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Health insurance navigators are coming back to Montana

September 25, 2014September 23, 2014 Logan B.

Federal government issues funding for insurance navigators once again The federal government will again provide funding for health insurance navigators that will help people enroll for insurance coverage through state exchanges. In Montana, funding will be provided for navigators that will highlight subsidized insurance coverage. The federal government is offering to offset the cost of insurance coverage through subsidies in order to ensure that a greater number of people have access to insurance policies they need. This year, the navigators will also have a focus on Native American consumers living…

Montana releases estimates concerning costs of health insurance exchange policies

August 22, 2013August 20, 2013 Nordstrom

State provides estimates concerning cost of health insurance policies sold through exchange Montana has become the latest state in which estimates concerning the rates for policies sold through the state’s health insurance exchange have been released. The state’s Office of the Commissioner of Securities and Insurance has released these estimates in order to give state residents a glimpse at what they could be paying for coverage purchased through the federally-operated insurance exchange. The exchange is meant to provide Montana residents with access to affordable health insurance coverage and is a…

Health insurance landscape shifts in Montana

July 5, 2013July 3, 2013 Marc

Montana sees major transition in health insurance sector Montana has taken a major step in the field of health insurance. The state’s Insurance Commissioner, Monica Lindeen, has granted her approval for the sale of Blue Cross of Montana, the state’s largest private health insurance provider. Blue Cross of Montana is being sold to the Health Care Service Corp., which is based in Chicago, Illinois. The sale comes with numerous conditions, however, which are meant to benefit state residents to some degree. Sale of Blue Cross of Montana has been approved…

Entire country’s health insurance premiums are skyrocketing

November 18, 2011May 7, 2013

Nationwide statistics about health insurance premiums between 2003 and 2010 have shown that every state’s costs have been soaring. The state-by-state analysis was performed by a nonprofit health policy foundation called the Commonwealth Fund. What the research discovered was that within that span of seven years, the family coverage premiums soared by an average of 50 percent. The report about the findings predicted that if premiums continue to rise at the same rate, then the average premium paid by a family will explode to almost $24,000 per year by 2020.…

Federal officials ready to debate health insurance rate increase of 10% or more

July 14, 2011May 14, 2013

U.S. officials are getting ready to debate whether or not increases in the rates for health insurance of 10 percent or more were excessive within seven states which have rate review processes that have been labeled ineffective. The rate review systems for Louisiana, Alabama, Montana, Arizona, Wyoming, Idaho, Missouri, as well as four territories have been deemed to be insufficient by the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO). The CCIIO is a branch of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. According to the CCIIO, federal officials, under…