New York just announced the 2017 requested rate increases for individual health insurance.
I thought the history of New York's increases was interesting.
A Health Care Reform Blog––Bob Laszewski's review of the latest developments in federal health policy, health care reform, and marketplace activities in the health care financing business.
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Why Are Centene and Molina the Exception To Most Big Health Plan Losses On the Obamacare Exchanges?
This paragraph in a recent AP story caught my eye:
See my post at Forbes.
Two companies that report exchange success so far, Molina Healthcare Inc. and Centene Corp., say they have focused on covering low-income customers in markets where they already have an established presence in Medicaid, the state-federal program that covers the poor. Molina sells coverage in nine states and is thinking about adding two for next year.Why are these traditionally Medicaid carriers doing so well when most of the health plan market is losing their shirts in the Obamacare exchanges?
See my post at Forbes.