently enroll in Marketplace coverage? From 2014 through 2023, Georgia relied fully on the … Read more
