DC HIX

Two brief articles concerning the Washington, DC health insurance exchange.

The District of Columbia Health Benefit Exchange Agency has requested non-binding letters of intent to determine which carriers will sell health and dental coverage through Washington, D.C�s online health insurance exchange.

IFA

Gosh, you don't suppose some carriers might actually boycott HIX?

And this bit of good news for tobacco users. No penalties.

�Tobacco use is a pre-existing medical condition and a central tenet of our health reform efforts is to open the health insurance market to millions of people who have been shut out due to their health,� said Mohammad Akhter, M.D., chair of the HBX Board. �Charging smokers significantly more for health insurance is in direct conflict with our efforts to help people quit smoking.�

TRNS

Huh?

Smoke 'em if you got 'em.