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Affordable Care Act enrollment projected to plunge
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (801+ words) AP Pages from the U. S. Affordable Care Act health insurance website healthcare. gov are seen on a computer screen in New York on Aug. 19, 2025. NEW YORK " Nationwide enrollment in the Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace could plummet by nearly 5 million…...
Trumbull snags smallest premium hike in years
3+ week, 3+ day ago (422+ words) WARREN " Insurance premium costs for Trumbull County are expected to increase by 3. 2% over the next year, which is a smaller annual increase than has occurred in recent years, according to Human Resources Director Alexandra De Vengencie-Bush. The county's insurance premiums…...
Bazetta officials: Health care cost increase under 10% "a home run
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (397+ words) BAZETTA " Township trustees will pay an additional $34, 000 for the employee hospitalization plan next year " and they're glad it wasn't more. "We'll take the 9. 2% rate increase gladly," said Trustee Chairman Michael Hovis. "One insurance company wouldn't even quote us." Bazetta Township…...
Confronting the financial extraction of community healthcare in the Mahoning Valley
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1524+ words) Policy Statement White Paper The Community Hospital Stabilization Act How Financial Engineering Gutted Mahoning Valley Hospitals " And What Washington Must Do About It The collapse of our regional hospital system was not mismanagement or bad luck. It was a deliberate…...
Medicaid employment mandates are meant to save money
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (803+ words) Across the nation, states face an immense task and high costs to prepare for the Jan. 1 kickoff of new Medicaid eligibility mandates affecting millions of lower-income adults in the government-funded health care program. The first half of a $200 million federal…...
Commissioners approve new insurance plans for workers
6+ mon, 3+ day ago (394+ words) WARREN " Trumbull County employees will have updated health insurance policies available beginning in January that could see costs increase up to 12%, depending on the insurance categories they choose to accept. Trumbull County commissioners have been for several weeks looking at…...
County tables vote on health insurance
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (308+ words) WARREN " The Trumbull County commissioners on Thursday tabled a vote on proposed health insurance plans for county employees and opted to wait for the return of a vacationing colleague. Commissioners Tony Bernard and Rick Hernandez said they wanted to delay…...
County reviewing "26 health insurance plans
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (684+ words) WARREN " Trumbull County commissioners are expected to vote today on health plans for county employees in which some will have increases that will range from 10. 65% on family plans to 10. 7% on individual plans. County employees with United Health Care / Guardian will…...
Howland changes insurance provider for employees
8+ mon, 6+ day ago (481+ words) HOWLAND " Officials approved a pair of resolutions to secure insurance for its employees for the next year, after one of the rougher shopping periods the township has experienced. Trustees at last week's regular meeting approved renewing the township's health, dental…...
Expect health insurance prices to rise next year, brokers and experts say
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (590+ words) Pricey prescriptions and nagging medical costs are swamping some insurers and employers now. Patients may start paying for it next year. Health insurance will grow more expensive in many corners of the market in 2026, and coverage may shrink. That could…...