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Will Some Counties Be Faced with No Individual Health Insurance Exchange Options in 2017?

Will Some Counties Be Faced with No Individual Health Insurance Exchange Options in 2017?

With the announcement that Aetna will be largely leaving the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Exchanges, people are left wondering what will happen to their individual health insurance plans.Aetna is one of the largest insurers to exit the Exchanges, which means that competition in the marketplace is being depleted — and for some, that means they are running out of individual health insurance options.Individual Health Insurance Providers ExitingSince the first quarter earnings reports were released in April, three major individual health insurance providers have announced that they will pull coverage from some of their markets on the Exchanges: United Healthcare, Humana, and now, Aetna.


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Risk Pool Gains on Horizon for Health Insurance Marketplace

Risk Pool Gains on Horizon for Health Insurance Marketplace

With a number of healthcare payers including UnitedHealthcare and Aetna dropping out of the Affordable Care Act's health insurance marketplace, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an annual Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2018 in order to improve the health insurance marketplace for both payers and consumers.These additional steps will bring more regulation and certainty to the public health insurance marketplace, according to a press release from CMS.The policies set up within the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters seek to strengthen the risk adjustment program operating within the ACA health insurance exchanges.


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Would Single-Payer National Health Insurance Break The Bank?

Would Single-Payer National Health Insurance Break The Bank?

A common myth among opponents of single-payer national health insurance (NHI) is that it would cost too much and break the bank.This belief is based in part upon an assumption that patients would overuse health care if they gained access to it without any cost-sharing when they seek care.Cost-sharing has been a lynchpin of consumer-directed health care (CDHC) since the early 1990s, which assumes that patients who have more "skin in the game" -- through deductibles, co-payments, and other out-of-pocket costs -- will make more prudent decisions about their own health care.


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NAIRO Announces Fall Conference on Health Insurance Regulatory & Industry Trends

NAIRO Announces Fall Conference on Health Insurance Regulatory & Industry Trends

National Thought Leaders to Address Key Issues Impacting Appeals & Medical ReviewsWashington, D.C. (PRWEB) August 31, 2016The National Association of Independent Review Organizations (NAIRO) is hosting its annual conference entitled "Regulatory & Industry Trends Impacting Health Insurance, Appeals & Medical Reviews" is a day-long conference scheduled to take place on October 12, 2016 in Washington, DC.The interactive symposium will examine key regulatory, legal, industry, and employer trends related to the U.S. health insurance system as the country gets ready to elect a new President.The conference also will feature several sessions on current pressure points impacting the appeal and physician peer review system.


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Health Insurance Rate Increases Approved

Health Insurance Rate Increases Approved

Date posted - August 30, 2016Northwest Iowa — People in our area, and across the state, who do business with one of four different companies, will see their health insurance premiums raise, in some cases dramatically, come January 1st after an announcement Monday by the state Insurance Commissioner.Iowa Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart has approved health care premium rate increases for four companies ranging from 19 percent up to 43 percent.Gerhart's office reviews the rate increase requests to be sure they are "non-discriminatory, fair and adequate" under the Affordable Care Act, or ACA.