Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona will sell marketplace plans in all counties but Maricopa, hiking rates 51 percent. Centene Corp. will sell "Ambetter" plans in Maricopa, with 74.5 percent rate hike.
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Sunday, January 3, 2016
State by state data show bigger 2016 exchange premium, deductible jumps
Consumers buying health insurance through federal and state exchanges will see their monthly premiums for the popular silver-level plans jump by an average of more than 11%, while also likely facing higher deductibles, a new analysis of exchange data by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation shows.
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Alternative way to pay for expensive drugs may be needed, analysis says
In an era of $1,000-a-pill medications, a new approach may be needed to finance an emerging breed of highly expensive pharmaceuticals and vaccines, according to a new RAND Corporation analysis.
In other industries, it is common for suppliers to encourage investment through approaches such as equipment leases or supplier-financed credit. Health care could learn from such approaches, according to Dr. Soeren Mattke, lead author of the analysis and a senior scientist at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.
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Sunday, March 23, 2014
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius apologizes for health law rollout fiasco - NY Daily News

WASHINGTON – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius apologized to Americans on Wednesday for problems with the launch of Obamacare’s website, healthcare.gov.
"You deserve better. I apologize,” Sebelius said in testimony at a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing. “I am committed to earning your confidence back.
Like President Obama, Sebelius, who faces Republican calls for her resignation, said she is "as frustrated as anyone” by problems with the site.
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Monday, October 28, 2013
Was the Obamacare Implosion the Real Goal All Along?
Something is rotten in Denmark.For the past few weeks I have tried to wrap my head around this rollout of Obamacare and how it has crashed and burned in such a rapid and dramatic fashion.My question is; why from day one was this an immediate disaster? How could so many so-called experts along with $600 million taxpayer dollars have created something so useless and worthless?With over three years to construct the website, why was it never means tested before it was presented?Why didn’t it work so easily and efficiently that everyone would praise it to the heavens?
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