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.
Without the threat of a tax penalty, one in five Californians would not have signed up for health insurance this year, Harvard University researchers discovered as a part of a survey released Thursday.
In the wake of the federal government’s November, 2017 decision to eliminate the individual mandate to buy health insurance effective in January, 2019, the California Association of Health Plans is urging state leaders to enact a state-based individual mandate as a way to stabilize California’s health care marketplace and protect the significant gains California has made under the
The Silver State Health Insurance Exchange (Exchange), Nevada’s state agency that helps people get budget-appropriate health coverage through the online marketplace, Nevada Health Link, announced the Carrier Premium Fee (CPF) for Exchange-based plans will remain unchanged for plan year 2019 at 3.15 percent.
Nevada will save money when it ditches the federally run HealthCare.gov enrollment system in 2019 for a state-based website, state health officials said.
After spending most of 2017 defending the Affordable Care Act from GOP attacks, a growing number of Democrats believe the law's reliance on private insurance markets won't be enough and the party should focus instead on expanding popular government programs like Medicare and Medicaid.
The role of the health insurance broker is reinforced daily by their clients, members of the National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) were told at the opening of their 2018 Capitol Conference today.
A new study indicates that almost 29 million Americans lack health insurance — a big improvement compared to nearly 49 million in 2010.
Seniors in wellness programs targeting obesity, falling and chronic conditions are not sparking healthcare spending decreases, according to a federal analysis released Friday.
Early this month, advocates of moving California to a single-payer health care system renewed their push in Sacramento. Hundreds of them crowded into a hearing of a special state Assembly committee that's exploring whether and how to bring universal health care to the state.
Rick, Patrick and Michael recently commented on Covered California’s Facebook page, urging others to ditch health insurance.