By making all family members eligible for marketplace premium tax credits with the exception of those who have access to affordable coverage individual health insurance marketplace premiums may decline...
Overall, large employers find healthcare costs excessive and that the healthcare spending burden would become unsustainable in the next five to ten years, according to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation...
If the Medicare eligibility threshold dropped to 50 years of age and uptake was universal among those eligible, employer-sponsored health plans could see a 43 percent reduction in their healthcare...
While UnitedHealth Group’s Q1 total care activity came in under seasonal baselines due to low levels of outpatient care, revenues grew 9 percent, payer executives announced during UnitedHealth...
If Congress made permanent the American Rescue Plan’s Affordable Care Act subsidy increases, then uninsurance might drop, marketplace enrollment could rise, and non-group premiums could decline...
Approximately 5.1 million individuals are caught in the Affordable Care Act’s “family glitch,” according to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) analysis.
Under the Affordable...
Most healthcare stakeholders can perceive the impacts of the escalating behavioral and mental healthcare crisis on their own industry segment, but employers have a particularly proximate...
Employers have three primary options to choose from when they are deciding how to fund their employer-sponsored health plan claims: the self-insured, level-funded, or fully-insured health plan...
One-third of adults who began dialysis with an employer-based group health plan (EGHP) switched to Medicare before the coordination period finished, resulting in $3 billion additional Medicare costs...
Most Americans who have employer-sponsored health plans expressed confidence in their health plans’ support and financial protection, according to a survey conducted on behalf...
Opponents of expanding the Affordable Care Act’s premium tax credit policy have argued that doing so would have a negative effect on employer-sponsored insurance, but recent research from the...
Whether care is affordable for members depends on more than just pricing; affordability is also tied to how clustered healthcare events—and, by extension, healthcare spending—are in a...
Aetna has updated its coverage policies to correct care disparities and to include gender-affirming surgeries for transgender women in most of its commercial plans, CVS Health announced.
Aetna worked...
Uninsured Americans may not be examining all of their options in Medicaid or on the Affordable Care Act marketplace, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Urban Institute study discovered.
In 2019, the...
Nevada’s state senate might consider a public option based on an existing public program or a model that creates a new Silver or Gold public option plan on the Affordable Care Act...
Overall, UnitedHealthcare saw members’ care activity return to normal levels in the fourth quarter of 2020, payer executives announced during UnitedHealth Group’s 2020 fourth quarter...
Haven, the joint venture healthcare company between three of America’s most powerful firms is disbanding after three years, according to CNBC. The partnership between Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, and...
Same-sex couples are increasingly gaining access to employer-sponsored same-sex spousal coverage, but benefits remain less accessible than for heterosexual couples, a recent Kaiser Family Foundation...
With rising employer-sponsored health plan costs, limited options under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and millions of people losing employer-sponsored health coverage since the onset of COVID-19,...
Copayments and coinsurance can impact care utilization in employer-sponsored health plans depending on the service, a recent study published by Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)...
