How much will Obamacare cost?
This is the summer when the country will find out just how “affordable” the Affordable Care Act will be. There’s been a sneak peek this spring, when states started to reveal health insurers’ proposed...
View ArticleInsurance Premiums Seen Lower Than Forecast on Health Law
Premiums for some medical plans to be sold to the uninsured next year will be 18 percent less costly than government analysts expected under President Barack Obama’s signature health-care law, his...
View ArticleHealth premiums expected to be about 20 percent lower in 2014
Premiums in the Health Insurance Marketplace are likely to be about 20 percent lower than anticipated in 2014, according to a report published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)....
View ArticleKaiser’s rising premiums spark employer backlash
For years, Kaiser Permanente has won accolades for delivering high-quality care at an affordable price. Now, some of Kaiser’s biggest customers are complaining that the company is no longer a bargain...
View ArticleObamacare Spin 101: How to make premiums seem really cheap – or insanely...
Late Friday, Maryland published the final prices for health insurance plans on its marketplace, which will launch Oct. 1. What happened next is something I like to call...
View ArticleIndividual Health Insurance Premiums Post-ACA: What You Get Depends on Where...
With the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) fast approaching, nothing has experts, policy makers, and voters on the edge of their seats quite like the release of individual insurance...
View ArticlePremium Increases Under Obamacare May Be Overstated
Predictions of sharp increases in health-insurance premiums for people getting coverage under the U.S. Affordable Care Act have been overstated and many states will see little to no change, researchers...
View ArticleSome states go above and beyond to keep premiums from rising
Several states are going beyond Affordable Care Act provisions to further protect consumers from health insurance premium increases, U.S. researchers say....
View ArticleWhat’s Up With Health Insurance Premiums — Besides Politics?
Health insurers have begun notifying policyholders of their (in the large majority of cases) premium increases. That has led to a public debate about the size of those increases and Obamacare’s...
View ArticleHealth Insurance Companies Seek Big Rate Increases for 2016
Health insurance companies around the country are seeking rate increases of 20 percent to 40 percent or more, saying their new customers under the Affordable Care Act turned out to be sicker than...
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