The latest news, regulation and trends in health and employee benefits.
On average, insurers are asking for a 17.1% increase for individuals and 11.5% for small businesses, according to the Pennsylvania Insurance Department. More than 600 Pennsylvanians signed a petition calling for a "healthcare cost freeze," organized by the Affordable Healthcare Coalition, which is scheduled to be delivered on Wednesday to the agency's…
OVERLAND PARK, KS- Today, Representative Sharice Davids met with Kansans whose health insurance premiums have skyrocketed since enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits expired last year. The enhanced tax credits helped more than160, 000 Kansans save an average of $700 each year on health insurance. In Kansas' Third District alone, an estimated 52,000 people…
Latest AALTCI Price Index finds consumers who compare policies can save substantially on virtually identical long-term care insurance coverage.
2026 JUL 28– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– Investigators publish new report on Opioids. According to news reporting from Lexington, Kentucky, by NewsRx journalists, research stated,“ Despite naloxone’ s proven effectiveness in reversing opioid poisoning, receipt rates among the high-risk Medicaid population remain…
The Board of Trustees for the State Health Plan approved sweeping management and beneficiary changes this month that include bringing back Blue Cross Blue Shield NC as its third-party administrator in January 2028. The SHP is North Carolina's largest purchaser of medical and pharmaceutical services. The board approved preferred provider contracts with…
Charlotte Libov, a medical writer in Miami Beach, has always encouraged cancer patients to undergo treatment, if they can, at federally designated comprehensive cancer centers whose doctors are leaders in research and clinical trials and usually offer the latest treatments. An ongoing contract dispute between the University of Miami Health System and…
New research published by the Employee Benefit Research Institute and Morgan Health, a division of JPMorganChase, identifies opportunities and barriers to broader adoption of individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements
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The Kansas Health Institute designed the dashboard to create an easy way for people to access data and see how federal and state changes to marketplace health insurance affects enrollment, said analyst Kaci Cink. The dashboard shows the percentage of people in a county, state Senate or House legislative district or federal congressional district enrolled…
Governor Cooper and Candidate Cooper have been all too happy to take hundreds of thousands of dollars from health insurance executives and their PACs. Governor Cooper was too cozy with health insurance companies and that's why health costs in NC are the worst in the United States. "Candidate Cooper is desperately trying to hide the fact that Governor Cooper…
The Toro Co., a Bloomington- based maker of lawn mowers and snow removal machines for consumers and businesses, announced President and Chief Operating Officer Edric C. Funk will be promoted to chief executive officer, effective Nov. 1, as part of a long-term succession plan. HealthPartners, a Bloomington- based health insurer and health care provider, announced…
Iowa health insurance companies are proposing premium increases for Affordable Care Act customers in 2027, affecting thousands of Iowans. The proposal comes after insurers increased premiums for ACA-marketplace customers in 2026 by an average of 15.3% in Iowa. Natasha Murphy, director of health policy at the Center for American Progress, said insurance…
New report compares newest long-term care insurance policy from CareScout against other leading long-term care insurance policies available.
It's a heightened concern for the estimated million-plus farmworkers who are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents, as new work requirements kick in for the federal-state healthcare program that serves low-income and disabled Americans. "Having a work requirement— having to create more paperwork and more proof— is certainly extremely challenging for…
Kelly Haggett figures that a mandatory surcharge added to Washington state's payroll tax cost her about $500 last year. The small surcharge on wages provides the funding for Washington Cares, the nation's first state-operated program for long-term care insurance. The amount will rise with inflation: A 36- year-old now earning about $50,000 a year who…
Mississippi had one of the nation's largest declines in the Affordable Care Act health insurance exchange enrollment based on early 2026 numbers, meaning that it has become even more difficult for the state's working poor to garner medical care. According to The Associated Press, Mississippi's ACA health insurance exchange enrollment declined 26.4…
Iowa health insurance companies are proposing premium increases for Affordable Care Act customers in 2027, affecting thousands of Iowans. The proposal comes after insurers increased premiums for ACA-marketplace customers in 2026 by an average of 15.3% in Iowa. Natasha Murphy, director of health policy at the Center for American Progress, said insurance…
Then, according to a new report from American Journal News, Ashley Hinson missed critical votes on major national security issues to raise money for her Senate campaign. On June 24, she missed "pivotal House votes" on amendments to the 2027 Defense appropriations bill, including votes on "how the Defense Department spends money" and the "proposed drawdown of…
DES MOINES Today, local Cedar Rapids leaders and Iowans experiencing increased health insurance premiums and diminishing access to healthcare came together to call out Ashley Hinson for hiking healthcare costs by voting to oppose extending Affordable Care Act tax credits and cut Medicaid. What's more: A new report this week shows that in the time Hinson has…
The Kansas Health Institute designed the dashboard to create an easy way for people to access data and see how federal and state changes to marketplace health insurance affects enrollment, said analyst Kaci Cink. The dashboard shows the percentage of people in a county, state Senate or House legislative district or federal congressional district enrolled…
