On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at immediately lessening the economic burden of the ACA as Republican lawmakers work on a repeal and replacement plan. Now, with only eight days left in the open enrollment period…
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The Massachusetts Division of Insurance settled on premium rate increases of up to 40 percent over four years with 16 long-term care insurance companies, The Boston Globe reports.
Leaders of Connecticut's health insurance exchange — Access Health CT — will consider requiring insurers offering health plans on the exchange to pay agents and brokers commission next year, according to CTMirror.
Much of the discussion on an ACA repeal has focused on the consequences for the 20 million Americans who gained coverage under the law's main provisions, such as Medicaid expansion, the health insurance marketplaces and changes to private insurance that…
Throughout open enrollment, many sources remind us to sign up for health and all the benefits and protections it brings — and for good reason.
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Pennsylvania's Franklin County overpaid Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield by $96,000, according to a county controller audit.
The average individual health insurance premium for those ineligible for subsidies under the ACA was $393, a year-over-year increase of 22 percent, according to an eHealth report.
Minnesota House legislators passed a $300 million health insurance premium relief bill for residents who purchased individual health plans through the state's MNsure marketplace but are ineligible for government subsidies to offset premium hikes, KDUZ reports.
More than 8.8 million individuals have signed up for health insurance through the federal exchange between Nov. 1 and Jan. 14, marking a slight increase from the 8.7 million signups recorded during the same period last year.
A Congressional Budget Office report estimating how partial repeal of the ACA could affect health insurance coverage and premiums most grabbed the attention of Becker's Hospital Review payer issues readers this past week.