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Offering health insurance is becoming less lucrative

Healthcare Dive

In the third quarter, the seven major publicly traded insurers’ medical loss ratios increased an average of 3.3 percentage points year over year — a major jump in medical costs.

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Trends shaping the business of health insurance in 2024

Healthcare Dive

The uninsured rate will rise. Medicare Advantage enrollment will swell, with fewer sweeping regulatory changes. Major pharmacy benefit managers will launch more transparent products. Here’s what experts see coming down the pike for 2024.

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Medicaid overtakes Medicare Advantage as health insurers’ bogeyman in Q2

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Despite challenges in Medicaid and MA, major insurers still posted large earnings in the second quarter — many helped by growing health services divisions.

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Rising health insurance premiums linked to wage stagnation, study finds

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Families with employer-sponsored plans missed out on an average of more than $125,000 in earnings over more than three decades as premiums increased, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

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The health of a community depends on fair health insurance practices

Healthcare Dive

Access to local and convenient care is critical for a community’s health. However, the current approach from payers puts this at risk, argues Antonio Rios, chief of population health at Northeast Georgia Health System.

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Health insurance customer experience starts at open enrollment

Healthcare Dive

Why health plan consumer experience matters; from the perspective of a stressed-out son.

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Biggest takeaways from health insurers’ third-quarter earnings

Healthcare Dive

Many payers beat Wall Street expectations in the quarter, despite ongoing utilization concerns. Other hot topics? Medicare Advantage stars, Medicaid redeterminations, individual exchange growth and GLP-1s.