Health Insurance Marketplace News
  Complimentary from the publishers of Health Insurance Marketplace News  August, 2016  
 
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  “Don’t expect the panic-driven provider discounts to continue. Just as in the 1990s PPO pricing panic, nobody made it up on volume. The shortfall in expected Exchange enrollments will have consequences in narrow network pricing in 2017 and after.”
- Jeff Goldsmith, PhD, National Advisor, Navigant Healthcare; Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia.
 
Factoid

"More than 80% of Americans have heard about proposed increases in the ACA Marketplaces. 68% think those increases apply to all insurance plans or to employer plans. In fact, they apply only to the ACA Marketplace plans.”

Excerpted from: Health Insurance Marketplace News, Volume 4, Issue 16, August Second Edition 2016, "News Coverage Obscures Good News on Increases," quoting a post in the Wall Street Journal by Kaiser Family Foundation CEO and President Drew Altman,

What's News
  Aetna slashes Affordable Care Act exchange participation to 4 states
The Los Angeles Times, August 16, 2016
 
     
  CMS Report Cites Flat Per-Enrollee Costs In ACA Marketplaces
Health Affairs Blog, August 11, 2016
 
     
How ACA Marketplace Premiums Measure Up to Expectations
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, August 1, 2016
     
How state-based ACA exchanges are learning to get by on smaller budgets
HealthExec, August 1, 2016
 
  Frustration mounts over ObamaCare co-op failures
The Hill, August 1, 2016
 
     
  State-Run SHOPs: An Update Three Years Post ACA Implementation
The Commonwealth Fund/To The Point Blog, July 29, 2016
 
  Humana to leave key ObamaCare markets
The Hill, July 21, 2016
 
     
  Obamacare Premiums Are Lower Than You Think
Health Affairs Blog, July 21, 2016
 
     
  How Has the ACA Affected Health Insurers' Financial Performance?
The Commonwealth Fund, July 20, 2016
 
     
This Month in Health Insurance Marketplace News
  • Experts Discuss Impact of Good News on ObamaCare Premiums
  • News Coverage Obscures Good News on Increases
  • Premiums, Actuarial Value Figure Into Coverage Costs

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