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Finance
Covered California Announces Record-Low Rate Hike for 2021Some industry observers had called for rate cuts, given the windfall health plans have reaped so far this year from...
Covid-19
Missourians to Vote on Medicaid Expansion as Crisis Leaves Millions Without InsuranceIf Medicaid expansion passes in Missouri, coverage for those newly eligible people would begin in 2021.
Finance
CMS says Exchange Enrollment Snapshot Shows 'Market Stability'CMS reported that 10.7 million consumers had gained coverage through the Exchanges in February 2020.
Strategy
Court of Appeals for D.C. Circuit Upholds Trump's STLDI ExpansionLast year, a federal judge sided with the administration on a final rule expanding access to short-term limited-duration insurance.
Strategy
Azar Says Federal Law Had Preexisting Conditions Covered Before ACA. Not so Much.HHS secretary says preexisting conditions have the protections originally offered under HIPAA.
Covid-19
Almost Half of Families That Lost Work Due to COVID-19 Also Avoided Healthcare"COVID-19 continues to highlight longstanding structural inequities," Mona Shah, senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, said in...
Strategy
Could Trump's Push To Undo The ACA Cause Problems For COVID Survivors? Biden Thinks So."If Donald Trump has his way, complications from COVID-19 could become a new preexisting condition," says former Vice President Joe...
Strategy
In Arizona Race, McSally Makes Health Care Pledge At Odds With Track Record"Of course I will always protect those with preexisting conditions. Always." ? U.S. Sen. Martha McSally, in a campaign ad...
Strategy
487K Gained Coverage Through Special Enrollment Period for Loss of Minimum Essential CoverageCMS stated that 487,000 people gained coverage through health insurance exchanges using the HealthCare.gov platform during the loss of MEC...
Strategy
DOJ to SCOTUS: Scrap Entire ACAThe Trump administration argues in a Thursday filing that the entire ACA "must fall with the individual mandate."
Finance
Unsubsidized Families Face More than $25K in Annual Premiums and Deductibles Buying ACA PlansThe average monthly premium for an individual was $456, according to the survey, up 68% since 2014.
Strategy
Nearly Half of ACA Enrollment in 2018 Came Through BCBS PlansAn Urban Institute analysis found marketplace enrollees chose name-brand insurance over Medicaid, but Medicaid enrollment is still growing.