wskgnews : declared in Public Comment Period Open For New York Health Insurance Rates

New York State is now accepting public comments on proposed health insurance rates. The premium requests don't apply to insurance plans that people get through their employers; about half of New Yorkers are covered this way. "The state basically required [health plans] to assume present law maintains through 2018 in filing our rate requests," he said. Hinckley said that's due to three things:One - New York may increase requirements for what health insurance has to cover. While that doesn't apply to commercial insurance plans, he thinks it's a good first step to getting better information out there.

Heartland Speaker Warns Millennials to Take Healthcare and Health Insurance Seriously

The American Health Care Act (AHCA) eliminates the controversial requirement under the ACA that employers provide health insurance to employees. For if young people don't buy health insurance because it is too expensive, no health care reform plan will succeed. Salient points by Charlie KatebiFor health insurance to work, it must be perceived that everyone is getting a fair deal and that young people don't have to pay too much for their health insurance. Allowing a person to remain in an insurance plan despite a debilitating illness raises insurance costs for everyone. 160 million rely on their place of work for health insurance.


But an expansion of Medicaid could accomplish a lot of what Americans want out of their insurance. Medicaid could be that basic program, or at least a backstop for anyone who doesn't get insurance through their employer, regardless of their income. That is, if Medicaid can survive the next two weeks. Which is exactly what Medicaid can offer, if it is expanded beyond its current status as a program for the poor. From various reports we've learned that the Senate plan would roll back the ACA's Medicaid expansion over seven years (as opposed to the three years in the House bill), but that's just the beginning.


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