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The latest information relating to the health insurance industry.
Where Obamacare Has Become Unaffordable, Short Term Health Insurance Can Help
Forbes reports: "Next time you run into someone who minimizes the problems with Obamacare, I want you to introduce them to Fay. She's a reasonably healthy 60 year old grandmother living in Fayette County, Illinois and earns about 450% of the federal poverty level...
Aetna may offer customers a free Apple Watch as a perk
Yahoo Finance reports: "Health insurer Aetna is already giving its workers free Apple Watches (plus a handful of regular customers), but it now looks ready to expand those bonuses to everyone. CNBCsources understand that Aetna is in talks with Apple to offer a free or...
How much more will health care cost your company in 2018?
Crain's Chicago Business reports: "Around this time of year, many human resources executives and brokers are putting the finishing touches on health insurance plans they'll offer to employees in the fall. They face tough questions: Will rising costs be swallowed by...
One Illinois medical center lands on list of best U.S. hospitals
Crains Chicago Business reports: "Northwestern Memorial Hospital is the only Illinois medical center to land among the best 20 hospitals nationwide, according to new rankings by U.S. News & World Report. Compared to the previous year's list, the local powerhouse...
Amid Trumpcare’s Demise, Public Option Emerges Ahead Of 2018 Elections
Forbes reports: "A public option as an alternative or addition to subsidized private individual coverage under the Affordable Care Act is gaining momentum on the campaign trail ahead of next year’s 2018 midterm Congressional and gubernatorial elections. The public...
How Safe Is Your Medicare?
The Fool reports: "There are several popular misconceptions about the financial condition of Medicare, which virtually all American senior citizens rely on to cover healthcare expenses in retirement. Many people believe Medicare is broke, or that there's virtually no...
When high deductibles cause even insured patients to postpone care
CNN Money reports: "In November 2015, Tina Heck was in her garage lifting 40-pound bags of wood pellets to fuel her heating stove, when something went very wrong with her back. "The next day, I could barely walk," said the 55-year-old who lives on an acre of land in...
Health Insurance Brokers Help Employers Lower Healthcare Costs
ACA Times reports: "When it comes to providing healthcare as an employer, cost is a major concern. Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), applicable large employers – organizations with 50 or more full-time employees and full-time equivalent employees — are required to...
BCBSIL to Stop Offering SHOP Plans (Small Group 1-50) Starting Jan. 1, 2018
Blue Cross and Blue Shield reports: "We want to let you know that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) will not be participating in the Federally Facilitated Small Business Health Options Program (FF-SHOP) marketplace with BCBSIL health insurance plans...
Obamacare rates in Illinois could climb next year
The Chicago Tribune reports: "Health insurers want to raise premiums next year for Illinois consumers who buy coverage through the Obamacare exchange — in many cases citing uncertainty surrounding the health care law as a reason for the proposed jumps. Average rate...