Month: November 2015
Companies’ health care costs in 2015 rose at the lowest rate in at least 20 years, a report out Thursday shows, but workers’ share of costs continue to skyrocket. The average health care rate increase for mid-sized and large companies was 3.2% this year, the lowest since the consulting firm Aon started tracking it in 1996. Despite this, ...
The picture of health insurance sold on the exchanges for 2016 is becoming clearer: Premiums are rising at a faster pace than the previous year, and insurers are gradually ditching broader networks. This comes on top of the trend for many exchange plans to have high deductibles and out-of-pocket obligations. Monthly premiums for the lowest-priced ...
A new poll suggests widespread support for a measure headed for the 2016 ballot that would cap prescription drug prices paid by state programs. The California Drug Price Act would prohibit the state from using taxpayer money to pay more for any prescription drug than the amount paid by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. ...
More than 540,000 people selected a health insurance plan through the federal ObamaCare marketplace in the first week of this year’s sign-up period, the Obama administration announced Thursday. “It’s a solid start and I’m pleased with the consumer engagement we’ve seen over this last week,” Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews ...
If you work at a business with 50 or fewer employees, watch out for grandma this year. By that, we mean if the company has a “grandmothered” health plan, you may be in for some changes in 2016. Grandmothered is the term insurance agents and brokers have been using for pre-Obamacare policies that were allowed ...
Under the Affordable Care Act, insurers can no longer deny people coverage based on their health status. But nobody said anything about charging sick people more for their drugs.
Most of those eligible for health insurance subsidies under the Affordable Care Act are failing to claim them, according to a new study.
Most Medicare beneficiaries will keep paying the same monthly premium for outpatient care next year, the Obama administration said Tuesday.
Companies’ health care costs in 2015 rose at the lowest rate in at least 20 years, a report out Thursday shows, but workers' share of costs continue to skyrocket.
The picture of health insurance sold on the exchanges for 2016 is becoming clearer: Premiums are rising at a faster pace than the previous year, and insurers are gradually ditching broader networks.