HHS' report showing most people purchasing health plans through Affordable Care Act exchanges next year can buy plans for $75 or less is directed at a specific group of individuals, not all Americans, The Washington Post reports.
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Louisville, Ky.-based Humana will hire 400 temporary workers to review and process individual and Medicare Advantage applications, WDRB reports.
Blue Bell, Pa.-based Commonwealth Health and Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna will establish a clinically integrated network including a new health plan.
Fifty-seven percent of the U.S.'s managed Medicaid market is held by the top 10 Medicaid insurers, an analysis from a Washington, D.C., publishing and information company Atlantic Information Services found.
Three-fourths of plans offered on 2017 Affordable Care Act exchanges in 18 states and the District of Columbia will have limited provider choice, Chicago-based consulting firm McKinsey & Company found.
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Atlanta-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia said it will soon be the only insurer participating in the state's Affordable Care Act exchange, WABE reports.
A Louisiana Health Insurance Survey released Tuesday found since 2003, about one in five adults in the state were uninsured prior to Medicaid expansion.
Senate Democratic Caucus Chairman Jeff Yarbro and Rep. John Ray Clemmons (D-Nashville) are asking GOP majority leaders to hold a hearing regarding the state's approval of double-digit health insurance premium rate hikes, the Times Free Press reports.
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services and Aging picked UPMC, AmeriHealth Caritas and Pennsylvania Health & Wellness (Centene) for its Community HealthChoices managed care initiative, which will service more than 420,000 individuals.
Newly released audits from CMS reveal 35 of 37 health plans audited for 2007 overcharged the federal government and were typically overpaid by several hundred thousand dollars, according to NPR.