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WebAffordable Care Act insurance costs to rise steeply again in Washington
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (607+ words) A quarter million Washingtonians who get their insurance through the state’s exchange under the Affordable Care Act face another year of double-digit rate increases. Health insurance rates will rise an average of 22.2% starting Jan. 1, Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer announced Wednesday....
Cheaper health insurance changed their lives. Then it went away.
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1737+ words) Part 1 of an occasional series on how people are being affected by the expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies. EDWARDS, Miss. — Every now and then a freight train rumbles through, creaking and groaning on the rusted tracks that run along…...
Oregon weighs enrollment caps, paying for claims as double-digit insurance hikes set for 2027
2+ week, 5+ day ago (568+ words) Oregon insurance regulators have approved premium hikes that could cost individuals and small businesses that buy health insurance through the state marketplace dozens of more dollars per month and are weighing policy changes that would limit availability. State officials with…...
Same knee surgery, twice the price: Hospital monopolies push up healthcare costs
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (1687+ words) More than a million times a year, a U.S. surgeon slices open a knee, strips out worn cartilage, caps the leg bones with metal, and drops in a plastic spacer to allow the new joint to glide. While knee replacement procedures…...
Double-digit increases for health coverage near approval
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (149+ words) The Lund Report - More All Sections Latest News State Health Policy Money Flow Behavioral Health Health Equity Hospitals Opinion Caregivers SW Washington Oregon Health Plan Aging Rural Health Children’s Health Gender Health Public Health Access & Quality Drugs & Pharmacies Housing & Poverty…...
Double-digit increases for 2027 health plans near approval
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (151+ words) The Lund Report - More All Sections Latest News State Health Policy Money Flow Behavioral Health Health Equity Hospitals Opinion Caregivers SW Washington Oregon Health Plan Aging Rural Health Children’s Health Gender Health Public Health Access & Quality Drugs & Pharmacies Housing & Poverty…...
In Oregon, big grocery, retail companies have highest number of employees on Medicaid
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (841+ words) Multi-billion-dollar grocers and retailers such as Walmart and Amazon were among the most listed employers on Oregonians’ applications for publicly-funded health insurance last year, according to a Capital Chronicle analysis of Oregon Health Authority data. The data, taken from Medicaid…...
They harvest the nation’s food, but a new rule may strip them of health insurance
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (757+ words) Seasonal work. Inconsistent hours. Frequent moves. Cash payments and informal jobs. For farmworkers who rely on Medicaid, these common employment patterns could put their health coverage at risk. It’s a heightened concern for the estimated million-plus farmworkers who are U.S....
Private equity might dodge state laws by partnering with healthcare nonprofits
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (1719+ words) It wasn’t billed as a takeover. The nonprofit hospice where Washington state nurse Milli Palmer has worked for nearly two decades announced in October 2024 that it was entering a “joint venture” with Compassus, a private equity-backed home health company. The…...
Affordable Care Act insurers want more premium increases as enrollment sags
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (690+ words) For the second year in a row, many Affordable Care Act insurers are proposing double-digit premium increases, driven by rising medical costs as well as policy changes by Congress and the Trump administration. In preliminary filings with state regulators, insurers…...