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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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Medicaid overtakes Medicare Advantage as health insurers’ bogeyman in Q2

Healthcare Dive

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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JPMorgan: How health insurance premiums are impacting small businesses

Fierce Healthcare

Health insurance premiums are putting major pressure on small businesses, according to a new analysis from the JPMorganChase Institute. Health insurance premiums are putting major pressure on small businesses, according to a new analysis from the JPMorganChase Institute.

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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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Reforming Health Insurance

Healthcare IT Today

Nobody really knows or cares what health care costs, because they aren’t paying. He further asserts that on average, only 53% of your health insurance premiums get returned to you as benefits. However, the ACA states “…an insurance company must assign 80% of their premiums to activities that develop the healthcare sector.”

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Rising health insurance premiums linked to wage stagnation, study finds

Healthcare Dive

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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U.S. Health Insurance Coverage and Financing

Center for Health Insurance Reform

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