Insurers will again be able to sell short-term health insurance good for up to 12 months under a proposed rule released Tuesday by the Trump administration that could further roil the marketplace.
On Wednesday, Blue Cross of Idaho unveiled a menu of new health plans that break with federal health law rules in several ways, including setting premiums based on applicants health.
Since the first rheumatoid arthritis drug came to market a decade ago, nearly a dozen have been added. If basic economics prevailed, RA treatments and patients would have benefited from competition. But that hasn't been the case.
Some Americans who froze their credit reports following the big data breach this year at the credit-rating firm Equifax may be in for a surprise if they try to purchase insurance on the federal health laws marketplaces.
Experts and regulators are raising red flags about one set of limited benefit plans marketed to individuals as ACA coverage for as little as $93 a month. Such plans could leave buyers incorrectly thinking they are exempt from paying a penalty for not having coverage.
After the Trump administration slashed funding and deeply curtailed the availability of ACA navigators, the Department of Health and Human Services is turning to brokers to fill the gap.
In Thursdays directive, Trump is expected to loosen rules around policies sold through associations, which can be for instance, professional-affiliation groups.