Tag: Insurance Industry

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona requested a 65 percent increase for 2017, the biggest in the state. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Sticker shock: Arizona Obamacare insurer asks for 65 percent rate hike

Robert King · June 13, 2016 5:20 pm

"I recognize that this transforming market hasn't been easy," Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell said at a forum convened by her agency. "As with any new market, some participants are adapting faster than others." (Graeme Jennings/Examiner File)

Obamacare chief: Reforming the market ‘hasn’t been easy’

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 9, 2016 1:56 pm

In an effort to attract healthier customers to the healthcare marketplaces, the HHS said it's trying to improve the risk adjustment program and help consumers over 65 transition to Medicare.

Administration tries to nudge down Obamacare costs

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 8, 2016 3:37 pm

The findings, culled from private and federal health data, come at a time when Congress is debating what to do about the opioid abuse crisis, as federal figures show 72 Americans die every day from opioid and heroin abuse. (iStock photo)

Study: Substance abuse gets short shrift from feds, insurers

Robert King · June 6, 2016 8:07 pm

San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook, right, had taken out $275,000 as an employee of the county. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP, File)

Feds sue for San Bernardino shooter’s life insurance policies

Anna Giaritelli · June 1, 2016 4:11 am

Of the five biggest insurers in the U.S., two announced they would exit part of the Obamacare marketplaces. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

UnitedHealth pulls out of Obamacare in California

Robert King · May 31, 2016 8:54 pm

Ryan said the Obama administration "basically gave billions of dollars, taxpayer dollars, to insurance companies, to try and make Obamacare look better than it is ... and to try to make the premium increases not as high as they otherwise would be." (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Ryan: Obama ‘circumvented law’ on health insurer payments

Susan Ferrechio · May 31, 2016 8:53 pm

"It is unacceptable. My constituents deserve certainty, not plans that crumble and implode under their own weight," said Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio, in a statement. (AP Photo)

Ohio Obamacare co-op collapses

Robert King · May 26, 2016 10:14 pm

According to a new study released Tuesday, prices for Obamacare are poised to rise more in 2017 than they rose this year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Study: Obamacare rates poised to rise faster in 2017

Paige Winfield Cunningham · May 24, 2016 3:37 pm

The goal of the healthcare reform proposal is to improve and reform the Affordable Care Act rather than eliminate it. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

GOP health insurance reform plan centers on tax credits

Susan Ferrechio · May 23, 2016 3:30 pm

Since 2014, the year that Obamacare's markets went online, the number of people dissatisfied grew. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Number of Obamacare customers upset over cost on the rise

Robert King · May 20, 2016 2:30 pm

Daniel Tarullo told a group of insurers that the Fed plans to propose regulations for insurers within the Fed's jurisdiction "in the coming weeks." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Fed to outline two-tiered approach to regulating insurance companies

Joseph Lawler · May 20, 2016 1:55 pm