Insurers, Hospitals Clash Over Help Paying Obamacare Premiums
Insurers charge that hospitals and other health providers are using third-party groups to help some low-income patients buy marketplace plans, which bring higher reimbursement rates.
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Insurers charge that hospitals and other health providers are using third-party groups to help some low-income patients buy marketplace plans, which bring higher reimbursement rates.
PBS NewsHour鈥檚 Judy Woodruff talks to Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News and Reid Wilson of The Hill.
Consumers Union says Anthem Inc. and Blue Shield of California may be exploiting furor over prescription drug prices. State regulators are looking into the issue.
Two surveys suggest these companies continue to try new ways to control the expense of employees鈥 coverage.
We answer some key questions to help consumers make sense of the news about large premium increases in the state鈥檚 Obamacare exchange.
A double-digit increase, which follows two years of moderate rate hikes, is likely to resonate across the country in debate over Obamacare.
Florida and Oklahoma counties are among the hardest hit by UnitedHealthcare's pullout from health law exchanges.
Seniors slammed with big premium increases face tough choices.
The Department of Health and Human Services issues new rules designed to simplify health coverage consumers buy through Healthcare.gov.
Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, says the giant insurer鈥檚 complaints about ACA exchanges are 鈥渢otal spin and unanchored in reality.鈥
Congress left it to states to determine whether private Medigap plans are sold to the more than 9 million disabled people younger than 65 who qualify for Medicare. The result: rules vary across the country.
Columnist Emily Bazar answers a consumer's question: "You could get one of these plans, pay the uninsured tax penalty and still pay less."
Health law insurance costs went up across the board in North Carolina, yet sign-ups remain strong heading into the final days of open enrollment.
Urban Institute researchers found that premiums and out-of-pocket costs are still a major concern for people seeking coverage on the health care marketplaces.
A startup company called BeneStream helps businesses get their low-wage workers on Medicaid to meet the health law's mandate for employers.
Even savvy consumers stumble over terms like 鈥渃oinsurance.鈥
The group ColoradoCareYES gathered enough signatures 鈥 more than 100,000 鈥 to put a single-payer health system on the ballot next fall. But the price tag is a worry to some.
Co-ops, the startup, nonprofit insurance companies ushered in by the health law, have failed in 12 states. But 11 co-ops are still hanging on.
Open enrollment under Obamacare started Nov. 1 鈥 if you鈥檙e uninsured, now鈥檚 the time to consider options.
The highest Obamacare insurance rates in the country are in Alaska. Though most people get a subsidy to help defray the cost, those who don鈥檛 are increasingly wondering if they should cancel their health insurance.
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