New analysis shows that ACA marketplace insurers will collectively offer a 15% median premium increase for 2026 based on 105 rate filings by insurers in 19 states that have been submitted thus far. Insurers are citing policy changes and rising costs of medical care for the increases.
Biden-era premium subsidies offered through the...
The Hertel Report compiled the Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Plans competing in Arizona during this year's open enrollment period beginning October 15, 2024. Get all the highlights here; CMS published star ratings on October 10, 2024.
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The annual Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Survey is the benchmark survey of the cost and coverage of employer-sponsored health benefits in the United States. The 2020 survey included 1,765 interviews with non-federal public and private firms.
This annual survey of employers provides a detailed look at trends in...CMS Rules
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final payment notice for 2021 last week as the Trump administration finalized a string of regulatory changes to Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace. The agency's rule outlines ACA plan regulations that impact qualified health plans (QHP) for the 2021 coverage...National News
Employers are beginning to turn away from high deductible plans and returning to traditional PPO plans. The strategy provides companies with a competitive recruitment tool for hiring highly qualified employees.
High deductible plans routinely include Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) supplemented by tax relief through Flexible Spending...Arizona News
Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), statistics on healthcare coverage noted a closure of the gap in the number of people of various races and ethnicity who have health insurance, but a Kaiser Family Foundation brief has highlighted trends indicating that between 2016 and 2017, some groups of color have experienced a stagnation in health...Arizona News
The healthcare cost increases Americans have seen in the past few years in the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual marketplace are coming to a halt as insurers get to know their risk pool.
Studies reveal premiums on the individual ACA exchange will experience less than a five percent increase, a slowdown considering in 2018...
