Premium Hikes Add $10B to Taxpayers’ Health Law Tab

Taxpayers will fork over nearly $10 billion more next year to cover double-digit premium hikes for subsidized health insurance under President Barack Obama's law, according to a study being released Thursday.

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Sign-Ups for 2017 Affordable Care Act Health Plans Run Slightly Ahead of Last Year

The number of Americans signing up for 2017 health plans through HealthCare.gov is running slightly ahead of a year ago, even as President-elect Donald Trump and a Republican Congress prepare to dismantle the law that provides the coverage.

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Anthem-Cigna Merger Goes to Judge for Ruling That Could End Deal

The first phase of the U.S. Justice Department’s lawsuit to halt Anthem Inc.’s planned takeover of rival insurer Cigna Corp. is in the hands of a federal judge after the government wrapped up its arguments Tuesday that the deal would harm competition in the national insurance market.

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GOP’s Timetable For Getting Repeal To Trump May Be Ambitious

Republicans in Congress are so eager to repeal the federal health law that some have vowed to get a bill to President-elect Donald Trump’s desk on the day he takes the oath of office.

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Payer Execs Join AHIP in Urging Caution with ACA Repeal

Echoing recommendations from the industry’s largest trade group, health insurance executives are urging Republicans to keep the individual marketplaces from collapsing while they repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

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Health Insurers Get 1.6 Percent of $6 Billion They Are Owed For Costly ACA Customers

Hundreds of insurers selling health plans in Affordable Care Act marketplaces are being paid less than 2 percent of nearly $6 billion the government owes them for covering customers last year with unexpectedly high medical expenses.

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New Mobile ID Card from Word & Brown General Agency Allows Employees with New Insurance to See the Doctor Sooner

Word & Brown General Agency has launched a new mobile ID card app designed to help brokers service their small and large group clients.

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Amid Uncertainty Over Its Future, Obamacare’s Nevada Impact Is Touted

Firing a political shot across the bow of the incoming Trump administration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday released new state data detailing how the Affordable Care Act has resulted in “substantial improvements in health care for all Americans.”

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Insurers’ Flawed Directories Leave Patients Scrambling For In-Network Doctors

Penny Gentieu did not intend to phone 308 physicians in six different insurance plans when she started shopping for 2017 health coverage.

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Democrats Relish Coming Battle Over Medicare

Democrats spoiling for a new fight after Donald Trump’s shocking presidential victory last month may have found the one they wanted.

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