Health plan premiums are stabilizing, regardless of Republican efforts to the contrary

August 21, 2018August 17, 2018 Logan B.

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Despite the best efforts by the GOP to kick the pins out from under the ACA, prices are evening out. Even as Republicans work to undermine the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, health plan premiums are stabilizing. Insurance premiums have been rising, but they will be increasing only slightly in the majority of states that have already submitted their 2019 price proposals. Moreover, unlike last year, there are insurance companies stepping into the markets, not out of them. The improvements are the result of reduced political certainty regarding…

Insurance news study shows artists twice as unlikely to have health coverage

October 23, 2013October 21, 2013 Julie Campbell

The research determined that the primary cause of the uninsured status is the cost of a plan. According to the results of a study that are making insurance news headlines after having been released by the Future of Music Coalition and the Artists’ Health Insurance Resource Center, twice as many artists such as actors, musicians, dancers, and others are likely to be uninsured as the general population. These creative individuals are among the demographics least likely to have health plans. The research making this insurance news involved a survey of…

Health insurance subsidized by employers is becoming steady

February 25, 2013February 25, 2013 G. Turner

The rate of employees receiving coverage through their employers is starting to even out. According to the results of a survey that were released on Friday, less than half of American adults were taking part in a health insurance plan through their employers last year. The survey showed that the market is now indicating that it is stabilizing after a period of solid decline. Though workers haven’t reached the point where even half of them are able to receive their health insurance coverage through their employers, after three solid years…