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Coloradans Reacting To Higher Health Insurance Costs – CBS Denver
AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– Many Coloradans are feeling sticker shock as they receive notices of what their health insurance will cost next year. A new law that took effect earlier this year did result in rates dropping for everyone who buys their insurance on the exchange. But tax credits – that help offset insurance for lower …
Americans are increasingly going out of network for mental health coverage
Insurance coverage for mental health and substance-abuse care is worsening, suggests a new analysis of claim data from 37 million employees and dependents — despite soaring suicide rates, thousands of opioid overdose deaths, and rising teen depression and anxiety. Americans are increasingly more likely to resort to out-of-network providers for behavioral health care than they …
Car insurance UK: Prices could fall as insurers say telematics could change the industry
The new technology would be able to accurately determine a driver’s road risk and change their plan based on real-world factors. Many young motorists have cut their car insurance bill by adding telematics black boxes to their vehicles which can track how a car is driven, at what times and average speeds. The technology has helped …
Deval Patrick’s Ties to Health-Care Industry Could be a Liability
DEVAL PATRICK’S TIES to health-care and drug companies could make him a punching bag for Democratic candidates who support single-payer health care and criticize the pharmaceutical industry. Since leaving the governorship of Massachusetts in 2015, Patrick has served on the boards of American Well Corp., a telemedicine company, and Global Blood Therapeutics, a pharmaceutical firm. …
Employer health insurance prices expected to go up about 5 percent in 2020
Employees should see moderate premium increases in 2020, and they should expect increased pressure to choose lower-cost options, especially where chronic diseases such as diabetes are concerned. This is according to a handful of health insurance forecasts published this summer by the nation’s leading medical prognosticators. In June, PricewaterhouseCoopers got the guessing game started, publishing …
Watch: When Insurance Doesn’t Cover A Mental Health Crisis
November 6, 2019 Arline Feilen of Carol Stream, Ill., spent five days in the hospital undergoing psychiatric care and ended up with a bill of more than $21,000 that her insurance would not pay. CBS This Morning interviewed Feilen and Kaiser Health News Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal about the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” installment …
Blue Cross offering new individual health plan | Local Business News
People who buy individual health insurance already have an additional Affordable Care Act-compliant option this year, with the entry of Bright Health into Nebraska. Now they have an additional off-exchange option as well. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska this week introduced Armor Health, which the insurer bills as an alternative to ACA-compliant plans. …
GetInsured Successfully Upgrades Technology for Minnesota’s Health Insurance Exchange
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — GetInsured, a health insurance marketplace platforms provider, partnered with MNsure, Minnesota’s health insurance exchange, and Minnesota IT Services, to upgrade MNsure’s enrollment and back-end record-keeping functionality, as well as improve data transfers between MNsure and insurance carriers. The window to decide on health insurance in Minnesota will …
US judge blocks Trump’s health insurance rule for immigrants – Boston Herald
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday put on hold a Trump administration rule requiring immigrants prove they will have health insurance or can pay for medical care before they can get visas. U.S. District Judge Michael Simon granted a temporary restraining order that prevents the rule from going into …
U.S. Sponsors Of Health Insurance Lack Evidence-Based Transparency In Formulary Decisions
Larry Merlo, president and chief executive officer of CVS Health Corp., speaks to members of the … [+] media following an Economic Club of Washington event in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. © 2018 Bloomberg Finance LP U.S. sponsors of health insurance lack evidence-based transparency in regard to providing reasons for their …
