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Posts Tagged ‘Elmwood Park’
Monday, April 15th, 2019
Axios reports:
“Bernie Sanders’ “Medicare for All” push has upended Democratic politics almost as thoroughly as it would upend the health care system.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, deductibles, East Dundee, Elburn, Elgin, Elmhurst, Elmwood Park, Evanston, Government, Hospital, hospitals, insurance plan, Medicaid, Medicare, premiums, the affordable care act
Posted in Medicare | Comments Off on How your health care would change under “Medicare for All”
Tuesday, August 21st, 2018
Health Payer Intelligence reports:
A dozen state attorneys general are suing the Department of Labor (DOL) over the expansion of association health plan (AHPs).
In the suit, which was filed in the DC District Court of Appeals, the officials argue that broad availability of AHPs violates the consumer protections included in the Affordable Care Act.
The DOL’s final rule allows contractors and individuals in similar industries to enroll in AHPs that operate outside of the ACA’s enforceable policies.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, association health plan, Doctor survey, Elmwood Park, employees, enrollment, family plan, federal medicaid, health benefits, health insurance coverage, Mental Health
Posted in Association Health Plan | Comments Off on 12 Attorneys General File Lawsuit Over Association Health Plans
Thursday, February 1st, 2018
The Chicago Tribune reports:
Three of corporate America’s heaviest hitters — Amazon, Warren Buffett and JPMorgan Chase — sent a shudder through the health industry Tuesday when they announced plans to jointly create a company to provide their employees with high-quality, affordable care.
The announcement was short on details about precisely what the independent company will do. But given the three players’ outsize influence — and Amazon’s ability to transform just about everything it touches — the alliance has the potential to shake up how Americans shop for health care, and the stocks of insurance companies, drug distributors and others slumped in reaction.
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Tags: affordable care, Chicago, Downers Grove, DuPage, DuPage County, East Dundee, Elmhurst, Elmwood Park, health care system, health insurance, Hospital, Marketplace, PPO, SHOP
Posted in Health Insurance News | Comments Off on Amazon, JPMorgan, Berkshire create new company to tackle health care costs
Friday, August 18th, 2017
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.
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Tags: Campton Hills, Carpentersville, Chicago, Cicero, DuPage, Elburn, Elgin, Elmhurst, Elmwood Park, Government, health, health care system, Hospital
Posted in Heath Care Costs, Illinois | Comments Off on One Illinois medical center lands on list of best U.S. hospitals
Friday, March 24th, 2017
Crains Chicago Business reports:
“There are not many things that Republicans and Democrats in Illinois agree on. But there’s near universal consensus that House Republicans’ proposed Obamacare replacement would do serious harm to Chicago and the state as a whole.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, DuPage County, East Dundee, Elburn, Elgin, Elmhurst, Elmwood Park, Government, Hospital, individual, Individuals, ObamaCare, the affordable care act
Posted in Health Insurance News | Comments Off on No one thinks the GOP health bill is a good idea for Illinois
Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
The Chicago Tribune reports:
“One of the nation’s largest health insurance companies plans to enter the Obamacare marketplace in the Chicago area for the first time, bringing new competition as other insurers exit or go out of business.
The Tribune has confirmed that Cigna, based in Bloomfield, Conn., has filed plans to sell health policies to individuals and families who purchase their own coverage in the individual market. If the plans are approved by Illinois regulators, Cigna will start selling policies Nov. 1, when enrollment for 2017 Obamacare coverage opens.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Broker, Chicago, Cigna, DuPage County, East Dundee, ebola, Elburn, Elgin, Elmhurst, Elmwood Park, Government, Hospital, Humana
Posted in Health Care .gov | Comments Off on Big news for Chicago-area Obamacare insurance exchange: Cigna seeks to join
Tuesday, June 14th, 2016
Insurance News net reports:
The Obama administration wants to limit consumers’ use of short-term insurance plans, which a growing number of Americans have been buying in response to the Affordable Care Act’s requirements to have health coverage.
This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services proposed limiting short-term health policies to a term of three months. Currently, short-term policies can be issued for a term of up to one year.
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Posted in Affordable Care Act | Comments Off on Feds Tightening Use Of Short-Term Health Insurance
Thursday, April 28th, 2016
According to News Max Finance:
” Well, the hammer has fallen: The largest health insurer in the U.S. has started pulling out of select Obamacare exchanges.
Five months ago UnitedHealth, which had been singing sunny songs to investors about its bright future on the exchanges, abruptly began crooning the blues. In an earnings call barely a month after executives assured investors that all was going swimmingly, they confessed that they were losing a ton of money on their Obamacare policies and described a pattern that sounded as if consumers were gaming the system — signing up for a few months, using a ton of services, and then canceling their policies. If this continued, they said, they would have no choice but to pull out of the exchange business. (more…)
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Posted in Affordable Care Act, Exchange, Health Insurance News, Insurance Reform | Comments Off on Obamacare Encounters Another Bump in the Road
Thursday, April 21st, 2016
According to Crain’s Chicago Business
” The operating losses continue to mount at struggling Land of Lincoln Health, totaling $90.8 million for the Obamacare health plan in 2015.
That net loss is almost five times greater than the Chicago-based startup reported in 2014, when it totaled $17.7 million. The insurer lost about $40 million in just the last three months of 2015, according to a new financial statement filed with national insurance regulators.
Jason Montrie, Land of Lincoln president and interim CEO, did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
Kevin Scanlan, chairman of the insurer’s board of directors, said in a statement: “Land of Lincoln Health, like other insurers across the market, continues to adjust its business model as we learn how to best adapt to the new marketplace. . . .The board is confident in its long-term viability and will continue to evaluate and invest in the needs of our members.”
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Posted in Affordable Care Act, Heath Care Costs | Comments Off on Illinois Obamacare plan crippled by losses
Tuesday, January 26th, 2016
According to USA Today:
“Bowing to pressure from insurers, federal officials on Tuesday tightened the conditions under which people can sign up for plans on the HealthCare.govexchange outside open enrollment.
The move by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services comes after complaints by health insurers that it was too easy for people to wait until they were sick to sign up and to drop coverage after they got treatment. Earlier Tuesday, UnitedHealth announced a 19% drop in profit and downgraded its earnings forecast citing concerns about its Obamacare enrollment and the flexibility people had to change insurance plans. (more…)
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Posted in Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance News, Open Enrollment | Comments Off on Feds tighten when people can enroll in Obamacare plans
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