PriceWaterhouseCooper's Health Research institute release a projection on medical trend projections for employer-based health plans for 2015, showing a continued significant cost rise, which likely will translate to higher premiums…
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HHS has released an analysis of plans selected by enrollees through the federal health insurance exchange, including premiums and subsidies.
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An Avalere analysis of premium filings to date for 2015 insurance exchange rates finds an average 8% increase.
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A number of positive news stories have been published recently regarding the increased participation by employers in the public health insurance exchanges for 2015. As usual, caution is warranted.
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A survey for Enroll America, funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, explores why some people did and did not enroll on the exchanges in its initial open enrollment period.
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The Private Exchange Evaluation Collaborative releases survey findings regarding employer views of private health insurance exchanges.
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According to the Private Exchange Evaluation Collaborative, 45% of employers either are or plan to utilize a private health insurance exchange and an additional 15% would send employees to the public exchanges for health benefits, but there is concern about the stability of these entities.
http://www.nebgh.org/resources/PEEC%20Executive%20Summary%20December%2010%202013%20FINAL.pdfA Kaiser Family Foundation article suggests that even if there is substantial under-enrollment of the young, healthy people needed to subsidize health care costs for older enrollees, insurers should not have to raise premiums dramatically, but the authors own analysis likely understates the cost of the sicker enrollees and shows that second-year premium increases of over 20% would likely be necessary to avoid continuing losses.
http://kff.org/health-reform/perspective/the-numbers-behind-young-invincibles-and-the-affordable-care-act/The number of issues relating to the reform law is embarrassing and we don't want to appear to be piling on by mentioning them all, but the Administration has had to delay by a year the program to allow small business to purchase health insurance on the health exchange.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20131127/NEWS/311279950?AllowView=VDl3UXpKSzRDUE9CbkJiYkY0M3hla0tyaUVVZEQrWT0=&utm_source=link-20131127-NEWS-311279950&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hits&utm_name=topIn yet another piece of work relevant to the functioning of the reform law, researchers looked at the effect of product standardization on consumer choice, as reflected in the experience…
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A new paper from the National Bureau of Research offers a timely look at the dynamics of pricing rules and enrollment for health insurance exchanges, suggesting that substantial adverse selection…
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The Health Care Cost Institute, a consortium of payer data sources, released its report on health care costs and utilization for 2012.
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A survey of health care CEO severance packages reveals one reason why health spending may be growing too fast and this is just the tip of the iceberg on executive…
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