Tag: health insurance rates

Will higher health insurance rates keep insurers in the exchanges?

Nordstrom
health insurance rates

Regulators across the country are allowing insurance companies to make health plans more expensive. State regulators across the nation have been steadily giving the nod to increased health insurance rates. In fact, many have made it possible for those insurers to raise premiums more than the companies had requested. This may appear to be in opposition to the goal of keeping rates as low as possible for consumers. However, a data analysis conducted by USA TODAY suggested a different purpose for these decisions. The national newspaper indicated that the regulators…

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Health insurance rate increases may be on their way to Illinois

Logan B.
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That said, there is no way for consumers to know for sure until the information is released on August 1. Residents of Illinois are going to have to wait a while before they will know if health insurance rate increases are coming. The information about the proposed premiums changes under the Affordable Care Act for next year isn’t available until August 1. It is at that time that the health exchange plan premiums information will be made public within the state. To many in Illinois, having to wait until August…

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Alabama health insurance rates under scrutiny for first time since ACA

G. Turner
Alibama Health Insurance Costs

The state has not undergone this process since it first implemented the Affordable Care Act. Alabama health insurance companies will face a new wave of scrutiny from state regulators when they seek to increase the rates they charge in 2017. This is the first time they will have undergone scrutiny for rate changes since the insurance exchange launched there in 2013. Obamacare’s regulations were meant to encourage states to implement insurance rate reviewing systems. The purpose of the reviews is to provide states with a means by which to consider…

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Michigan health insurance premiums are getting cheaper

H. Cutner
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While rates have been on the rise across the country, residents of this state are staying affordable. According to the results of a recent study, Michigan health insurance rates are actually going to experience a small decrease in 2017, despite the fact that many other states across the country are watching their premiums grow increasingly expensive. This year has been relatively volatile in the ACA’s insurance exchanges, but that is not the case in Michigan. The Michigan health insurance premiums are not only remaining below the national average, but they…

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Health insurance deductibles in Alabama will soon be higher

G. Turner
Alibama Health Insurance Costs

Consumers have expressed concern over their ability to afford to use the coverage they’ve purchased. Residents of Alabama have been voicing frustrations over an upcoming increase to the deductibles they pay out of their own pockets for health insurance they’ve purchased under the requirements of the Affordable Care Act. They have stated that the combination of higher premiums and deductibles are making coverage less affordable. The premiums being paid for health insurance in Alabama increased by an average of 28.3 percent over the last year. This was tough on many…

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Insurance companies may soon have rates negotiated with doctors

Julie Campbell
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If a new bill passes in Tennessee, it will mean that health care providers will play a role in rates negotiations. A new bill is currently under consideration by the Tennessee state legislature, which would alter the way insurance companies currently calculate the rates that are charged through doctors’ offices. The Healthcare Providers Stability Act will be the first of its kind for any state in the country. The current issue that the bill would change is that at the moment, insurance companies have the ability to change the rates…

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Consumers with health insurance are still avoiding medical care

Marc
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Survey finds that consumers are turning to emergency rooms in order to avoid high health care costs Health insurance premiums are on the rise in the United States and many consumers are beginning to avoid medical care as a result. A new survey from the American College of Emergency Physicians has found that patients are avoiding medical services because of high health care costs. As a result, more of these people are ending up in the emergency room because they are ignoring serious conditions that may be putting their lives…

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