One trade group for health insurers has dropped a broad hint that it could, possibly, be open to seeing the U.S. individual major medical market look more like the Medicare Advantage program.
That program gives private health insurers a chance to receive federal subsidies in exchange for providing health plans that serve as an alternative to traditional, government-run Medicare coverage.
America's Health Insurance Plans talks about "public-private partnerships" in a a new response to Sen. Bernie Sanders' "Medicare for All" bill, S. 1804. S. 1804 would eliminate all forms private major medical coverage, and many forms of private vision, dental and hearing care insurance.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
