While employer insurance cost growth slowed, workers' incomes did not keep pace with their premium costs and deductibles, according to a new study by the nonpartisan Commonwealth Fund.
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Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton (D) said Democratic and Republican state legislators should have a joint plan to address health insurance premium hikes on the state's ACA exchange by Nov. 1, reports Pioneer Press.
Austin, Texas-based health maintenance organization Vista360health is tailoring its plans to individuals, entrepreneurs and small businesses for 2017 coverage.
Nonprofit HealthWell Foundation will financially assist underinsured Americans diagnosed with breast cancer by providing up to $15,000 in copay and premium relief.
The United States currently encompasses 13 state-based marketplaces, four federally-supported marketplaces, seven state-partnership marketplaces and 27 federally-facilitated marketplaces, according to The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
Prime Healthcare Services and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama reached a network agreement regarding Gadsden, Ala.-based Riverview Regional Medical Center Monday, reports The Gadsden Times.
Privately billed insurance claims related to oral cancer diagnoses rose 61 percent from 2011 to 2015, according to data from FAIR Health.
Connect for Health Colorado — the state's marketplace for individual and small group coverage — launched a tool designed to help users estimate and compare the total (and future) costs of different ACA health plans, reports Denver Business Journal.
People who are healthier and younger are more likely to forego buying ACA health plans as they weigh rising premiums against other lifestyle expenses, Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini said at Bloomberg's The Year Ahead Summit in New York.
HHS said premiums for the second lowest cost individual ACA plan will jump by an average 25 percent in 39 states served by HealthCare.gov, according to federal data.