"We're confident that when the dust settles, the market for health insurance will stabilize in time for 2018," Oscar Health said in its blog post. Working with partner the Cleveland Clinic, the company is looking to sell health insurance in five counties in northeast Ohio in 2018. Despite uncertainly over the future of U.S. healthcare that has prompted major health insurers to pull out of several markets, upstart provider Oscar Health on Wednesday said it has filed to sell health insurance to individuals through Obamacare exchanges in a total of six states in 2018. In a blog post on its website, Oscar Health said it was looking to expand or begin coverage in parts of Ohio, Texas, New Jersey, Tennessee and California and had also filed to continue selling health insurance to businesses, individuals and families in New York in 2018. Oscar said it is also seeking approval from California regulators to expand into east Los Angeles county to serve both individuals and small businesses.
2018 Health insurance rates requests up 22%
The insurance commissioner's office said Monday that 11 health insurers filed 71 health plans for the state's individual and family health insurance market. All rates, health plans, and coverage areas are under review by Kreidler's office and may change before the plans are certified by the Washington Health Benefit Exchange Board on Sept. 14. HEALTH ALLIANCE NORTHWEST HEALTH PLAN is requesting a rate change of 14.6%. State officials say that health insurers have proposed rate changes for next year that have an average increase of about 22.3 percent. In two counties in Washington, Grays Harbor and Klickitat, no insurer filed individual plans for 2018.collected by :Lucy William
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