Tag: Insurance Industry

Aetna is the second major insurer to ditch America's Health Insurance Plans this year, following UnitedHealth Group, which said earlier this year that AHIP no longer represents its best interests. (AP Photo)

Second major health insurer ditches lobbying group

Paige Winfield Cunningham · January 5, 2016 10:29 pm

About one in five insured people are having trouble paying their medical bills, a new poll finds. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Insured Americans face financial troubles

Robert King · January 5, 2016 5:49 pm

The biggest healthcare cases for the Supreme Court in 2016

Robert King · December 31, 2015 5:01 am

It is not clear if the influx of youth will help the Obamacare marketplaces. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

More young people signing up for Obamacare

Robert King · December 23, 2015 5:01 am

A report found that in 2014 the HHS gave out loans to failed consumer-oriented and operated plans, despite clear warning signs they weren't reliable. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Many more Americans choosing Obamacare plans

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 18, 2015 7:11 pm

Insurers get big reprieve in spending deal

Robert King · December 17, 2015 5:01 am

Under the risk corridors program, which runs from 2014 through 2016, the federal government is to collect money from health insurers doing better than expected and use those funds to provide a federal backstop to other insurers who incur larger than expected losses from rising medical claims. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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Congress blocks bailout of Obamacare insurers in spending bill

Philip Klein · December 16, 2015 2:49 pm

Obamacare premiums grew faster this year than many had hoped, raising questions among policy experts and lawmakers of whether enough healthy people are signing up and whether enough insurers are competing to push prices downward.

What it takes to lower Obamacare premiums

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 14, 2015 5:01 am

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association's plans cover more Obamacare customers than any other insurer. (Jonathan Elmer/Bloomberg News)

A way insurers could get paid for their Obamacare losses

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 13, 2015 5:01 am

Obamacare officials downplay insurer losses

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 10, 2015 5:01 am

Five weeks into enrollment last year, about 6.4 million had enrolled using the federal health insurance marketplace. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Is Obamacare enrollment keeping pace?

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 9, 2015 6:52 pm

South Carolina's co-op follows four other co-ops that have decided to close up shop in the past two weeks. The co-ops were created to offer more competition for consumers on the Obamacare health insurance exchanges.Â (AP file photo/Lynne Sladky)

For millions, Obamacare coverage more expensive than penalties

Robert King · December 9, 2015 4:09 pm