The trouble brewing for insurers centers around potential government action on Medicare Advantage, the private plans that have grown increasingly popular with seniors. The plans also are very profitable for insurers.
Most people get health insurance through their employer or through public programs like Medicare and Medicaid. For those who pay for private or individual health insurance policies in the Mountain West, prices are going up.
City Council leaders announced Thursday they have no plan to pass a bill pushed by Mayor Adams that would allow his administration to charge retired municipal workers for health insurance — and multiple sources in the chamber told the Daily News that the legislation is unlikely to ever get a vote.
Newly released emails show that problems with Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina’s claims processing system last year prompted the State Health Plan to put the high-dollar contract out to bid — a move that could end the health insurer’s long tenure handling the work.
State Medicaid programs are racing to make sure they are prepared to help as many people as possible retain health coverage once income eligibility checks resume in the coming months.
A federal public health emergency rule put in place during the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 that prevented Texas residents from being dropped from Medicaid will expire in April. About 1.6 million Texans joined the state Medicaid program during the pandemic. This increased enrollment to more than 5 million.