CMS will target 15 markets to try to boost sign-ups in the ACA's fourth annual open enrollment.
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Profit in the third quarter of fiscal year 2016 for Aetna increased 8 percent from the same period last year to a total of $603.9 million.
Open enrollment for 2017 health coverage commences in less than a week amid critical issues involving outreach, risk management and consumer options.
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey declared its Omnia ACA plans — which inspired a string of lawsuits in 2015 — boast some of the lowest premium rate increases nationally next year, reports The American Journal of Managed…
While employer insurance cost growth slowed, workers' incomes did not keep pace with their premium costs and deductibles, according to a new study by the nonpartisan Commonwealth Fund.
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The city government of Portland, Ore., is considering implementing a penalty against companies that pay CEOs many times more than average workers as part of an effort to reduce income inequality, The Huffington Post reported.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton (D) said Democratic and Republican state legislators should have a joint plan to address health insurance premium hikes on the state's ACA exchange by Nov. 1, reports Pioneer Press.
Austin, Texas-based health maintenance organization Vista360health is tailoring its plans to individuals, entrepreneurs and small businesses for 2017 coverage.
The United States currently encompasses 13 state-based marketplaces, four federally-supported marketplaces, seven state-partnership marketplaces and 27 federally-facilitated marketplaces, according to The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
Prime Healthcare Services and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama reached a network agreement regarding Gadsden, Ala.-based Riverview Regional Medical Center Monday, reports The Gadsden Times.