In Stark Contrast To ACA Plans, Premiums For Job-Based Coverage Show Modest Rise
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) Family health insurance premiums rose an average 3 percent this year for people
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Without Price Breaks, Rural Hospitals Struggle To Stock Costly, Lifesaving Drugs
(By Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News) MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ark. — Hospital pharmacist Mandy Langston remembers when Lulabelle Berry
Read MoreCMS: 63 counties will have no insurer participating in ACA exchanges
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Sixty-three counties nationwide are expected to lack a health insurer selling policies on
Read MoreObamacare Premiums May Soar in 2018, but You Can Still Save Money
Obamacare premiums for 2018 are forecasted to be increased by an average of 29.49 percent; however, there are still ways
Read MoreBattle heats up over Maine Medicaid expansion
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) A coalition supporting a Medicaid expansion ballot initiative in Maine launched its campaign
Read MoreAnthem expands ACA exchange pullback to 9th state, cuts Kentucky participation in half
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Indianapolis-based Anthem said Wednesday it will scale back where it sells its individual
Read More5 Governors Press Congress For Fast Bucks To Secure Obamacare Market In 2018
(By Julie Rovner and Rachel Bluth for Kaiser Health News) Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) has a problem – and not
Read MoreLawmakers Debate How Much Wiggle Room To Give States In Health Care
(By Julie Rovner for Kaiser Health News) One of the few things that Republicans and Democrats broadly agree on is
Read MoreCalifornia’s Medicaid program seeks permission to stop mailing 2,546-page provider directory to beneficiaries
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) L.A. Care Health Plan, a Medicaid plan for Los Angeles County residents, and
Read MoreEvergreen Health to be liquidated: 5 things to know
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Baltimore-based Evergreen Health, one of 23 nonprofit health plans created under the ACA,
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