Health Insurance
Health insurance news and analysis, with coverage of general health insurance trends, major medical insurance, disability insurance, dental insurance, vision plans, telemedicine plans, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, short-term health insurance, the Affordable Care Act public exchange program, and more.
Conservatives object to Obamacare replacement proposal tax credits
By Sahil Kapur and Billy HouseSome say giving workers extra cash back from tax credits would create 'Obamacare light.'
February 16, 2017
Actuaries analyze high-risk reimbursement proposalsOne proposal would tie extra payments to enrollee spending, and another to risk scores.
February 16, 2017
Private health insurance spending might rise 5.7%Current-year spending will be higher, but much lower than what CMS feared in 2008.
February 16, 2017
CMS nominee backs patient choice at Senate hearingSeema Verma loves personal health accounts, Medicare Advantage and a child psychiatrist.
February 16, 2017
ACA risk program may kill Molina exchange plansThe company says it had to send 24 percent of its 2016 exchange plan revenue to competitors.
February 16, 2017
ACA risk program may kill Molina exchange plansThe company says it had to send 24 percent of its 2016 exchange plan revenue to competitors.
February 16, 2017
GOP considers cap on favorable tax treatment of health insuranceSome Republicans see the group health exclusion as a source of up to $250 billion in funding.
February 15, 2017
Humana may lose $180 per 2017 ACA exchange enrolleeThe carrier intends to focus more tightly on the Medicare plan market.