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Accounting for lost subsidies, premium increases for 2018 silver-tiered plans range from 7.1 to 38 percent, Kaiser Family Foundation finds.
State markets are in charge of their own marketing and enrollment assistance programs, so are somewhat immune from Trump administration actions to undermine enrollment.
After failed merger with Humana, Aetna would need to convince feds that the merger is more than two industry behemoths coming together.
In 2016, the total national spending on pay-for-quality hit $354.5 billion.
Insurer did not address rumors of CVS takeover, but said decision on its pharmacy benefits manager would be announced by mid-2018.
AMA report finds 75.6 percent of physicians had practices that treated uninsured patients in 2016, compared to 81.3 percent in 2012.
Top earner Palm Beach Accountable Care Organization saved Medicare $62 million, earning $30 million for the ACO.
The new program aims to streamline quality measures providers are required to meet, rewarding outcomes rather than micromanaging processes.
Bill would have insurers paying $3.1 billion in rebates to government, consumers, report said.
Its new Insurance Checker feature seeks to ease a common pain-point: deciphering, understanding and verifying health insurance.