This story is co-published with KFF Health News. Robin Carlton pays about $650 a month for a plan on the Missouri health insurance exchange that covers him and his two teenage kids. But the self-employed St. Louis property manager isn't in any hurry to investigate a new type of coverage that might be cheaper than his marketplace plan: farm bureau health plans.
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The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors praised the release of the final Medicare Advantage and Part D rule (CMS-4212-P), which incorporates several of NAIFA’s core recommendations aimed at improving access to professional guidance while reducing unnecessary administrative burdens on agents and brokers.
As a result, Aflac— also known as American Family Life Assurance Co.— is cutting premium rates on 16 different policies by as much as 35%, its filings with the bureau show. In addition, Aflac agreed to pay a $64,000 fine to settle the matter. In the review, bureau staff checked six specific Aflac policies that offered supplement coverage when policyholders suffer…
Illinois pursues abortion coverage for people with little or no insurance
JB Pritzker and Democrats have added a new abortion access measure to their agenda that would allow people with limited or no insurance to get financial assistance for abortion care in Illinois. “Similar bills have passed in California and Maryland and are under consideration in Massachusetts and Washington State to require the insurance industry to…
CINCINNATI — For four years, Kimberly Dudley has worked on the front line of the Affordable Care Act as a navigator, helping Ohioans solve the puzzle of buying private insurance on the federal HealthCare.gov marketplace.
Georgia- based Flournoy Development Group has taken another step toward transforming 52 acres at 2200 One Electrolux Way and 10200 Claude Freeman Drive into housing. Last year, Charlotte’ s City Council approved a residential rezoning request for the property. Flournoy bought the site from Centene Corp., a St. Louis health insurance giant who had very…
Virginia's state-run health insurance marketplace for Affordable Care Act coverage ended its enrollment period with fewer people signed up— 371,000 versus 389,000 last year— and so far this year has seen roughly 33,000 more drop existing coverage, Kevin Patchett, director of the State Corporation Commission Health Benefit Exchange, told a commission…
Tens of thousands of Virginians dropping Obamacare coverage
Virginia's state-run health insurance marketplace for Affordable Care Act coverage ended its enrollment period with fewer people signed up— 371,000 versus 389,000 last year— and so far this year has seen roughly 33,000 more drop existing coverage, Kevin Patchett, director of the State Corporation Commission Health Benefit Exchange, told a commission…
"This was a required notice of change," said Select Board Chair Diane Gale after the meeting about the town's decision to drop the Hampshire County Group Insurance Trust, which has covered the town's employees for well over a decade. Last September, the Fire Department's Fire Prevention Officer Brian Schneider, presented a petition to the Select Board that was…
Insurance Department on Jan. 16. Ensure that Kaiser Permanente uses its $82 billion in net worth to freeze health insurance costs for Pennsylvanians who are struggling to afford care. Obtain details on how Geisinger-Risant will use the $100 million it would gain access to through the modification.
Paul Gordon's excellent opinion piece published April 3 is the best analysis of our country's health crisis that I have read. Paul Gordon for his excellent op-ed piece citing a major new study documenting how physicians are being driven out of medical practice by health insurance companies denying care to patients, in order to increase the profits of the…
Wednesday marked a major shift in the provision of health care in northern Arizona as El Rio Health, a Tucson- based community health provider, officially acquired most of the assets of the bankrupt North Country HealthCare, hired most of North Country's remaining employees and assumed responsibility for delivering patient care at North Country's 12…
Surging medical costs drove big financial losses last year at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and prompted the Eagan- based health insurer to set aside $150 million for ongoing cost challenges, particularly in the Medicare program. At Blue Cross, the red ink won’ t drive any midyear changes in rates or benefits. That cost-cutting move, which angered…
The following information was released by the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature:. LB929, as introduced by Omaha Sen. John Fredrickson, would prohibit the state Department of Health and Human Services from imposing deductibles, co-insurance, copayments or similar cost-sharing charges on Medicaid enrollees unless required by federal law.
A new state budget and major reforms to Medicaid, gaming and child care all received a final tap of the gavel this week as lawmakers navigated a two-day marathon of House and Senate proceedings and sent more than 100 bills to the governor's desk. Significant measures on the governance structure and conduct within Kentucky school districts also won final…
With the city facing a $5 million budget deficit and the possibility of employee layoffs, the City Council will take action to end its eligibility for the perk. Auburn City Clerk Chuck Mason, who presented the City Council's budget on Thursday, said the mayor and councilors have been able to receive city employee health insurance since at least the 1990 s.
John Fredrickson, the bill allows Managed Care Organizations to cover copays for Medicaid recipients and sets limits on the cost-sharing measures authorized by Congress last year. In Nebraska, Medicaid discontinued copayments on May 1, 2024. Following a waiver period during the pandemic, Managed Care Organizations in the state restarted cost sharing on…
John Fredrickson, the bill allows managed care organizations to cover copays for Medicaid recipients and sets limits on the cost-sharing measures authorized by Congress last year. In Nebraska, Medicaid discontinued copayments on May 1, 2024. Following a waiver period during the pandemic, Managed Care Organizations in the state restarted cost sharing on…
Virginia's state-run health insurance marketplace for Affordable Care Act coverage ended its enrollment period with fewer people signed up– 371,000 versus 389,000 last year– and so far this year has seen roughly 33,000 more drop existing coverage, Kevin Patchett, director of the State Corporation Commission Health Benefit Exchange, told a commission…
As many as 16 million lower-income Americans are projected to lose their federally financed health insurance over the next two years, mostly as a result of work-requirement and immigrant-focused rule changes coming to Medicaid, the program that in California is known as Medi-Cal. Even if that forecast turns out to be low, it "ll be the biggest rise in…
