Big Blue Cross-Blue Shield insurer plans ACA exchange return
A prominent Blue Cross-
Companies still have a couple more months to sort out their 2018 coverage plans.
Options are growing thin for next year in many parts of the country on the exchanges, the only place where people can buy insurance with help from income-based tax credits. Several insurers have already said they are retreating from this market, some after losing more than
The pullback has left some counties in
Insurers are hesitant to return to the market in part because of uncertainty over the fate of some federal funding.
The government has been giving insurers money to help customers with modest incomes cover out-of-pocket expenses like co-payments and deductibles. But the future of those payments, which are separate from the income-based tax credits that help people buy coverage, is in political limbo. President
"Once we finalize the level of participation and rates early this fall, we'll share more details," she said.
The biggest Blue Cross-
Blue Cross-
The Trump administration has repeatedly said that the Affordable Care Act is collapsing. But health care researchers have said they don't expect the exchanges to implode, though they do anticipate coverage holes to develop, especially in rural markets with smaller populations.
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