Consumer and business advocacy groups have long decried rising health insurance premiums, warning that health care has become increasingly unaffordable. The Massachusetts Division of Insurance has responded to the cries for action with draft regulations that, advocates say, could slow the growth of premiums and increase transparency into the rate setting process for hundreds of thousands of individuals and small businesses.
Children 12 years old and younger whose guardians meet the qualifying income limit will be eligible for Medicaid coverage regardless of their immigration status beginning Jan 1. Included in the state budget that was adopted by the House and Senate Tuesday was an expansion of the Medicaid program, known as HUSKY in Connecticut.
Another medical provider in Maine has announced that it's terminating its contract with Anthem. Fore River Urology, an independent medical practice in Portland, says it will no longer be an in-network provider as of August 1 for patients with commercial Anthem plans and as of September 1 for patients with Anthem Medicare Advantage coverage.
Two states are dusting off a little-used provision of the Affordable Care Act hoping to make health care more affordable for tens of thousands of low-income residents. Oregon and Kentucky, despite their wildly different politics, are pursuing an Obama-era policy that uses federal dollars to establish a health insurance plan for people who make too much money to qualify for their state’s Medicaid programs.
ATLANTA -- President Joe Biden's administration has halted Gov. Brian Kemp's plan to have the private sector, not the government, engage in outreach to get state residents to sign up for insurance under the ACA.
The projected launch date of Ohio's revamped and reformed Medicaid managed care system will still be July—except this month, given a potential crisis where many may be kicked off Medicaid, the state pushed back most of the reforms to the end of this year.
