Another firm is withdrawing from the individual health insurance market, including for Colorado, effective Jan. 1, 2027. The withdrawals began with Oscar Health, which announced in May 2022 it would end its participation in the individual market in Arkansas and Colorado. Days later, Humana told its Colorado brokers and agents it was pulling out of the small…
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2026 JUN 08– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– Researchers detail new data in Liver Diseases and Conditions- Hepatitis C Virus. In 2021, Israel’ s Ministry of Health launched a national program to screen high-risk populations, especially immigrants from former Soviet Union countries, aiming to reduce HCV-related morbidity and…
Cigna made its withdrawal official in Colorado last month, when it filed a notice with the Colorado Division of Insurance. Those plans are sold in 12 Front Range counties from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs, as well as in Routt County. As recently as 2024, Cigna was the third-largest carrier in the individual market in Colorado, behind Elevance Health and…
The Plan's Board of Trustees voted Friday to approve the increases. Out-of-pocket maximums will go up, too, rising $500 to $4,500 for retirees on the base plan, and increasing by $400 to $3,700 for those on the enhanced plan. Jackson Cozort, associate director of the Retired Government Employees Association, said retirees will struggle to pay more.
Andy Beshear announced cuts are coming to departments and programs within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, including Medicaid, foster care, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program and more. The final version of the state budget falls $691 million short of the agency’ s request and puts $290 million into the Budget Reserve Trust Fund for…
NEW YORK— Health insurer Cigna will stop covering GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, including Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Eli Lilly' s Zepbound, in its employee health plan effective July 1, according to materials viewed by Reuters. Details of the change in the Cigna Group Medical Plan were announced in an email to employees on Monday. The price of weight-loss drugs has been…
Turning 26 creates health care challenges for Americans
Turning 26 forces many young adults into one of the first major financial decisions they’ve ever had to make entirely on their own.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, the state's largest private health insurer reported it lost $497 million last year. The 4.3 million BCBS customers in North Carolina, about one-third of the state's population, know what this means: their health insurance premiums will increase. Tunde Sotunde, CEO of BCBS, addressed the loss and spoke to the current state…
Iowa has a caregiver crisis that is escalating even faster than its population is graying: Cases of dependent adult abuse, increasing for decades, have skyrocketed in the last five years, with a growing number of people found by the state to be abusive and charged criminally. The findings, documented in statistics Watchdog obtained under Iowa's open records law,…
HARRISBURG– The PA House Finance Committee held a public hearing on legislation that would establish a new tax credit for small businesses that contribute to their employees' health insurance premiums. Steve Samuelson, chair of the House Finance Committee and a co-prime sponsor of the bill, said that many small businesses cannot afford to provide group…
INDIANAPOLIS— Indiana hospitals are reporting a double-digit increase in the percentage of emergency department visits since the start of 2025– a rate that is expected to climb as more Hoosiers go without health insurance or opt for high-deductible plans to offset surging premiums. Another 400,000 Hoosiers are no longer covered by Medicaid since the…
Indiana hospitals are reporting a double-digit increase in the percentage of emergency department visits since the start of 2025— a rate that is expected to climb as more Hoosiers go without health insurance or opt for high-deductible plans to offset surging premiums. Another 400,000 Hoosiers are no longer covered by Medicaid since the Indiana Family and…
Democratic lawmakers are pledging to introduce a package of bills to address New Jersey's youth mental health system, which parents say is hard to navigate and can leave kids waiting months if not years for proper treatment. Joe Vitale, the legislation is being drafted to address the findings of a report released Thursday by the New Jersey Health Care Quality…
Indiana hospitals are reporting a double-digit increase in the percentage of emergency department visits since the start of 2025- a rate that is expected to climb as more Hoosiers go without health insurance or opt for high-deductible plans to offset surging premiums. Another 400,000 Hoosiers are no longer covered by Medicaid since the Indiana Family and…
State Health Plan provider network plan could lower NC costs for some members, raise them for others
RALEIGH, N.C.— The cost of healthcare for more than 750,000 North Carolina state employees, teachers and retirees could soon depend on which doctor or hospital they choose. The State Health Plan Board of Trustees moved a step closer Friday to adopting a new three-tier provider system that would reward members who use certain healthcare providers with lower…
"Once again, Connecticut families, workers, retirees, and small businesses are being asked to absorb another round of staggering double-digit health insurance premium increases," Hwang said. "For more than a decade, Connecticut residents have faced annual rate hikes that consistently add to our healthcare affordability crisis. "Every year I have raised…
The following information was released by Georgia Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock:. The amendment was blocked on a party-line vote 52-46 with all "no" votes coming from Senate Republicans. The Senator's effort to release data surrounding Medicaid coverage loss was blocked by Senate Republicans 52-46..
For more information on this research see: State sanctions may not affect Medicaid managed care. The American Journal of Managed Care, 2026; 32: 302-304. The American Journal of Managed Care can be contacted at: Managed Care& Healthcare Communications Llc, 666 Plainsboro Rd, Ste 300, Plainsboro, NJ 08536, USA. The news correspondents report that additional…
Indiana hospitals are reporting a double-digit increase in the percentage of emergency department visits since the start of 2025— a rate that is expected to climb as more Hoosiers go without health insurance or opt for high-deductible plans to offset surging premiums. Another 400,000 Hoosiers are no longer covered by Medicaid since the Indiana Family and…
A press release from Norwalk Public Schools stated that union's desire to remain enrolled in its current plan would result in a budgetary shortfall for the school district. "Now that the vote has occurred, we will work with the Board of Education and the city to discuss a special appropriation to ensure that contractual employee healthcare obligations are…
