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Complimentary from the publishers of Health Insurance Marketplace News November, 2015

“Although research is conflicting about whether narrow networks affect quality of care, continuum of care and access, I would predict that there is going to be pushback as networks get narrower. Excluded providers will push back, and so will patients who have to change their provider relationships, especially when they find out how much they have to pay for out-of-network care. Exclusive provider networks -- much as the chosen providers love them -- will be even more unpopular, especially if the provider was chosen on the basis of price and not outcomes. We went through this with the ‘HMO Wars’ in the 1990s, and here we go again. I wish I understood why we simply won’t learn that Americans want choices, even if they don’t exercise them."
- Emily Friedman, Independent Health Policy and Ethics Analyst.

Among those who remained uninsured in both 2014 and 2015, only 5% of Hispanic respondents were aware of the size of the subsidy they were eligible for, compared with 12% of non-Hispanic respondents."

Excerpted from: Health Insurance Marketplace News, Volume 3, Issue 11, November 2015, "Surveyors Probe Lower Hispanic Exchange Enrollment"

Many Say High Deductibles Make Their Health Law Insurance All but Useless
The New York Times, November 14, 2015

How Do You Measure The Health Of Health Care Markets?
Health Affairs Blog, November 12, 2015

Small Businesses Snub Obamacare’s SHOP Exchange
Kaiser Health News, November 5, 2015

2016 exchange market remains in flux: Pricing trends/Findings across 50 states and DC
McKinsey Center for Health System Reform, November 4, 2015

Doctors, Hospitals Say 'No' to Obamacare Plans
U.S. News and World Report, November 4, 2015

Obamacare Insurance Markets Still Vulnerable to Fraud, Experts Say
NBC News, October 23, 2015

Two more Obamacare health insurance plans collapse
The Washington Post, October 16, 2015

How Many Individuals Might Have Marketplace Coverage at the End of 2016?
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)/U.S. Department of Health & Human Services News Release, October 15, 2015

This Month in Health Insurance Marketplace News

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NRF: ‘Obamacare Fix Will Protect Small Employers From Higher Costs’
Report Urges Using 'Big Data' to Improve Health Plan Oversight, Consumer Protection
Surveyors Probe Lower Hispanic Exchange Enrollment

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