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The latest information relating to the health insurance industry.
Obamacare insurers need to step it up to compete with Blue Cross
Crains Chicago Health Care Daily reports: "Five of the six insurers on the Illinois Health Insurance Exchange face a moment of truth as they decide whether to continue offering plans on the online marketplace and how to attract more customers. Their first-year efforts...
Shift to public exchanges could save employers $3 trillion
Benefits Pro reports: "The nation’s employers could save a whopping $3.25 trillion over the next decade by shifting most of their employees from workplace health plans to the public exchanges. That’s according to an S&P Capital IQ report that notes government...
Why Obamacare’s been a boon for Blue Cross
Crains Chicago Health Care Daily reports: "Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois estimates that it scooped up 92 percent of consumers who bought Obamacare health insurance plans in the state. “We're happy with the amount of people that have chosen us,” Lauren...
4 Good Reasons Why Small Businesses Are Dropping Health Insurance
Inc.com reports: "So far, few small businesses have signed up for group health insurance through the new exchanges created by Obamacare. Here's why. The Obama administration has been touting its success at getting 8 million Americans signed up for individual health...
Exchange enrollees sicker than average
Benefits Pro reports: "Those who enrolled in health coverage through the exchanges aren’t as healthy as some would like, according to new data. Analysis from Express Scripts shows that, based on their medication usage, PPACA enrollees are sicker than patients off the...
Obamacare’s Employer Mandate Is Toast, And Democrats Are OK With That
Yahoo Finance reports: "President Obama this week cheered the milestone 7 millionth person to sign up for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but a growing opinion is spreading among Democrats that the law's employer mandate should go. Former White House press secretary...
Why Employers Will Stop Offering Health Insurance
The New York Times reports: "Here’s a prediction: By 2025, “fewer than 20 percent of workers in the private sector will receive traditional employer-sponsored health insurance.” The source of this claim? Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, in his just-published book, “Reinventing...
Health Marketplace Sticker Shock Spreading
Insurance News Net reports: "Last-minute shoppers to the health insurance marketplace plans might do well to heed the advice of Butler County physician Mark Musmanno: Know what you're signing up for. Since the Affordable Care Act health exchanges went live Jan. 1, Dr....
With health law, workers ponder the I-Quit option
The Star Tribune reports: "For uninsured people, the nation's new health care law may offer an escape from worry about unexpected, astronomical medical bills. But for Stephanie Payne of St. Louis, who already had good insurance, the law could offer another kind of...
HHS: Health Care Premiums Likely To Go Up In 2015
Insurance News Net reports: "Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says health insurance premiums are likely to increase in 2015. Sebelius's comments came Wednesday during a hearing of the House Committee on Ways and Means about the White House's 2015...