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Maine health insurance cooperative leaves N.H. market, reeling from losses

Maine health insurance cooperative leaves N.H. market, reeling from losses

Monitor staffThere will be one fewer option for health insurance in New Hampshire next year, as Maine-based Community Health Options will withdraw due to financial losses, requiring 11,581 people to find a new carrier.The company drew attention in 2014 when it was reported to be the only health insurance cooperative in the country to make money, then drew attention of a different kind in 2015 when, after expanding into New Hampshire, it reported a staggering $31 million loss and stopped taking new clients.In the latest move, the firm said it is withdrawing from New Hampshire to focus on Maine, its core market.


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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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How consumers can cope with rising health insurance premiums

How consumers can cope with rising health insurance premiums

Skip Ad Ad Loading... x Embed x Share A health care income gap, between people who can afford care and those who can't, is growing as costs rise and incomes largely remain level.Holly Fletcher/The TennesseanAlex Tolbert is the founder of Bernard Health, a company that provides non-commissioned, expert advice on health, Medicare and COBRA insurance and medical bill consulting.To learn more about Bernard Health, visit www.bernardhealth.com.


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Iowa approves health insurance rate hikes for 4 companies

Iowa approves health insurance rate hikes for 4 companies

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa's health insurance regulator has approved premium rate increases for four companies ranging from 43 percent to 19 percent.Documents released Monday by Iowa Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart say more than 75,200 Iowans will pay more beginning Jan. 1.The biggest increase of 42.6 percent affects 22,000 customers of Wellmark Blue Cross & Blue Shield.