Groundhog Day: Price Increases & Insurer Exits

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Molina loses $230M, cuts 1,500 jobs, boosts rates 55%, exits quagmire ACA markets in Utah, Wisconsin
http://wncy.com/news/articles/2017/aug/03/another-insurer-leaves-wisconsins-obamacare-exchange/

CMS projects 49 county ACA dead zones next year, 1,300 others down to one insurer. #ItsNotWorking
http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/obamacare-leave-49-counties-without-insurance-1300-counties-have-one-provider

40 U.S. counties expected to be ACA dead zones next year, but number could climb into the hundreds
https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2017-07-28/hundreds-of-us-counties-at-risk-for-no-obamacare-insurer-in-2018

Anthem to dump 60% of its Obamacare customers in California next year
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-anthem-california-idUSKBN1AH5IE

“Health insurers in Idaho request premium rate hikes as high as 81 percent”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/08/03/health-insurers-in-idaho-request-premium-rate-hikes-as-high-as-81-percent.amp.html

Big Obamacare insurer in North Carolina requests much-higher-than-inflation 14.1% increase for next year
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/02/big-north-carolina-obamacare-insurer-reduces-rate-hike-request.html

East Central Illinois Obamacare carriers seeking price hikes in 40% range.
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-08-03/local-insurers-requesting-steep-price-hikes-obamacare-plans.html

Price of Obamacare plans in Illinois to spike as much as 43% next year
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-obamacare-rates-released-0802-biz-20170801-story.html

“Some Insurers Seek ACA Premium Increases of 30% and Higher”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/some-insurers-seek-aca-premium-increases-of-30-and-higher-1501633167


Deconstructing the Single Payer Narrative (tweets & analysis)
http://www.liberato.us/single-payer.html

REPEAL OBAMACARE NOW!
– end the individual mandate
– return Medicaid to a poverty program (100% FPL)
– legalize true catastrophic insurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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