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As Senate Moves to Repeal Obamacare Only, Expert Says Lawmakers Should Keep Promise to Replace It As Well

July 19, 2017 1:40 pm

Next week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) is planning to begin a motion for debate to repeal Obamacare only, after the Senate’s replacement bill could not gain enough votes to pass. Sally Pipes, president and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute, warns that lawmakers should keep their promise to the American people to repeal and replace Obamacare with market-based solutions.

Health Insurers in Montana Request Premium Rate Hikes as High as 23%

Commissioner says Obamacare reduces choices for consumers and drives up costs

BY: Ali Meyer

July 13, 2017 5:00 am

Health care insurers in Montana have requested premium rate hikes as high as 23 percent for next year, according to the state’s insurance commissioner.

Number of Health Insurers Applying to Participate in Obamacare Exchanges Declines 38%

Consumers will have fewer choices on exchanges

BY: Ali Meyer

July 11, 2017 2:20 pm

The number of health insurers applying to participate in the Obamacare exchanges has declined 38 percent since last year, according to data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Due to Obamacare, 22% of Small Businesses Are Hiring Few Workers or Reducing Salaries

Estimated 250,000 jobs were lost because of the Affordable Care Act

BY: Ali Meyer

July 11, 2017 5:00 am

As a result of Obamacare, 22 percent of small businesses reported they are hiring fewer workers or reducing workers’ salaries, according to a report from the Mercatus Center.

Americans’ Top Financial Worry Is The Cost of Health Care

Health care costs were more of a worry than debt, college expenses, unemployment, taxes

BY: Ali Meyer

July 10, 2017 5:00 am

The top financial worry facing Americans today is the cost of health care, according to a poll from Gallup.

Obamacare Program Forcing Smaller Health Insurers and Co-Ops To Pay Larger Charges

Blue Cross Blue Shield will take in millions of risk-adjustment payments

BY: Ali Meyer

July 6, 2017 4:23 pm

Obamacare’s risk-adjustment program is forcing smaller health insurers and some of the remaining co-ops to pay higher charges, Modern Healthcare has reported.

Another Health Insurer Decides to Exit Obamacare Exchanges in Ohio

Many counties could be left with zero options on exchanges

Protesters hold signs and shout at lawmakers walking out of the US Capitol after the House of Representatives narrowly passed a Republican effort to repeal and replace Obamacare

BY: Ali Meyer

July 2, 2017 5:00 am

Premier Health Plan, a health insurer serving Ohio, has announced it is exiting the Obamacare exchanges by the end of this year.

19th Obamacare Co-Op Folds, Leaving Only 4 Operating in 2018

Minuteman Health was awarded $156.4 million in taxpayer-funded loans

BY: Ali Meyer

June 27, 2017 3:41 pm

Minuteman Health of Massachusetts and New Hampshire announced it is withdrawing from the Affordable Care Act exchanges in 2018, leaving only four co-ops in operation. The co-op will stop writing business on January 1 and organize a new company, Minuteman Insurance Company, instead.

Tom Price Challenges CNN Line of Questioning on Health Care

BY: Conor Beck

June 25, 2017 12:08 pm

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Drops Obamacare Coverage In 3 States

Company said individual market was volatile, making it hard to price Obamacare plans

BY: Ali Meyer

June 21, 2017 1:56 pm

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield will not be offering Obamacare coverage in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Indiana next year, the company just announced.