MassLive : reported that Mass. health insurance take-up rate lower than national average

Sixty-five percent of Massachusetts employers offered health insurance in 2016, compared to the national rate of 56 percent. The national take-up rate was 79 percent last year. Some employees enroll in the health plan offered by their spouse's employer, a tendency that can affect the overall take-up rate. The take-up rate, which measures the share of employees eligible for their employer's plan who chose to enroll in it, was 74 percent among Massachusetts employees. By Michael NortonState House News ServiceCompared to their national counterparts, more Massachusetts employers offer health insurance but fewer employees here enroll in the plans offered by their companies, according to a new state report.

Obamacare might have made health insurance more accessible, but has it made care more affordable?

Frank Deni, Lake Forest..To the editor: There is a crucial difference between the Affordable Care Act and the Republicans' American Health Care Act that doesn't get covered enough. He is rightly proud of the fact that so many Americans can now purchase or receive subsidies for health insurance. If it does not, any new legislation should be titled "Access to Health Insurance Act." In that case, Obamacare has met the requirement. To have an affordable care act, Congress needs to address costs. To the editor: I feel that former U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello's (D-Va.) support for the Affordable Care Act in 2010 despite the dire risk it posed to his reelection was both noble and honest.

Pence's strange claim that selling health insurance across state lines would be like car and life insurance

Generally, there are two types of insurance companies — life and health insurance companies and property and casualty insurance companies. But the bottom line is that all insurance products are sold state by state, overseen by state insurance commissioners. "It is not accurate to say that car insurance and life insurance are regulated across state lines. allowing the American people to purchase health insurance across state lines the way you buy life insurance, the way you buy car insurance."— Pence, speech to the Club for Growth, West Palm Beach, Fla., March 19One of President Trump's signature promises is to allow the purchase of health insurance across state lines. The Pinocchio TestCar and life insurance currently is sold exactly the same way as health insurance — regulated by state insurance regulators, with policies tailored to the rules and laws set by the state.


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