UnitedHealthcare Warns Of Marketplace Exit
UnitedHealthGroup laid out a litany of reasons Thursday why it might stop selling individual health insurance through federal and state markets in 2017 — a move some see as an effort to compel the...
View ArticleAs HMOs Dominate, Alternatives Become More Expensive
Consumers seeking health policies with the most freedom in choosing doctors and hospitals are finding far fewer of those plans offered on the insurance marketplaces next year. And the premiums are...
View ArticleHealthCare.gov CEO Advises FL Navigators
Florida is once again leading in enrollment on the federal health insurance marketplace, and that success has caught the attention of HealthCare.gov CEO Kevin Counihan.
View ArticleNonprofit Hospital Excludes Many Medicaid, Exchange Patients
According to the Miami Herald , Baptist Health South Florida is enjoying tax exempt-status and raking in millions as it makes its network unavailable to many low- and middle-income patients.
View ArticleFlorida Insurers Compete With 'Cost-Share' Plans
The latest numbers from federal health officials show Florida is continuing to lead in enrollment on HealthCare.gov , with nearly 600,000 who have signed up so far.
View ArticleObama Administration Upbeat on Health Law Sign-Ups
The Obama administration says about 1 million new consumers have signed up for 2016 coverage under the president's health care law.
View ArticleHealthCare.gov Enrollment Deadline Extended To Thursday
The Obama administration said consumers will have extra time to sign up for HealthCare.gov coverage that takes effect Jan. 1.
View Article100,000 In FL Must Find New HealthCare.gov Plans
Two insurers - Cigna and Preferred Medical Plan – aren’t offering plans on the Florida health care exchange in 2016, forcing more than 100,000 Floridians to shop for new coverage.
View ArticleMidway Enrollment Update: 1.5M Sign-Ups In Florida
Midway through sign-up season, more young adults are getting coverage through President Barack Obama's health care law. The number of new customers is also trending higher, officials said Tuesday in an...
View ArticleKentucky Governor Tells Feds He Will Dismantle State's Insurance Exchange
Republican Gov. Matt Bevin has notified the federal government that Kentucky will dismantle its state health insurance exchange, Kynect. The move will direct Kentuckians seeking health insurance under...
View ArticleKey Deadline Looms For HealthCare.gov
Jan. 15 is the last day to sign up on HealthCare.gov for a plan that starts Feb. 1. The deadline is key for avoiding tax penalties under the federal health law.
View ArticleConsumers Cut Costs By Combining Limited Coverage Health Plans, Despite...
Last fall, Shalonda Brown decided she’d had it with paying nearly $1,000 a month for a family health, dental and vision plan through her job at an independent lab in Dallas. Casting about for an...
View ArticleFlorida Ends Enrollment With 1.7M Sign Ups
About 12.7 million Americans enrolled in private health insurance through the federal and state marketplaces for 2016, the Obama administration said Thursday. Florida is leading the nation once again...
View ArticleWill HealthCare.gov Get A California Makeover?
When 28-year-old Charis Hill found out the medication to treat her degenerative arthritis condition would cost $2,000 a month, she chose to be in pain instead.
View ArticleHealth Law Fines Double for Many Uninsured at Tax Time
Many people who went without health insurance last year are now seeing fines more than double under President Barack Obama's health care law, tax preparation company H&R Block said Tuesday. Among...
View ArticleUnitedHealth To Leave Most Obamacare Exchanges In 2017
Insurance giant UnitedHealth Group says it will stop selling insurance on Obamacare exchanges in most states starting next year. In a Tuesday call detailing UnitedHealth's first quarter earnings , CEO...
View ArticleTrump Administration Pulls Back On HealthCare.gov Ads
The Trump administration says it is pulling back advertising to promote insurance sign-ups in the closing days of HealthCare.gov's 2017 open enrollment season.
View ArticleHealthCare.gov Dropout Trend Continues Under Trump
Continuing a dropout trend seen in the Obama years, about 16 percent of consumers who signed up for coverage this year through public health insurance markets had canceled their plans by early spring,...
View ArticleObamacare Extension Gives Floridians 2 More Weeks To Sign Up
Floridians have two extra weeks to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.
View ArticleSlow Rollout, More Fine Print With Trump Health Care Options
President Donald Trump says insurers are "going wild" about his new health care options and "millions and millions" of people will be signing up.
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