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Maine health insurance co-op to exit New Hampshire market

Maine health insurance co-op to exit New Hampshire market

Maine health insurance co-op to exit New Hampshire marketLewiston, Maine-based Community Health Options will pull out of New Hampshire's health insurance market next year to concentrate on its Maine market, according to the New Hampshire Insurance Department.New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny said exiting the state's market will allow the nonprofit insurer to focus on its home market while working through financial issues.The commissioner said New Hampshire residents will still have four insurers and "numerous" plans to choose from come open enrollment for 2017.


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Many who care for the sick and old lack health insurance

Many who care for the sick and old lack health insurance

The nation's fastest-growing occupation, home health care workers and nursing assistants, is unlikely to keep pace with demand, given the stagnant wages and lack of benefits that come with the work.That's one conclusion easily drawn from reports released Tuesday by the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI).The organization found a quarter of home care workers and 20 percent of nursing assistants have no health insurance versus less than one in 10 workers nationwide, according to PHI's findings.


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Location, health insurance and new provisions make for medical provider shortages

Location, health insurance and new provisions make for medical provider shortages

Sept. 05 -- Cierra Shelton has been on the hunt for primary care physicians for the last several years.She said she has been trying to make doctor appointments for herself, her fiance and son but finds it almost impossible."It specifically has impacted my health," said Shelton, 29.


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Kansas Health Institute's Annual Insurance Update reports 10.5 percent of Kansans without health insurance in 2014

Kansas Health Institute's Annual Insurance Update reports 10.5 percent of Kansans without health insurance in 2014

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Maine regulators let Community Health Options pull out of N.H. health insurance market

Maine regulators let Community Health Options pull out of N.H. health insurance market

Community Health Options, a Lewiston-based health insurance cooperative, has gotten approval to withdraw from the New Hampshire insurance market in 2017.The plan was approved this week by the Maine Bureau of Insurance, which has been monitoring CHO's finances as it tries to recover from a $31 million loss in 2015.The nonprofit cooperative has set aside more than $45 million in reserves to try to avoid another big loss this year.