New Health Law Premiums Available Online This Weekend

Premiums are expected to rise in many parts of the country as a new sign-up season under President Barack Obama’s health care law starts Nov. 1. But consumers have options if they shop around, and an upgraded government website will help them compare. Consumers can see their own premiums for 2016 starting Sunday night on ...

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Health Care Co-Op Closings Narrow Consumers’ Choices

The grim announcements keep coming, picking up pace in recent weeks. About a third, or eight, alternative health insurers created under President Obama’s health care law to spur competition that might have made coverage less expensive for consumers are shutting down. The three largest are among that number. Only 14 of the so-called cooperatives are ...

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Nearly 7 in 10 Oppose ObamaCare’s Cadillac Tax

Nearly seven in 10 people believe ObamaCare’s so-called Cadillac tax should be repealed or delayed, according to a poll released Wednesday. The poll, commissioned by business groups including the Chamber of Commerce, shows that opposition to the tax is growing. A separate poll last month found that 60 percent of people opposed the measure, which ...

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Amid Debate On Drug Prices, California Leads Way On Cost Control

A pharmaceutical firm’s recent decision to hike the cost of a prescription drug that treats foodborne illness from $18 to $750 per tablet outraged millions of Americans. The move prompted Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to accuse the Swiss-American company Turing of “price gouging.” The following day, Clinton unveiled her national plan to rein in ...

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36% of California’s Uninsured Don’t Know the Feds Can Help pay Their Premiums

Heading into Obamacare’s third open enrollment starting Nov. 1, uninsured Californians know more about the stick of federal tax penalties than the carrot of premium subsidies. Officials at the Covered California exchange say that’s a problem because consumers regularly cite high costs as the reason they don’t sign up. Survey data released Thursday show that ...

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How Navigators Plan To Insure the Remaining Uninsured

The Affordable Care Act’s third open enrollment period begins on Nov. 1. According to the latest HHS data, an estimated 10.5 million uninsured U.S. residents are eligible to sign up for health coverage via the exchanges. That remaining uninsured population, along with the millions of others looking to enroll or re-enroll in exchange coverage, are ...

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