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Why health insurance could cost employees a raise

Why health insurance could cost employees a raise

For 2017, PwC's Health Research Institute projects a 6.5% growth rate in medical cost trends, the same as in the current year.They also report signs that the decade's slowing medical cost growth rate could tick back up as new healthcare access points increase utilization.Alex Tolbert is the founder of Bernard Health, a company that provides advice about health insurance to individuals and organizations.


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Program helps low-income families with health insurance premiums

Program helps low-income families with health insurance premiums

SALT LAKE CITY — A program designed to help low-income families afford their health insurance premiums may help narrow the "coverage gap" in Utah.Alan Pruhs, executive director of the Association for Utah Community Health, said the association started the program after noticing that many patients were struggling to afford federal marketplace plans even with the subsidies offered to low-income families."Without a Medicaid expansion, we're seeing folks choose not to be insured," Pruhs said.


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Arizonans should not panic about health insurance choice, feds say

Arizonans should not panic about health insurance choice, feds say

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Deadline to waive student health insurance approaches

Deadline to waive student health insurance approaches

Students who wish to waive their fall coverage health insurance must complete the online waiver by Friday.Students are automatically billed student health insurance when they are enrolled in nine or more credit hours on-campus.If students want to purchase their student health insurance, they must do so by Sept. 2, 2016.


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States eye health insurance regulations to control drug costs

States eye health insurance regulations to control drug costs

Healthcare insurance companies are actively fighting to keep drug costs low for their members and for their own bottom lines.Now a new policy brief offers state policymakers tips on how to shift more of the costs to payers in an effort to protect consumers.The brief (.pdf) from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners outlines several regulations policymakers can adopt to ease consumers' cost burdens, including:Imposing restrictions on how many cost-sharing tiers per plan insurers can use, as in the case of standardized plans in New York, Vermont and Massachusetts, where ACA plans are limited to three tiers.