Individual health insurance to be offered in 2 rural Washington counties after all
When insurers submitted their proposed plans and rates for 2018 earlier this month, none had offered to cover the market for individual plans in
In light of the coverage hole, Kreidler said he would try to persuade insurers to come back into individual markets in the two counties.
He announced last week that Premera would again offer plans in
He followed that up with news Monday that Molina Healthcare of
Rural counties have been historically hard to serve, before and during the ACA, known as Obamacare, Kreidler noted. The counties have fewer customers, fewer providers and high administrative costs, he said.
Health-insurance rates in
Once that review is done, the exchange will certify plans for sale in Washington Healthplanfinder on
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