Even those who have a legitimate excuse for not purchasing coverage will have a hard time proving it.

In order for Americans to be able to cover the cost of coverage through the health insurance exchanges in interest alone, they would have to accumulate more than $33,800 in their savings accounts.

Employee benefits traditionally provide not only for workers but also those of their immediate family members, such as their spouse and children. And as a recent survey suggests, the typical parent spends more than $10,000 on their children every year.

More long-term problems for the ACA could present themselves if specific issues aren’t addressed in a timely manner, a new report suggests.

To help separate fact from fiction, the Washington Post recently outlined some of the most common myths of the health exchanges.

With the insurance exchanges now open, consumers who don’t have employee benefits will be able to obtain coverage affordably. Though some analyses have indicated that their out-of-pocket costs will be substantial, newly released numbers from Florida may suggest otherwise.

On the heels of a warning from the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud about navigators posing as legitimate government workers comes a similar caution from the Illinois Department of Insurance.

A so-called “navigator” recently informed a Florida news outlet that insurers who provide individuals’ coverage through the health exchanges use credit scoring in order to determine premiums. But she has since recanted that statement.

According to The Wall Street Journal, which commissioned several information technology experts to look into the website problems at healthcare.gov, the source of the issue that effectively shut down the online marketplace was linked to a software flaw.

A warning from the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud declared that health insurance navigators may be identity thieves in disguise.