Health Insurance Marketplace News
  Complimentary from the publishers of Health Insurance Marketplace News  January, 2016  
 
  Private Exchange Trends - 2016 and Beyond; PwC Research and Insights  
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  “I have never understood why it is okay for one insurer to have 75% of a market, but if a hospital and group practice merge, all hell breaks loose with the regulators.”
- Emily Friedman, Independent Health Policy and Ethics Analyst.
 
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"Patients suffered repeated blows from payers and providers in 2015 by failing to protect patient and member information; Excellus Blue Cross and Blue Shield with 10 million affected (USA Today), UCLA Health with 4.5 million (NPR), CareFirst with 1.1 million (NY Times) and Premera Blue Cross with 11 million (Forbes) affected, to name a few."

Excerpted from: Health Insurance Marketplace News, Volume 4, Issue 2, January Second Edition 2016, ThoughtLeaders Corner: Peter B. Nichol CIO."

What's News
  Better Outreach Critical to ACA Enrollment, Particularly for Latinos
The Commonwealth Fund Blog, January 14, 2016
 
     
  Health Insurance Marketplace Open Enrollment Snapshot - Week 10
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, January 13, 2016
 
     
Kentucky Governor Tells Feds He Will Dismantle State's Insurance Exchange
NPR Shots, January 12, 2016
     
  This is year 'young invincibles' enter health insurance marketplace
The Tennessean, January 12, 2016
 
 
  ASPE Releases Enrollment Data From Healthcare.Gov And State-Based Marketplaces
Health Affairs Blog, January 8, 2016
 
     
  Health insurance exchange signups surging
Business Insurance, January 6, 2016
 
  Many See I.R.S. Penalties as More Affordable Than Insurance
The New York Times, January 3, 2016
 
     
  How Much Do Marketplace and Other Nongroup Enrollees Spend on Health Care Relative to Their Incomes?
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/The Urban Institute, December 22, 2015
 
     
This Month in Health Insurance Marketplace News
  • ThoughtLeaders Corner: "What new trend or issue impacting public or private Exchanges do you see surfacing in 2016 that wasn't previously on many people's radar?"
  • Catching Up With... Mila Kofman JD

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