Month: October 2019
Nevada’s health insurance exchange is focusing on enrollee retention this year as it starts its first enrollment period following its split from Healthcare.gov.
Nevada’s health insurance exchange is focusing on enrollee retention this year as it starts its first enrollment period following its split from Healthcare.gov.
The 2018 decision by Nevada legislators to split with the federal healthcare.gov insurance exchange in favor of a wholly state-based system will cause fall enrollees to see significant changes in the enrollment process and available insurance options when open enrollment begins Friday.
When Americans are asked whether they support a “Medicare for all” system that would replace all current insurance with a generous government program, a majority often say yes. But when they’re asked follow-up questions, they often reveal that they’re not familiar with the details of that plan — or that they would also be happy with other Democratic policy proposals.
More Americans are going without health insurance, and stable premiums plus greater choice next year under the Obama health law aren't likely to reverse that.
Amid growing political discussion over growing the role of government in healthcare, Medicare chief Seema Verma is warning that the feds need to have “humility” in how they approach health reform.
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) on Monday released a paper providing its preliminary estimates for various ways to finance "Medicare for All," as the issue of how to pay for such a health plan has taken center stage in the Democratic presidential primary.
For Elizabeth Warren, it was supposed to be one more big idea in a campaign built around them: a promise that everyone could get government-funded health care, following the lead of her friend and fellow White House hopeful Bernie Sanders. Instead, "Medicare for All" is posing one of the biggest challenges to the Massachusetts senator's candidacy.
It’s not an across-the-board finding, but if you ask employees of small businesses how they feel about their benefits, you may be surprised to learn that 87 percent of them would accept additional benefits over a pay raise.
Curbing the cost of healthcare and increasing its affordability remain the top priorities for 93% of employers over the next three years, according to the 24th annual Best Practices in Health Care Employer Survey by Willis Towers Watson.