Tag: Insurance Industry

Oklahoma is one of five states to only have one Obamacare insurer in 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Oklahoma Obamacare plans face 76 percent hike

Robert King · October 5, 2016 12:00 am

State residents will be able to buy plans only from Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina for 2017. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

South Carolina to have one Obamacare insurer

Robert King · October 4, 2016 5:53 pm

According to new data from the CDC, the number of deaths from prescription and illicit opioids sharply rose in 2015. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Report: Feds, insurers failing in opioid oversight

Paige Winfield Cunningham · October 4, 2016 4:00 pm

A federal watchdog found nine out of 12 false Obamacare applications were approved this year during special enrollment periods. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Administration: 2.5 million more people could get Obamacare subsidies

Paige Winfield Cunningham · October 4, 2016 3:00 pm

The insurance industry is fighting the Obama administration to overturn a new regulation it says could jeopardize health plans for millions of people. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Insurers fight feds over attack on health plans

Robert King · October 4, 2016 4:01 am

Maryland's nonprofit health cooperative created under Obamacare is remaking itself as a for-profit company in an effort to survive. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Maryland’s Obamacare co-op struggling

Paige Winfield Cunningham · October 3, 2016 7:28 pm

The Complicated Dynamics of Insurance Companies and Drug Prices

Ike Brannon · October 3, 2016 2:02 pm

Alaska, Alabama, Wyoming and Oklahoma have confirmed to the Washington Examiner that they will have only one insurer offering Obamacare plans for 2017. (AP Photo)

Four states will have one Obamacare insurer

Robert King · October 3, 2016 4:01 am

Obamacare's reinsurance program collects money from insurers and uses it to offset claims from patients. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Watchdog: HHS can’t divert billions from Treasury to Obamacare insurers

Robert King · September 29, 2016 5:33 pm

HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell said, "Regardless of your income, age, geography, or race, everyone is gaining access to coverage or better coverage under the Affordable Care Act." (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

HHS says Obamacare lowering uninsured rates across all groups

Robert King · September 29, 2016 3:06 pm

Federal employees and retirees will pay about 6 percent more on average for health insurance premiums in 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Federal workers to pay more for healthcare

Robert King · September 28, 2016 7:52 pm

Premiums for Medicare's prescription drug plans are expected to rise by about 4 percent next year, a new analysis found. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,file)

Seniors to pay more for Medicare Part D next year

Robert King · September 28, 2016 4:05 pm