Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Holds Public Informational Hearing on Health Insurance Rate : prnewswire

As it stated in prnewswire

Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Holds Public Informational Hearing on Health Insurance Rate

Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Holds Public Informational Hearing on Health Insurance Rate

Commissioner Miller explained that many companies are seeing higher spending on medical care than they originally anticipated, resulting in losses on these products.These losses are causing insurers to leave markets around the country, a trend the Insurance Department is trying to prevent in Pennsylvania to maintain the competitive market and ensure consumers continue to have options for their health insurance."We need to ensure that Pennsylvania's market is attractive for insurers to sell in as well as for consumers to buy from," said Commissioner Miller.


moreover from politifact

Bill Clinton says Hillary Clinton helped 'get done' the Children's Health Insurance Program

Bill Clinton says Hillary Clinton helped 'get done' the Children's Health Insurance Program

Former President Bill Clinton said that after health care reform failed in the 1990s because they couldn't break a Senate filibuster, Hillary Clinton sought to tackle health care reform piece by piece, including expanding health insurance for children."In 1997, Congress passed the Children's Health Insurance Program, still an important part of President Obama's Affordable Care Act.It insures more than 8 million kids," Clinton said in his speech at the second night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.


additionally flatheadbeacon

Montana Health Insurance Companies Seek Rate Hikes

Montana Health Insurance Companies Seek Rate Hikes

HELENA – Insurers say they're losing money on the Montana marketplace thanks to rising health care costs.The three companies using the market place are seeking 2017 rate increases of up to 62 percent.The insurers say they aren't making enough in premiums to cover the cost of claims.


moreover from sportsbusinessdaily

NBPA To Fund Health Insurance For Retired Players, Including Medical, Hospital Benefits - SportsBusiness Daily

NBPA To Fund Health Insurance For Retired Players, Including Medical, Hospital Benefits - SportsBusiness Daily

SBD/July 28, 2016/Leagues and Governing BodiesThe NBPA as part of an upgrade made to the CBA benefits package will "offer improved access to health insurance to more than 1,500 retired players," according to Zach Schonbrun of the N.Y. TIMES.The plan was "unilaterally enacted by the union and unanimously approved by player repres...This is a SportsBusiness Daily article.


as well bloomberg

Anthem Tells Judge Cigna Deal Helps Health Insurance Markets

Anthem Tells Judge Cigna Deal Helps Health Insurance Markets

Anthem Inc. said its proposed $48 billion merger with rival health insurer Cigna Corp. will lower consumer costs and extend coverage to more people, in response to a U.S. lawsuit seeking to block the deal.The Indianapolis-based company also said the combined carrier would fortify the online insurance exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act at a time when other insurers are withdrawing from them, according to papers filed late Tuesday in federal court in Washington.Anthem's "acquisition of Cigna will significantly increase consumers' access to the exchanges with the combined firm entering into new territories in nine states where the two firms are not currently participating," according to the filing.