Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi customers may have noticed lowered health insurance premiums in recent weeks.
Mississippi Insurance Department Commissioner Mike Chaney said the mid-year decrease, which could affect up to 130,000 people in the state who have employer-provided health insurance, is thanks in part to a federal government extension of transitional relief to certain health insurance plans.
"These are policies that the Obama administration granted relief to let companies contin
Alex Holloway was formerly a reporter with The Dispatch.
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