Tag: Insurance Industry

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Obamacare is failing. Why isn’t Donald Trump talking about it?

Byron York · August 29, 2016 3:35 am

CBO had forecast 24 million in the exchanges by this year, but just 11.1 million signed up as of March (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Report: Obamacare enrollment less than half projected

Ryan Lovelace · August 28, 2016 8:19 pm

The insurers profiting in the marketplaces do a better job of selling to low-income people. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

This is the insurers’ secret to winning at Obamacare

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 26, 2016 3:00 am

HHS report finds that states that expanded Medicaid have more enrollees who are healthy. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Expanding Medicaid key to lower Obamacare rates, feds say

Robert King · August 25, 2016 5:13 pm

Insurers proposing big rate hikes in many states, but Illinois is seeing some of the largest price increases. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Illinois gets ready for huge Obamacare rate hikes

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 24, 2016 8:06 pm

Nearly three in four Obamacare customers can pay less than $75 a month for a plan, health officials say. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Administration does Obamacare damage control

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 24, 2016 6:00 pm

Time is running out to get insurers into Obamacare and stave off a dearth of competition in one-third of U.S. counties. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Clock ticking to improve Obamacare competition

Robert King · August 24, 2016 4:01 am

Blue Cross-Blue Shield has the highest rate hike for 2017 at 62 percent. (iStock photo)

Tennessee clears steep Obamacare rate hikes

Robert King · August 23, 2016 3:45 pm

"We are exploring options to modify the ACA's permanent risk adjustment program to better adjust for the highest-cost enrollees and their actuarial risk, which would achieve some of the same risk-sharing benefits as the reinsurance program," said Kevin Counihan, CEO of healthcare.gov, in an Aug. 11 blog post. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

This fall may be make or break for Obamacare

Robert King · August 22, 2016 4:01 am

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

Beltway Confidential

New Obama financial regs could drive industry consolidation

Timothy P. Carney · August 19, 2016 3:25 pm

Stocks of major insurance companies that have stuck by Obamacare fell at the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo)

A third of U.S. may soon lack Obamacare competition

Robert King · August 19, 2016 3:07 pm

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has asked providers and others for information about concerns that third parties are helping patients pay premiums for private plans, which reimburse greater amounts than government health plans. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Feds want information on new kind of healthcare fraud

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 18, 2016 9:31 pm