Individual health insurance rates to jump another 21-42 percent next year in Tennessee
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After doubling in the previous three years, health insurance rates for individual coverage in
State regulators approved the higher insurance rates Wednesday, blaming part of the increase on the uncertainty over the future of coverage in the health exchange markets as
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Next year, BlueCross rates will rise anywhere from 4.6 percent up to 44.5 percent, depending upon the coverage plan. BlueCross did agree to return to the
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"Why seek to expand in a time of uncertainty?"
But Tennessee Insurance Commissioner
McPeak said she was "disappointed" that bipartisan talks for reforms broke down earlier this week, although she does favor changes proposed by
"It appears more likely that Tennesseans must prepare themselves for a round of actuarially justified rates for 2018 that are far higher than could be necessary as a result of uncertainty in
"It's ultimately disappointing because
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