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  “The administration has done what it can to limit sign-ups. But the marketplaces are still around. I think that demonstrates that people need good health coverage, and these markets have been able to provide it.”
  -Sandy Praeger, former Kansas Insurance Commissioner
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A POLITICO analysis shows that insurers, on average, spent 78% of premium revenues on customers' medical claims through the first nine months of this year. Health Care Service Corp., spent just 70% of premium revenues on medical costs through the first three quarters of this year. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, spent less than 70% of premium revenues on medical claims for its more than 500,000 customers through the first nine months of this year.

Excerpted from: POLITICO survey: Insurers finally making money on Obamacare

 
What's News
  Obamacare Sign-Ups Surge, but Enrollment Likely down Next Year
NBC News, December 14, 2017

Actuaries Warn of Premium Increases from Repealing Obamacare Mandate
The Hill, December 12, 2017

An Obamacare Surprise in the Mail: New Insurers and New Costs
NY Times, December 11, 2017

Churning, Confusion And Disruption — The Dark Side Of Marketplace Coverage
Kaiser Health News, December 7, 2017

California Is Outspending the U.S. Government to Market Obamacare
Fox 61, December 3, 2017

Plans with More Restrictive Networks Comprise 73% of Exchange Market
Avalere, November 30, 2017

ACA Exchange Enrollment down Approximately 60%
Becker's Hospital Review, November 30, 2017
 
 
 
Blogs
Young Adults Will Be Among the Last-Minute ACA Enrollees This Week: How Have the Coverage Expansions Affected Them?
The Commonwealth Fund, December 12, 2017

State Health Exchange Use Soaring
Business Examiner, November 29, 2017
 
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Obamacare Sign-Ups Surge, but Enrollment Likely down Next Year
 

Obamacare Sign-Ups Surge, but Enrollment Likely down Next Year

The enrollment period for Obamacare ends next week, and experts say this year’s total number of enrollments could fall short of last year’s 12.2 million.


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Young Adults Will Be Among the Last-Minute ACA Enrollees This Week

1. Young Adults Have Made the Largest Gains in Insurance Coverage
2. 16% of Young Adults Were Uninsured in 2017, Compared to 28% in 2013

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Source: The Commonwealth Fund

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