Health Insurance
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Actuaries analyze high-risk reimbursement proposals
By Allison BellOne proposal would tie extra payments to enrollee spending, and another to risk scores.
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.
February 15, 2017
ACA exchange team hopes to delay filing datesExchange managers also aim to scorch free riders and smudge metal-level boundaries.
February 15, 2017
Lamar Alexander doesn't push 'quick-fix' repair of health lawThe Republican says Congress should hold the health market up while replacing the ACA.
February 15, 2017
Puzder withdraws as Trump's Labor nominee amid Republican doubtsAt least six Republicans had expressed doubts about whether they would support Puzder.