Only half of individual health insurance market members pay their premium bill on time, potentially pointing health plans toward digital payment tools for premium collections, finds a recent Aite Group...
The individual health insurance market decreased another five percent in the beginning of 2019 following the individual mandate repeal, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) reported.
After the enactment...
Medicare Advantage’s annual gross margins are about twice as high as individual or group plans, according to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) study.
The findings could shed light on the...
HHS and the US Department of the Treasury approved Colorado’s Section 1332 waiver to develop a reinsurance program, CMS announced.
The waiver will exempt Colorado from Section 1332 of the...
Federal Judge Richard J. Leon recently ruled in favor of an HHS final rule issued in August 2018 that made short-term health plans renewable for up to 36 months.
Short-term, limited-duration health...
On July 9, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will hold hearings on the constitutionality of the individual mandate in Texas v. Azar, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) reports.
The hearing on Tuesday...
The finalized rule on health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) contains two major changes compared to its earlier version.
Employers will be permitted to provide HRAs that are integrated with...
The Trump Administration issued an executive order that will allow employers to help employees pay for health insurance via health reimbursement arrangements.
As part of individual coverage health...
Customer satisfaction with commercial health plans is improving nationwide, but members are still not content with co-pay costs or care coordination, a JD Power consumer survey revealed.
While...
States are taking action to protect consumers from low-value health payer plans, including short-term health plans, according to a new issue brief from the Commonwealth Fund.
Short-term health plans...
Eligibility, cost sharing, and the role of private health insurance will be among the primary concerns for policymakers if they choose to design a single-payer health insurance system in the US,...
CMS is issuing a request for information (RFI) asking states for ideas to develop State Relief and Empowerment Waivers to reduce costs in the individual insurance market.
In a recent blog post, CMS...
Average health insurance premiums and individual deductibles for small business health plans have both increased since 2015, which may contribute to employers and employees’ concerns about...
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has signed a bill that will establish a reinsurance pool for the state’s individual health insurance market.
The North Dakota House of Representatives passed...
The private health insurance market remains concentrated among a small number of payers, with the three largest companies holding 80 percent or more of the market, a recent GAO report found.
Three or...
Approximately 11.4 million consumers either selected or were automatically re-enrolled in Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance exchange plans during the open enrollment period in 2019, according...
The Trump Administration is leaving no more ambiguity about its opposition to the entirety of the Affordable Care Act.
In a brief legal memo released this week, three Department of Justice...
New Jersey will move away from the federal insurance marketplace and transition to a state health insurance exchange in 2021, Governor Phil Murphy announced last week.
The Democratic governor...
The House Energy & Commerce Committee (E&C) has opened an inquiry into short-term limited duration insurance (STLDI) plans and companies that may be acting against consumer interests by selling...
Policymakers should revise current tax policies and work to eliminate financial barriers to health insurance in order to reduce individual market premiums, says a new brief from the Blue Cross Blue...
