Idaho Department Of Insurance Cannot Predict Ongoing Cost Of Health Exchange

Nov 2011 – The Idaho Reporter (11/18, Hurst) reports that at yesterday's "meeting of the Idaho Health Care Task Force...Idaho Department of Insurance Director Bill Deal told lawmakers that he doesn't know how much it will cost to run a state-based insurance exchange.

Healthcare Reform – Individual Mandate Health Insurance

July 2010 – Effective January 1st, 2014, "applicable individuals" will be required to maintain "minimum essential coverage" for themselves and their dependents. "Applicable individuals" who fail to maintain "minimum essential coverage" will be required to pay a "penalty" on their tax return.

 

NIHN Prescription Assistance Program

October 2009 – Working to optimize health  and promoting solutions designed to  achieve high quality, cost-effective health care, North Idaho Health Network is partnering with MEDPro ( a corporate  affiliate of Design Benefits) to add a Prescription Assistance Program to the services they offer their 270 member physicians and five member hospitals in the five Northern Counties of Idaho.

 

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