by admin | Jun 14, 2019 | Healthcare Reform, Insurance News, Uncategorized
The Trump administration is expanding options for employers to use special accounts to help workers buy their own health insurance, upgrade job-based coverage, or choose low-cost plans with limited benefits, officials said Thursday. The tax-free individual accounts... by admin | Mar 26, 2019 | Healthcare Reform, Insurance Laws, Obamacare, Politics, Uncategorized
(Bloomberg) — The Trump administration is hardening its legal position toward Obamacare, arguing now the entire law is unconstitutional in a shift that promises to bring the issue to the forefront of the 2020 election campaign. The position is a change for the Justice... 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 | Feb 17, 2018 | Health Savings Accounts, Healthcare Reform
A provision tucked in President Donald Trump’s proposed budget would give people on Medicare a way to save for health care costs on a tax-advantaged basis. In the proposal, the White House calls for a new option that would permit Medicare beneficiaries to make... 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...