Standard & Poor's Financial Services predicts health insurers selling plans on the ACA individual market will be close, on average, to breaking even this year, if lawmakers don't significantly change the individual market.
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Aetna is the second major insurer this week to pull its individual products from the Iowa exchange for the 2018 enrollment year, citing concerns about the health law's uncertain future, Bloomberg reports.
Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare named Scott Flannery CEO of commercial operations in North Texas and Oklahoma, according to a D Healthcare report.
While efforts for national health reform remain uncertain, a push for universal health coverage is alive and well in California, reports California Healthline.
Becker's Hospital Review reported on the following executive moves in the health insurance industry this past month. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.
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The following payers made headlines this past week, beginning with the most recent.
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Cincinnati appointed Steve Martenet president.
Cigna and Humana have seen their stocks increase recently, while Molina Healthcare and WellCare Health Plans have seen their shares fall slightly, according to Stock-Callers.com.
Phoenix-based Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona president and CEO Richard Boals will retire July 1.
If federal officials do not extend funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program beyond 2017, more than 8 million children may face coverage disruption, according to a study published in Health Affairs.