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Questions tagged [healthcare-finder-api]

For questions around the use of and any issues related to HealthCare.gov's HealthCare Finder API.

HealthCare.gov's Finder API is provided by the U.S. Federal government to help you find private health plans available outside the Health Insurance Marketplace. This includes data on health insurance plans for individuals and families, as well as small groups insurance plans. All of the data used on the Finder.HealthCare.gov web application is available through this API.

The API has multiple versions and returns plan and benefits data for Individual and Small Group Market Types. Additional information about the API can be found here: https://finder.healthcare.gov/#services

Formal definition can be found in the U.S. Treasury's Financial Data Directory (FDD):
http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/financial-education/Pages/fdd.aspx

Use this tag to ask any questions related specifically to this API.

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Using the API from Healthcare.gov to access healthcare plan data

I'm new in these parts and I have 0 programming experience. I've been doing research for a school project and I've hit a brick wall. What I want to do is to be able to extract the non-price data/information (e.g. benefits, health insurer HQ…
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Syntax for tobacco use on healthcare.gov API

I am trying to use the healthcare.gov api for accessing plan data. The sample POST request includes the following syntax for encoding tobacco use: 2 I don't understand what this means. Does…
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HealthCare Finder API: Rate Limit?

I am trying to determine what the limitations are for someone making calls to the HealthCare Finder API. Specifically, does the HealthCare Finder API have any sort of per minute, per hour or per day rate limit for calls to the API?
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Is the Healthcare Finder API broken?

Going to any of the API version pages, like... https://finder.healthcare.gov/services/version_2_0 And attempting to download the schema results in an error message, like... Access Denied You don't have permission to access …
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The Healthplan finder API stopped responding, where can I get support or more information?

The API at http://finder.healthcare.gov/services/ has stopped responding. Previously it was returning the stated data very well. Where can I get support or more information about what's going on?
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Healthcare.gov's API Finder app returns "File not found"

When I use the Finder API, specifically post the example XML on their Developers page shown in the getIFPPlanBenefits sample to the URL https://api.finder.healthcare.gov/v3.0/getIFPPlanBenefits, I get this an HTTP 503, and this string: File not…
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Getting 403 Error While Accessing FPPlanQuotes API

I'm getting following error while using fpplan quotes api. RuntimeError: Error requesting quotes from HHS: 403 Access Denied Access Denied You don't have permission to access "http://api.finder.healthcare.gov/v3.0/getIFPPlanQuotes" on…
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When will the API V3.0 be updated for 2016 Rates

According to the API overview: "Beginning October 23, 2015: The Finder Plan Benefits and Coverage API will be updated to include 2016 plan year data." I could very well be entering the wrong effective…
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Potentially missing Plan data from Plan Finder API

There have been observed discrepancies between the list of plans retrieved from Plan Finder API (via getIFPPlanQuotes call) and people's independent knowledge of which plans are offered in a particular location. Some of these examples are…
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HealthCare Finder API Links Broken?

It seems that the HealthCare Finder API schema links are no longer working. If you go to https://finder.healthcare.gov/#services and select any of the versions (or FAQ link) on the left-hand side, the URL updates, but only the API Overview page…
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What is the Date Format for the Healthcare Finder API?

What is the date format for the Healthcare Finder API? I could not locate the answer in the API Schema. Is it "Year - Day - Month" or "Year - Month - Day"
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I'm trying to make a POST request to HealthcareFinder API v3.0, but I can not. Returns this error

I'm trying to make a POST request to API v3.0, but I can not. Returns this error. https://api.finder.healthcare.gov/v3.0/getCountiesForZip. Invalid HTTP status code 503 It's about CORS, but e tried all possible ways to request, following and…
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Error 503 for seemingly valid getIFPPlanQuotes request

I am using an XML I generated and as well as the one indicated on the sample but I am getting returned a 503 Service Unavailable Sample Request:
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Healthcare Finder PlanSummaryBenefitURL Error

I am trying to use the PlanSummaryBenefitURL when i call the Finder API. I can HTTP POST information fine from the API but when I try and open the PlanSummaryBenefitURL link I get an error…
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V3 Healthcare Finder API Schema Broken?

I'm attempting to generate a C# class from the V3 schema and it's failing on a long list of "type not declared" errors. I tried validating the schema in Altova MapForce and it throws the following error: Unable to load schema with target namespace…
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