by admin | Nov 30, 2018 | Illinois Health Insurance Exchange, Illinois Health Insurance Laws, Insurance News, Obamacare
Illinois lawmakers have taken steps to limit the maximum duration of short-term medical plans (STM plans) to 180 days. Earlier this year, Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed a bill that would apply this limitation, but Illinois lawmakers had enough votes to override that veto.... by admin | Aug 24, 2018 | Healthcare Reform, Illinois Health Insurance, Illinois Health Insurance Exchange, Illinois Health Insurance Laws, Insurance News
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has approved legislation mandating the state’s Medicaid program to reimburse behavioral and mental health providers for telehealth. The bill was one of five signed into law this week by Rauner, all designed to improve access to mental... by admin | Sep 13, 2017 | Ambetter, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Cigna, Health Alliance, Healthcare Reform, Illinois Health Insurance Exchange, Insurance News
Insurers want to raise rates by up to 43 percent for Illinois customers who receive health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Among the companies seeking double-digit rate hikes on most of their plans starting next year are the three insurers that offered... by admin | Aug 1, 2017 | Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Healthcare Reform, Illinois Health Insurance Exchange, Illinois Health Insurance Laws
Illinois consumers and small businesses using Obamacare will have fewer insurers to choose from and could face double-digit rate hikes for health plans they buy on the exchanges. On average, the highest rate increase proposed for plans to be sold to Illinois small... 
by admin | Jan 20, 2016 | Harken Health, Health Systems, Illinois Health Insurance, Illinois Health Insurance Exchange, Insurance News, Land of Lincoln
Land of Lincoln Health, a struggling Chicago health insurer, will drop the University of Chicago’s medical center and affiliated doctors from its insurance network March 1, an unexpected change that has upset some customers. The move comes after some customers... by Admin | Oct 17, 2014 | Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Healthcare Reform, Illinois Health Insurance Exchange, Insurance News
. Grandfathered Plans – individual plans written before 3/23/2010 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois filed a 14.8% rate increase for all plans written before 3/23/2010 (aka “Grandfathered” Plans) that will go into effect as each...