Selling health insurance across state lines is a favorite GOP 'reform.' Here's why it makes no sense : latimes

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Selling health insurance across state lines is a favorite GOP 'reform.' Here's why it makes no sense

Selling health insurance across state lines is a favorite GOP 'reform.' Here's why it makes no sense

Of all the healthcare reform nostrums in all the world, the most popular among Republicans in the U.S. is allowing the sale of insurance policies across state lines.The idea has been part of every GOP proposal to "repeal and replace" Obamacare.It was written into GOP presidential candidate John McCain's platform in 2008 and Mitt Romney's in 2012, and shows up right there in paragraph two of President-elect Trump's healthcare policy statement.


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The small-business route to cheaper health insurance

The small-business route to cheaper health insurance

If you're one of the millions of Americans unhappy with your choices and prices this year under Obamacare, there is a possible alternative that could give you the same kind of top-flight healthcare plan offered by many businesses to their employees, with a wide choice of physicians and hospitals and excellent prescription benefits.That's because of a little-known quirk in the Affordable Care Act that allows small businesses a chance to offer employees -- even if as few as one employee enrolls -- a job-based plan that is equivalent to the best deals offered by major insurers.This special enrollment period, or SEP, started November 1 and goes through December 15 for coverage to start on January 1, 2017.


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Schools to pay same health insurance rate

Schools to pay same health insurance rate

BAR HARBOR — All nine schools in the Mount Desert Island Regional School System (MDIRSS) will now be able to pay the same group rate for health insurance, potentially lowering the cost for both the schools, their employees and, by extension, taxpapers.Currently, annual changes in Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield's insurance premiums for the larger schools in the district – those with 50 or more employees and eligible retirees – are based on each school's claims experience.Smaller schools all pay the same rate.


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High health insurance costs prompt tough choices

High health insurance costs prompt tough choices

Skip Ad Ad Loading... x Embed x Share If President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican controlled Congress follow through on "proposals to cut spending in the state-federal insurance program" federal aid for the Medicaid program will be slashed for the poor.USA TODAYHerb and Loralea Grey of Beaverton, Oreg.pose in the living room of their home with children Joel, 22, and Grace, 19.