Tag: Insurance Industry

Insurers are moving toward HMO plans with narrower networks, which are cheaper. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Obamacare’s next problem: Fewer choices for patients

Robert King · August 18, 2016 4:01 am

Aetna was responding to a question from the Justice Department when it said a blocked merger with Humana could force it to quit Obamacare. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Was Aetna really threatening to leave Obamacare?

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 17, 2016 10:25 pm

Texas insurer Scott & White said it will exit the Obamacare marketplace in the state next year. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Texas insurer drops out of Obamacare

Robert King · August 17, 2016 7:11 pm

It's hard if not impossible to calculate precisely how many Americans will see their Obamacare plans cancelled next year, since neither insurers nor the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have comprehensively reported insurers' market share by state or county. But it could be around one in six Obamacare customers, using enrollment numbers reported by insurers. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

One in six Obamacare customers could lose plans

Robert King, Paige Winfield · August 17, 2016 4:01 am

This week, the insurer Aetna announced that it is pulling out of 11 of the 15 states where it has been participating in Obamacare exchanges. (Ron Antonelli/Bloomberg)

Time for Dems to swallow bitter medicine

Washington Examiner · August 17, 2016 4:01 am

"Aetna's decision to leave the Affordable Care Act's public marketplaces is the latest blow to this broken law that is slowly imploding under its regulatory red tape," said Dan Kowalski, Trump's deputy national policy director. (AP Photo/Noreen Nasir)

Trump campaign: Obamacare ‘slowly imploding’

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 16, 2016 5:08 pm

Unfortunately, absent from the national policy discussion are the failures of Obamacare," FreedomWorks says. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Tea Party group: Make Obamacare a big election issue

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 16, 2016 3:15 pm

Insurers are seeking double-digit increases in several states, an average of a nearly 24 percent bump from this year's prices, according to an independent analysis from Charles Gaba. (AP Photo)

High premiums around the corner for Obamacare

Robert King · August 16, 2016 4:01 am

Last year, nearly half of all drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration were orphan drugs, which are intended to treat rare diseases. (iStock photo)

Prices of drugs to treat rare diseases soar

Robert King · August 15, 2016 3:52 pm

Alexander explained the important difference between federal regulations and guidance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Alexander condemns Obamacare after rate hikes

Robert King · August 12, 2016 6:59 pm

Per-member-per-month insurance claims in the individual market fell by 0.1 percent from 2014 to 2015. (iStock photo)

Obamacare’s enrollees got healthier last year

Robert King · August 11, 2016 4:01 pm

ColoradoCare, the proposed single-payer system, would replace most private health insurance and put Medicaid and other state-federal programs in ColoradoCare's control. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Report: Colorado single-payer system too pricey

Robert King · August 8, 2016 5:42 pm