Tag: Insurance Industry

Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler said in a statement that he has been reaching out to insurers to find a company willing to sell plans in one of the counties facing zero options next year. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Health insurers ask for double-digit rate hikes in Washington state

Kimberly Leonard · June 19, 2017 8:03 pm

Obamacare customers could pay 18 percent more on average for their plans next year and have fewer insurers to choose from, a new analysis finds. (Patrick Fallon/Bloomberg)

Higher premiums, fewer insurers expected in Obamacare next year

Robert King · June 19, 2017 5:36 pm

Under Obamacare, the penalty for not having health insurance is $695 for an individual, or 2.5 percent of income, whichever is higher. By comparison, a recent Health and Human Services report found that unsubsidized premiums on the exchange averaged $5,712 a year in 2017.

Did Obamacare’s individual mandate work?

Kimberly Leonard · June 19, 2017 4:01 am

President Trump's nomination of Richard Spencer as Navy secretary was set for a committee hearing in June but was postponed due to Senate work on repealing and replacing Obamacare, according to an Armed Services aide. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Insurers flying blind ahead of key Obamacare deadline

Robert King · June 17, 2017 4:01 am

Republicans disagree over whether Congress or the White House should pay insurers for lowering healthcare expenses for low-income customers. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Republicans warm to insurer payments, but disagree over how

Robert King · June 16, 2017 4:01 am

The company assumes that the individual mandate will not be enforced and that cost-sharing reduction subsidies will not be paid. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Insurer Highmark requests double-digit rate increases in Delaware

Kimberly Leonard · June 14, 2017 7:09 pm

Aetna announced that it would completely withdraw from the Obamacare exchanges in 2018. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)

Aetna leaves door open to staying in Nevada’s Obamacare exchange

Kimberly Leonard · June 14, 2017 7:28 am

The report varies significantly from projections made by the Congressional Budget Office. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

CMS report projects 13 million more uninsured under GOP healthcare plan

Kimberly Leonard · June 13, 2017 8:30 pm

President Donald Trump speaks before having lunch with Republican Senators in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 13, 2017. From left are Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, the president and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump receptive on continuing Obamacare payments, Thune says

Robert King · June 13, 2017 7:54 pm

Pence accuses Democrats of creating Obamacare ‘mess’

Kimberly Leonard · June 13, 2017 3:07 pm

Forty-seven counties are projected to have no Obamacare insurers next year and 1,200 could have only one, according to a report. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

CMS: 47 counties won’t have Obamacare coverage in 2018

Robert King · June 13, 2017 2:35 pm

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., held a meeting with several insurers and Republican senators on the health of the individual market. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Bill Cassidy holds insurer meeting with GOP senators

Robert King · June 13, 2017 2:13 pm