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Maine regulator says insurance crisis ‘slowly killing’ middle class
Calling for industry-wide reform to solve the nation’s health care crisis, Maine’s insurance commissioner said the rising cost of insurance premiums is “slowly killing off the American middle class.”...
View ArticleFighting costs, not insurance industry key to real health reform
The Kaiser Family Foundation today crystallizes in one sentence why the battle for comprehensive, federal health care reform failed. Instead of battling the reasons for rising costs, advocates for...
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Health care reform would aid 1 million Md. families, House report says
WASHINGTON – As many as 261,000 uninsured Marylanders could receive health care coverage and approximately 1 million families and 122,100 small businesses could receive tax credits to offset health...
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Report says feds, not states, bear greater Medicaid expansion burden
A new report by the Kaiser Family Foundation says the federal government – not states, as some leaders had predicted – will pick up most of the tab for expanding Medicaid in the wake of federal health...
View ArticleNot everyone happy about picking up the tab for Medicaid expansion
While a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that the federal government will pay for the bulk of Medicaid expansion required by the health reform law, the math used to come up with that...
View ArticleStates steady or improve eligibility, enrollment for Medicaid, CHIP
Almost all states “held steady” or made targeted improvements in their eligibility and enrollment rules in 2010 despite the recession, a new survey shows. A total of 48 states and Washington, D.C.,...
View ArticleBest case scenario: GOP budget cuts at least 30 million from Medicaid
The Republican budget proposal would deny coverage to at least 41% of those currently enrolled in Medicaid by 2021, according to a new survey. The Republicans’ 2012 budget plan, introduced by House...
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With election over, Obamacare gets green light for implementation
Now that it has survived a Supreme Court challenge and, apparently, a presidential election, there appears little to stop full implementation of Obamacare, President Barack Obama’s signature...
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Workers can expect to pay more for employer-sponsored health care next year
If you’re one of the 150 million Americans who get health insurance through your job, prepare to pay more. The new year will likely bring higher deductibles and co-payments, penalties for not joining...
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Insurers eye market for supplemental coverage to fill gaps left by Obamacare,...
As out-of-pocket medical costs grow for many Americans, the insurance industry is offering a way to help and, at the same time, expand its business: by selling supplemental policies that may fill the...
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