Industry Updates
This broad category includes articles concerning health insurance costs, carrier and health plan news, changing benefits technology, and surveys by the Kaiser Family Foundation and others on employee benefits.
A five-day strike that affected hundreds of Kaiser Permanente clinics and hospitals in California and Hawaii came to an end after the union representing workers said it had “new momentum” to head back to the bargaining table, but no apparent agreement has been reached. “This strike may be over — but the fight for patient ...
Health insurance prices for next year under the Affordable Care Act are now available in about a dozen states, giving Americans their first look at the sharp increases many will pay for coverage if Congress does not extend subsidies that have made some plans more affordable. The annual enrollment period for Obamacare is expected to ...
Cost Plus Drugs, the online pharmacy founded by billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban, will participate in TrumpRx, the Trump administration’s drug price transparency initiative. Cuban, an outspoken critic of the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry, made the announcement during his keynote address at the HLTH Conference in Las Vegas. TrumpRx, announced last month, is a website set ...
Nevadans who get insurance through Nevada Health Link, the state’s Affordable Care Act marketplace, are facing premium rate hikes of 26%, the state Division of Insurance confirmed to the Nevada Current. The average approved rate increase of 26% is significantly higher than the 17.5% average proposed increase announced by the Nevada Division of Insurance in late July. The ...
The fight over enhanced premium tax credits for the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) marketplace drags on in Congress as crucial deadlines draw near and certain groups stand to be hit the hardest if an agreement to extend the subsidies doesn’t materialize. Estimates of how many will be impacted by expiring tax credits have ranged from ...
The directory, intended to help older Americans navigate Medicare Advantage open enrollment, produces conflicting responses about which providers are covered by health plans.
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson predicted Monday the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history, saying he “won’t negotiate” with Democrats until they hit pause on their health care demands and reopen. Standing alone at the Capitol on the 13th day of the shutdown, the speaker said he was unaware of the details of the thousands of federal workers being fired ...
California this week plans to notify Affordable Care Act marketplace enrollees that their costs could rise sharply next year unless Congress extends subsidies to help people buy health insurance. Health care analysts say the nation’s uninsured population will rise significantly if federal lawmakers do not agree to renew covid-era tax credits, which Congress authorized in 2021 to ...
The Trump administration has begun to make good on its threat to fire federal workers during the government shutdown, with cuts confirmed to affect the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—including more than 600 at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after taking into account hundreds of missent termination notices and rescindments. ...
Democrats say extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits is urgent. Republicans say there’s plenty of time to figure it out. As the government shutdown goes on, there are a lot of mixed messages on Capitol Hill about the health care issue at the center of the fight. The tax credits that make ACA health care ...