Centene said it would sell Affordable Care Act plans in three additional states: Kansas, Missouri and Nevada. It also said it will expand in six states which already offer ACA plans.
It's not as high as the 18 percent hike they requested last year, but the 16.6 percent health insurers are asking for is still a substantial increase in cost for New Yorkers who dont get help from subsidies under the ACA.
Anthem, which currently oversees Affordable Care Act plans for about 1.1 million people in 14 states, is one of the largest of the multi-state insurers that hasnt pulled back sharply from selling individual plans in the ACA.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is encouraging insurers to keep selling health plans in the states ACA exchange, as the companies withdraw from other markets amid uncertainty surrounding the health law.
While certain changes helped gain votes in the House, the CBO said the alterations to the AHCA bill would undermine protections for the sick and destabilize insurance markets for about a sixth of the U.S. population.
The House passed a repeal bill that would increase the number of people without health insurance. That could jeopardize companies like Oscar that rely on the ACA's individual markets.